shanester
283 posts
Nov 11, 2010
3:43 PM
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Dang, just as I got one key away from having a full set of special 20's I cleaned up a couple of Marine Bands I had left over from the nineties and figured out how to play them better and fell in love with the tone.
Last week I got one of the new MS Blues harps from a client in G as a tip at the end of the job. I decided to take the covers from one Big River that I have and put them on the Blues harp.
Man o man I love that harp! At first it seemed hard to play (like you had to hit it hard), but I have been working on my embouchure and throat articulation and it is getting easy to play even lightly.
It has a loud, raspy sound and I do get the difference between wood and plastic combs, maybe the vibratory resonance of wood is what adds the rasp, I dunno.
I'm thinking about building up a set of Big Rivers and buying wood combs...
This seems like a great platform for a custom harp. Customizers, what do you think?
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Shane
1shanester
"Keep it coming now, keep it coming now,
Don't stop it no don't stop it no no don't stop it no don't stop it no no..."
- KC and the Sunshine Band
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Rift
14 posts
Nov 11, 2010
4:44 PM
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i am not a huge fan of hohner, but the ms blues harp is my favorite one they make. i dont customize so i like something that plays well out of the box. i have one in the key of A and it sounds good and doesnt need a ton of work like marine bands, just a little sanding of the reedplate to smooth the sharp edges.
Last Edited by on Nov 11, 2010 5:13 PM
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eharp
911 posts
Nov 11, 2010
4:57 PM
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if your just beginning your project, i think i have some blues harps kicking around that i stopped playing a few years ago.
you want me to look for them?
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shanester
285 posts
Nov 11, 2010
5:22 PM
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Please, eharp, that would be awesome possum. What would you want for them?
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Shane
1shanester
"Keep it coming now, keep it coming now,
Don't stop it no don't stop it no no don't stop it no don't stop it no no..."
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eharp
914 posts
Nov 11, 2010
5:28 PM
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postage or a plane ticket to houston or whatever you think they are worth.
i lived in houston '81-'87. lived in the heights.
i saw some google earth(?) photos of the area...
WOW!! they cleaned up that area and those houses quite a bit after i left!
i'll write myself a note and check for them this weekend.
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eharp
915 posts
Nov 11, 2010
5:30 PM
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that wasnt as difficult as i thought it would be.
A, D, C
i'll do a good look-see this weekend.
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eharp
916 posts
Nov 11, 2010
5:32 PM
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"awesome possum"
lol
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shanester
286 posts
Nov 11, 2010
5:46 PM
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Very cool, thank you eharp, let me know. Those would be great keys to get a jump with.
I'm getting ready to go to a jam in the Heights right now at Dan Electro's!
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Shane
1shanester
"Keep it coming now, keep it coming now,
Don't stop it no don't stop it no no don't stop it no don't stop it no no..."
- KC and the Sunshine Band
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eharp
923 posts
Nov 12, 2010
5:47 PM
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shanester-
need an address.
like now, man.
i dont wanna make an extra trip to the post office.
maybe somebody knows how to contact him??
i'll check this thread again (duh), before i go late morning.
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toddlgreene
2110 posts
Nov 12, 2010
7:30 PM
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eharp, I pm'd you his phone number on DF.
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Todd L. Greene, Codger-in-training
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eharp
925 posts
Nov 12, 2010
9:04 PM
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ok on the pm, tg.
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shanester
291 posts
Nov 13, 2010
9:46 AM
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Just want to thank you for that eharp, I'm real exited! Thanks you Todd for getting my info to eharp.
I'm going to create my signature model and call it the "Rio Grande".
...I think I feel a song coming on...
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Shane
1shanester
"Keep it coming now, keep it coming now,
Don't stop it no don't stop it no no don't stop it no don't stop it no no..."
- KC and the Sunshine Band
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shanester
300 posts
Dec 16, 2010
6:13 PM
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eharp i've been loving those bluesharps! I've got them all mineral oiled and sanded, they are a little easier to play but still not as easy as a special 20.
I am loving their wooden comb asses.
This lady I met at a blues jam in the Heights in Houston called my harps my "bitches" so there you have it...
I love my new little bitches!
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Shane
1shanester
"Keep it coming now, keep it coming now,
Don't stop it no don't stop it no no don't stop it no don't stop it no no..."
- KC and the Sunshine Band
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Joe_L
913 posts
Dec 16, 2010
6:21 PM
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I may have some combs I can kick in to your cause. Email me at mr_jlemko@yahoo.com
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shanester
301 posts
Dec 16, 2010
6:30 PM
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Yee-haw!!
Thanks for considering it, Joe L, email headed your way!
Fire in the hole!
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Shane
1shanester
"Keep it coming now, keep it coming now,
Don't stop it no don't stop it no no don't stop it no don't stop it no no..."
- KC and the Sunshine Band
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