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eBuddha
Blues Worshipper
Member # 3

posted April 08, 2001 02:24 AM

I am not a harp player but am curious as to whether any musicians here have bought previously owned harmonicas?

Would there not be some pretty important hygiene issues involved??

eBuddha

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Jonesy
Blues Worshipper
Member # 79

posted April 08, 2001 09:16 AM

I must say that the thought of buying a second hand harp is really quite sick! Actually buying it is ok, but playing it

, i can imagine drawing a good sound out of it in the middle of a nice solo only to find a bit of the previous owners breakfast flying down my throat

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I would only buy a second hand harp if was owned by someone famous or if it looked good, i have been given an old chromatic by someone (about 40 years old), i have never properly played it, mainly because i can't play chromatic's anyway!
I think that a lot of people don't buy second hand harps because there will be generally worn out reed plates anyway!
keep the blues alive!

[ April 08, 2001: Message edited by: Jonesy ]

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Yours Bluely -Jonesy-

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HardPushinPapa
Blues Worshipper
Member # 127

posted April 09, 2001 01:09 PM

You said it, Jonesy. I am often more intimate with my harps than with my girlfriend. And there is no reason to buy a used diatonic harp. A decent hohner goes for ~$20 new.

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Jonesy
Blues Worshipper
Member # 79

posted April 09, 2001 04:48 PM

More intimate with your harps than your girlfriend? I think that could be the same as me, mabye not

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Yours Bluely -Jonesy-

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