Todd Parrott
49 posts
Jun 01, 2010
2:58 PM
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Alex Paclin is here at my house jamming with me today. This kid is the real deal, and he's only been playing for 2 years. All I can say is, look out Howard Levy! I am so honored to be able to meet and jam with such an incredible musician. I hope this is not our last jam session.
Last Edited by on Jun 01, 2010 2:58 PM
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Rubes
48 posts
Jun 01, 2010
3:20 PM
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Don,t forget the video............ :~)
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Joch230
159 posts
Jun 01, 2010
6:32 PM
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Todd, did you manage to switch him over to the Golden Melody yet? I remember him using an 1847 Seydel, one of your least favs if my memory serves me correctly. There must be more highlights to the jam...come on, you are holding out on us now!
-John
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Todd Parrott
50 posts
Jun 01, 2010
8:19 PM
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Yeah, unfortunately we didn't get a chance to make any videos, but I will say that Alex does some stuff way more incredible than what is posted on his YouTube channel. He's a phenomenal player, and has a way of really feeling his music - his notes just flow so perfectly. And to top it all off, he is a very nice guy - not arrogant at all. Alex is a Seydel endorsee, but today he was using some Golden Melodies also, and said he really likes them. He has a really nice vibrato on the 5 overdraw too. The Seydel 1847 is not one of my favorite harps, but Alex makes any harp sound good. He's definitely on his way to becoming one of the best harmonica players in the world.
P.S. - I let him try my Joe Spiers Stage 3 long-slot D Golden Melody, and I think it was his favorite.
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Kyzer Sosa
615 posts
Jun 01, 2010
8:40 PM
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im sure hes put in 10,000 hours already.. aww shit...
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Joch230
160 posts
Jun 01, 2010
8:44 PM
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You know, I managed to figure out how to overblow via Youtube but honestly, I still haven't figure out how to do an overdraw. (I'm going to have to beg you to teach me at SPAH!)...Anyhow, he learned how to tweek his own harps well enough to allow him to play all that stuff besides. I know enough music theory to get by but he absorbed all that too! Must be those youthful sponge like brains or something. It's also cool that he somehow managed to come up with the funds to make it to the US to learn even more...another thing I never would have been able to manage at that age.
-John
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Todd Parrott
51 posts
Jun 01, 2010
9:17 PM
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I can help you with overdraws, but as for Alex, I can't say that I taught him a thing - the kid is just plain awesome.
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bigd
155 posts
Jun 01, 2010
10:58 PM
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Sorry to digress from the thread focus Todd. But what is a "long slot" GM? I get that stage 3 is a Joe S. masterpiece but the long slot designation? My best. d
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Chickenthief
38 posts
Jun 01, 2010
11:02 PM
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Great news Todd.
Tell him we need more of that good stuff that he's
been putting up on You Tube.
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Kyzer Sosa
620 posts
Jun 01, 2010
11:08 PM
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i thinks its when you shave a C up to a D because the C's and up have long slots when D and up's have short slots.... its for warmth and tone??
ditto: chicken
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Todd Parrott
52 posts
Jun 01, 2010
11:46 PM
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This is usually what a long slot D is, but in this case, Joe actually took a set of C reed plates, punched all of the C reeds out of it, and attached a set of 1998 D reeds to the C plate with screws. It is without a doubt my favorite Spiers harp.
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jim
79 posts
Jun 02, 2010
3:56 AM
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What are 1998 D reeds??
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Todd Parrott
53 posts
Jun 02, 2010
9:06 AM
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They are New Old Stock (NOS) reeds. The brass Hohner used between 1997 and 2003 was a different brass than what they are using today, and according to Joe the reeds from this time period work best for his builds. So, for this harp, he used reeds from 1998. It really is a smooth playing harp.
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jim
81 posts
Jun 02, 2010
9:09 AM
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Hmmmm... I actually stopped buying Hohners two years ago, and those were definitely much older harps that weve available in shops (because very few were buying harmonicas in my city, and the stock was lying in shops for quite some time.
I need to check the serial nr.s if I manage to find any boxes.
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Todd Parrott
54 posts
Jun 02, 2010
9:40 AM
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Yes, you should check them out because the NOS plates are very hard to come by, especially for Golden Melodies, I suppose because fewer players use them. Hohner switched to the new brass for longevity of the reeds, but a lot of people, especially customizers, don't like the new brass. If Hohner will not listen and take this seriously, I believe that eventually another Harmonica manufacturer will, and will start using the old brass. I think the old brass is what many customizers are referring to when they say that Hohners make the best custom harps.
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AlexPaclin
4 posts
Jun 02, 2010
5:24 PM
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We'll jam again, and post a video of us=)
That D Golden Melody made by Joe Spiers was really impressive. And whst's about B Radical? I like the tone of it, pretty cool, suits my style of playing.
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Todd Parrott
59 posts
Jun 02, 2010
7:59 PM
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Alex, the B-Radical does have a cool tone doesn't it? It seems to be well liked by Golden Melody players especially. And that Spiers D Golden Melody is my favorite harp. But you make any harp sound good. It was so neat to hear you play live!
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