RogerD
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Post by RogerD on May 10, 2021 18:31:49 GMT -5
Eww! Wouldn't this be like buying someones used toothbrush?
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Wish
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Post by Wish on May 10, 2021 19:27:55 GMT -5
No.
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Post by jefe46 on May 10, 2021 20:21:46 GMT -5
Sign me up.. he can't even spell Hohner.
There is one professional harp in the bunch.. a Chromatic.
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Post by Leftee on May 10, 2021 20:29:54 GMT -5
I’ve had my shots.
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Post by Barry on May 11, 2021 13:38:36 GMT -5
You can get shots against cooties?
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Post by Leftee on May 11, 2021 19:07:44 GMT -5
Yes Barry. But not for you. You’d find it a deflating experience.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on May 11, 2021 19:12:14 GMT -5
Hey! Barry showed up!
The cool thing about a used harmonica is no extra charge for dried saliva.
eeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww! oooooooog! oooooooooooooooog!
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Post by HenryJ on May 12, 2021 9:56:02 GMT -5
You can buy a used trumpet or clarinet, because the air only goes one way. And they get, or should get, cleaned out every now and then.
But harmonicas? Put me with the ewwww group.
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Post by Leftee on May 12, 2021 16:40:38 GMT -5
That’s kinda like garage sale underpants.
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Post by jefe46 on May 29, 2021 20:17:46 GMT -5
I just sold 10 harps dating to the early 90s.
Golden Melodies, Special 20s, Busch, Lee Oscar.. barely used, all sanitized.. all in excellent plus condition for $125.. the entire bunch.
I kept my 2 professional harmonicas..
16 Hole Hohner Chromatics.. "Gardnerized".
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RogerD
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Post by RogerD on Jun 2, 2021 10:26:12 GMT -5
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Post by jefe46 on Jun 9, 2021 18:24:44 GMT -5
I have 2 of these: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/64Chromonica--hohner-the-64-chromonica. Mine are older with better reeds. One is a 280 the other is an "Adler" 280. Both "Gardnerized". Completely torn down and the equivalent of "blue printed", "balanced" and "ported" . New windsavers (valves), everything flattened and polished, reeds adjusted and gapped and tuned to perfection. Dick Gardner was the last of the HARMONICATS and a world renowned Chromatic harmonica player, tech and tuner. He did Toots and Stevie Wonder's harmonicas as well as those of many other pro players. |
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Post by jefe46 on Jun 9, 2021 22:55:15 GMT -5
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Post by oldfartbassplayrwalt on Jun 10, 2021 18:51:59 GMT -5
two years ago, I wanted (no, NEEDED) to play a Hohner Chrometta 12 harmonica.
I got this serious sentimental yearning for the harmonica I played in high school-
chromatic, red plastic body. Only 12 holes, and ROUND edges, so easily cuppable in my hands.
I remember it having a nice warmth to its tone
Wasn't going to pay $150 for a sentimental luxury, but there was a used one on
Ebay for $30. So I went through the ew-eck-gack-wince motions, but then pulled the trigger.
I soaked it for two days in alcohol based mouthwash. I took it apart and lightly scrubbed
every reachable surface. Dried it out, put it to lips, and played my best Love Me Do.
Nice....
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Post by jefe46 on Jun 10, 2021 19:14:53 GMT -5
Chrometta 12s and 10Ss have roughly the same shape and color as the diatonic Golden Melody.
I just offed a Chrometta 10 I bought new from Abinante's Music on Alvarado in Monterey, Calif. around 1968.
Never played it. With the original Price tag of $19.95 and in the original case.
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Post by jefe46 on Jun 10, 2021 19:15:45 GMT -5
Chrometta 12s and 10s have roughly the same shape and color as the diatonic Golden Melody.
I just offed a Chrometta 10 I bought new from Abinante's Music on Alvarado in Monterey, Calif. around 1968.
Never played it. With the original Price tag of $19.95 and in the original case.
Sold it for $20.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jun 14, 2021 20:21:26 GMT -5
I once sold a microphone on Reverb and made sure to specify it was "used only in a home studio free of cigarette smoke and halitosis".
It sold pretty fast.
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Post by HenryJ on Jun 24, 2021 14:34:35 GMT -5
two years ago, I wanted ( no, NEEDED) to play a Hohner Chrometta 12 harmonica. I got this serious sentimental yearning for the harmonica I played in high school- chromatic, red plastic body. Only 12 holes, and ROUND edges, so easily cuppable in my hands. I remember it having a nice warmth to its tone Wasn't going to pay $150 for a sentimental luxury, but there was a used one on Ebay for $30. So I went through the ew-eck-gack-wince motions, but then pulled the trigger. I soaked it for two days in alcohol based mouthwash. I took it apart and lightly scrubbed every reachable surface. Dried it out, put it to lips, and played my best Love Me Do.
Nice.... Gotta have a chromatic harmonica for "Love Me Do." The "Someone to love, somebody new" part can't be played properly on a non-chromatic harmonica. |
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Post by jefe46 on Aug 31, 2022 20:15:30 GMT -5
Just bought another mint condition Gardnerized Hohner 280 and a CX 12 in C also Gardnerized.
I knew the owner.. Never played either. RIP Orville Clay.
I paid $49 for the pair.
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Post by LTB on Sept 1, 2022 7:28:44 GMT -5
That’s kinda like garage sale underpants. I agree with your analogy! |
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Post by rickyguitar on Sept 24, 2022 18:19:59 GMT -5
Ewww...unless it is guaranteed to not pluck mustache.
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009
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Post by 009 on Sept 24, 2022 20:42:37 GMT -5
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Post by Taildragger on Sept 28, 2022 15:07:55 GMT -5
I once sold a microphone on Reverb and made sure to specify it was "used only in a home studio free of cigarette smoke and halitosis". I once auditioned for a band, the lead singer of which made a big show of periodically farting on his mics during rehearsal in hopes that this would discouraging others from borrowing or stealing them. I'm not sure that there were any real winners in that situation...
I wouldn't play somebody else's harmonica.
Unless, of course, that somebody was a person I'd previously French kissed...
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