HarpNinja
1053 posts
Feb 02, 2011
7:21 AM
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Hohner has been offering 5 packs of MB's with a softcase that last year or two. It was only something you could order online through some of the large music suppliers. It was popular enough to warrant making the product more readily available, including in some stores, so they designed a sleave for the product and asked to use my picture...
The picture is from the SPAH '10 blowoff. I had no idea it was even taken, let alone was going to be used, until I got a call in December.
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Mike
Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas
Updated 1/23/11
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walterharp
529 posts
Feb 02, 2011
7:23 AM
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cool!
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5F6H
514 posts
Feb 02, 2011
7:24 AM
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How cool is that. Congratulations.
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HarpNinja
1055 posts
Feb 02, 2011
7:26 AM
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Thanks...this is a perfect example of the right place at the right time, lol.
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Mike
Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas
Updated 1/23/11
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OzarkRich
374 posts
Feb 02, 2011
8:01 AM
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Neat!
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bigd
295 posts
Feb 02, 2011
8:09 AM
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Congrats Mike. d
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Ray
297 posts
Feb 02, 2011
8:17 AM
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That is cool.
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harpdude61
715 posts
Feb 02, 2011
8:31 AM
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Super cool!
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BAG
42 posts
Feb 02, 2011
8:45 AM
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Congrats Mike! Hope you get a boatload of harps from 'em.
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Sausagescoffer
9 posts
Feb 02, 2011
9:53 AM
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Nice one!!
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waltertore
1009 posts
Feb 02, 2011
9:59 AM
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Congragulations Mike! That is a great keepsake for your scrapbook. Next time I am at a guitar center I will look for it.
Bag: When I was endorsing Hohner harps they never gave any away. They gave a slight discount. Hopefully things have changed and Mike did get a bag of harps! Walter
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JTThirty
110 posts
Feb 02, 2011
10:14 AM
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I'd say that is waaay cool. Says a lot about their respect for what you do with their instruments in your mouth.
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boris_plotnikov
438 posts
Feb 02, 2011
10:18 AM
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Cool!
Condrats!
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Cisco
173 posts
Feb 02, 2011
10:20 AM
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Nice!
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nacoran
3763 posts
Feb 02, 2011
10:20 AM
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Awww! All I got from Hohner today was a letter telling me I didn't win the contest for their new harp. Yeap. They sent a letter to rub it in. :(
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Joe_L
1039 posts
Feb 02, 2011
10:54 AM
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Did they pay you?
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HarpNinja
1058 posts
Feb 02, 2011
11:11 AM
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I can't share the deal I got per agreement.
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Mike
Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas
Updated 1/23/11
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harmonicanick
1079 posts
Feb 02, 2011
11:26 AM
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Sounds like the blues has been good to you!
Congrats
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waltertore
1011 posts
Feb 02, 2011
11:26 AM
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I hope you got some good out of it. Hohner use to be notorious for never giving anything away. I pioneered the Rainbow Harmonica Program in the austin city schools for hohner. They sent a huge case of harps, songbooks, patches, t shirts, hats, posters. Their hope was this 4 hole harp was going to replace the recorder and lead the masses to the harp in adulthood. Unfortunately those harps were garbage and only 4 holes at that :-) I remember talking to Junior Wells one night at the Lone Star Cafe and asked him why he was playing lee oskars. He said because they gave them to him for free. Hopefully Hohner is treating its endorsees better nowadays. Walter
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" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,600+ of my songs
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my videos
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Rick Shanks
5 posts
Feb 02, 2011
11:57 AM
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Well done Mike !
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7LimitJI
371 posts
Feb 02, 2011
12:06 PM
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Nice one Mike. What a great bit of publicity for you.
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Barry C.
155 posts
Feb 02, 2011
12:22 PM
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awesome news and great picture mike - congrats!
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Gwood420
261 posts
Feb 02, 2011
12:41 PM
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congrats mike!! but hey, you need to stay out of the sun!! :)j/k
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Joch230
404 posts
Feb 02, 2011
1:24 PM
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Hey...I think I sat next to that guy at SPAH!
Cool...
-Johbn
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Matzen
11 posts
Feb 02, 2011
2:07 PM
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Very nice!
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ridge
180 posts
Feb 02, 2011
2:38 PM
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That's very exciting, man. Congratulations on the deal and the package.
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pistolero
41 posts
Feb 02, 2011
4:55 PM
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Pretty sweet, bro!
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htownfess
254 posts
Feb 02, 2011
6:00 PM
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Congrats, Mike--I really think your hair gave them the idea for the packaging . . . gingers got soul :)
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KingoBad
592 posts
Feb 02, 2011
6:24 PM
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Nice! If they show up in my guitar center, I think I'll have to pick one up. Very cool!
Congratz!
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kudzurunner
2302 posts
Feb 02, 2011
6:32 PM
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Well whaddya know? There's life left in those Marine Band harmonicas.
Congrats! You are the face of the most popular instrument sold by the best-known harmonica manufacturer in the world. Please tell Andy that the next p. 1 ad on this website should be some version of that photo.
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markdc70
52 posts
Feb 02, 2011
7:17 PM
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Congrats Mike, that's quite an honor/privilege!
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Blocker
79 posts
Feb 02, 2011
7:33 PM
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Very very cool, congrats!!
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captainbliss
427 posts
Feb 03, 2011
2:55 AM
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Congratulations and *BIG* smiles!
EDIT: /Please tell Andy that the next p. 1 ad on this website should be some version of that photo./
+1
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Ant138
773 posts
Feb 03, 2011
3:05 AM
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Congrats Mike, that is very cool indeed.
Why is there a picture of an iphone on the back of the pack?
I've tried to make it out but i can't.
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HarpNinja
1059 posts
Feb 03, 2011
6:03 AM
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Thanks so much for the kind words, it totally made my morning. This is literally a right place right time kind of thing as they wanted to use non-famous players in some of their marketing and happened to take a pic of me with a MB (had you told me 8 years ago I'd be featured on a product made by the same company that featured John Popper on a product I'd had called BS).
The iPhone pic is in reference to marketing their social media sites, including an iPhone app. I don't have an iPhone so I can't comment on it.
The pic has been brought up in a few casual conversations either at gigs or with friends (actually, I haven't really even shared this to anyone beyond family), and no one seems to get it until I mention Bob Dylan and John Popper, lol. They still don't really get it, though. Maybe I need to be more spastic in sharing the news? The pains of being a harp player, lol.
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Mike
Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas
Updated 2/1/11
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HarpNinja
1060 posts
Feb 03, 2011
6:14 AM
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http://mikefugazzi.com/files/CaseMarineband_sleeve_10.10_V1.pdf
This should let you download the packaging large enough to read the text, etc.
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Mike
Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas
Updated 2/1/11
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Ant138
774 posts
Feb 03, 2011
6:24 AM
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Thanks Mike,
it is the Hohner iphone app. I got an iphone last week so i might check that out, it looks pretty cool.
Cheers
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eharp
1139 posts
Feb 03, 2011
6:37 AM
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dont worry, ninja.
i'm sure sales wont suffer too drastically.
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