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Harmonicas?

  • 28-12-2002 11:11pm
    #1
    Caesar_Bojangle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭


    Want one, can probably afford one but where do i start when considering buying a harmonica. Prices? Best make? How easy is it to learn? Am i best off buying off the net or going in dublin, as i'm guessing they'll hardly let me try it out in the shop, what with all my saliva and man germs.


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  • #2
    col_nicholson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭col_nicholson


    I got a "delta" C Diatonic Harmonica (aparently the easiest to learn on)in Waltons for about a fiver. Its very easy to pick out songs on and i wouldent bother buying a book or any of that crap.


  • #3
    DadaKopf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭DadaKopf


    You certainly won't be able to try them out in the shop! Don't bother buying off the web; just go to Waltons - they have a good selection.

    Get a Hohner Marine Band harp. Hohner are pretty much the best and the Marine Band is a favourite of folkies and bluesmen because it gives off a nice tone and it's easier to bend the notes. They're cheap enough and you can get them anywhere.

    You can buy a book if you want but it's not essential. Check the web instead. But, yeah, there's plenty of books around.


  • #4
    Belz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭Belz


    What type of music do you guys play, blues, rock, other?


  • #5
    EvilPixieOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 122 ✭✭EvilPixieOne


    you can always just buy a cheap one and try it out, i dont think there's much difference in quality from one to the next


  • #6
    selephonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 385 ✭✭selephonic


    I quite like the Hohner Special 20, about the same price as a marine band. I'd reccomend either getting someone to teach you the basics or having a read of a book, there are a lot of subtleties to a harp that you wouldn't figure out very soon on your own.

    There's plenty of difference in quality by the way, it's just like any other instrument except that this one's going to be making contact with your mouth, considering the price, I'd always spend the €30 or whatever if I'm gonna be smooching it. Cheap harps can end up cutting you and everything, they'll also be uncomfortable to play and sound terrible, won't encourage you to keep it up.


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  • #7
    Rustar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Rustar


    EvilPixieOne wrote:
    you can always just buy a cheap one and try it out, i dont think there's much difference in quality from one to the next

    Hohner's been doing it since 1857.
    They're so huge now that they own Laney amps, Vic Firth, Remo, Sonor, Sabian, and ProMark.
    Having been a Hohner owner, I'd stick with them for dependable quality.


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