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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:48:34 +0000
From: "Michael Peloquin"
Subject: Re: Custom Harp Comparison

Great Idea Dan!
Talk to Chris Michalek and Winslow as they have played many. So have I.
Anyone want to start a rating website?
Sort of a customized harmonica epinions, cnet etc.

Michael Peloquin
http://www.kharps.com/peloquin1.html





>From: Motor City Harp
>To: "M. N." , Harp~arply.com
>Subject: Custom Harp Comparison, was: Turbo Harp AX S20...COOL!
>Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:20:28 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>This post motivated me to pose an open question to the list that's been on
>my mind for a while. A few of the budget end customizers have been around
>for a while, many others are new, and I think it's the new hats in the ring
>that have been driving the volume of testimonials that I've been seeing in
>Harp-L recently. Without exception, they've all been positive. On the
>strength of one of those postings, I took the plunge for my first custom, a
>Special 20 from Hot Rod Harps. It came a couple days ago, and I can safely
>say that it is easily the finest diatonic in my stable, and I immediately
>started thinking about budgeting for more.
>But I also started thinking about how a Hot Rod Harp compares to a
>TurboHarp or a Lavoie Vermont Maple, or offerings by Tim Moyer or G or Bob
>Meehan, and it occurred to me that there aren't really any compare and
>contrast pieces on these harps which hang out in the same price range and
>often involve many of the same processes. Does anyone out there have
>experience with harps from a number of these different shops and feel like
>sharing relative strengths and weaknesses?
>I also understand that it's easier for us to debate on Marine Bands vs.
>Golden Melodies vs. Lee Oskars vs. Promasters, etc. because the people that
>bring us those harps don't really have faces, where these customizers are
>liked and respected members of the harmonica community. I'm not trying to
>invite negative copy on anybody's work, but I think comments along the
>lines of "Harp X is more responsive, but Harp Y is louder, and Harp Z is
>pretty doggone good at both and costs the least" might be useful.
>Dan
>[I reiterate, though, my Supersport 20 from Hot Rod Harps is a very fine
>instrument. Thanks, Tim, if you're listening.]
> "M. N." wrote:
>Dennis wrote:
>"... I would imagine that the harps set up for OB's would choke on a hard
>draw or blow."
>
>============================>
>Just FYI, this isn't the case on my Bob Meehan-customized Marine Band (my
>only custom harp, this one's great!). I can honk on it like crazy and still
>play the 4ob, 5ob, 6ob and 7od with ease. Likewise, on the newest stock C
>Marine Band I just got, I can easily hit the 4ob, 5ob and 6ob (no 7od on it
>yet, but I still haven't gone under the hood to tinker with the gaps). I
>guess the argument could be made that the harps I mentioned were not
>specifically "set up for OB's."
>Just an aside, though. Nice review, Dennis. Thanks.
>MN








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