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Did someone said major mojo penis?? Congratulations on a beautiful Monaco III!!

Start with an "A" harp (special 20, etc is great - not that important at first) and the Jerry Portnoy Blues Harp Master Class. I've seen unbelievable changes in casual players who've used this, and become killin players. It's a method taught by the player from Muddy Waters' and Eric Clapton's bands. Designed so you don't have to read any music or tablature, and you just listen to the track and play examples. Starts butt-simple and gets effective immediately. If you email me, I'll send you mp3s of the first disc. I guarantee you'll be hooked. geoffhartwell@geoffhartwell.com Oh, and if you have a mustache, get rid of it first...

Hohner in C was good enough for Warren Zevon when He bought one from me while working at American music in fremont

I'm not sure I like this trend of having the word penis in all of my threads.

From the harp player in my band, who's older than dirt and has done it forever: Hey there Tim As far as good affordable harps are concerned Hohner is still the best choice (easy to remember for a Hamer guy - Hamer/Hohner) anyway they make lots of harps -I like Golden Melody or Special 20's they sound great and hold up well. They're the standard 10 hole diatonic harmonica great for bending notes. There's basically 3 styles of play" Straight" "Cross" and "Slant" . I play cross harp which is the standard for blues. I always carry 7 harps A, B flat, C, D, E, F , G. Cross harp means you're playing in a different key from the tonic being played by other instruments like guitar , keyboard etc . example : if they play in A you're playing your harp in D. They play in E you play in A. They play in G you play in C. etc. Starting out I guess I would get an A harp because a lot of blues guitarist like to play in E. and a D harp for when they play in A. If he's a country guitar player he would simply play -straight harp in the same key as the guitar. Hope that helps. Tony D He's good, too.

^^^ Over / Under on the "Monaco III Timer" is 55 days (based on the 54 day stay of the Axis)

Any suggestions on when we will see it FS?

I started in the 6th grade, but I don't play much any more (since my wife hates it). I do keep a few around for when she's not. I prefer to play cross harp, so I pick keys that are the 4 chord of popular guitar keys: C for guitarist playing in G, A for guitarist playing in E and an E for guitarist playing in B. I did play the big Hohner 364s and 365s in college, but those are tuned differently and don't lend themselves to be played cross. In the past five or so years I've really been impressed with the Hohner 560 Special 20's. It took me a while to get over the plastic comb, but they don't swell up and require trimming and the action is really great. I'm amazed at the prices these things are bringing. I saved up my allowance for a couple of weeks to buy my first Marine Band for $3.25. I bought my second Blues Harp the following month for $3.50 (I had to save up again). That was 1975 though.

I dont know about how many keys , but our harp player uses ** " oscar schmdt " due to the cost of have all the keys . I would think you'd want at least A & D maybe C& F as well to play in E, A , G & C minor respectively. just depends on what keys your tunes are in ,minor cross keys up a 4th edited : you can hear him & the harps here https://soundcloud.com/#search?q=Ragand 2nd& 3rd songs have the most harp & happy birthday ! ** oops meant lee oskar harps

usually, I use a coke can, cut in pieces to shim, and use a piece to guage the height on the first fret, and go from there. simple

Oh yeah. about that...I thought I should take it down since I sold the Axis yesterday. It's for a good cause though (cause: me getting money). We did hit more than 54 days though, so it had a good run. I don't really have any good photos to share yet - the M3 won't even ship until tomorrow. It's just your regular natural finish model, sporting gold hardware. Kind of like this: Mine will be more beat up, have different pickups in it (Harmonic Design Z90 - any experience?) and will be wearing a Chet Bigsby arm. Of course I will have to post some photos on arrival, and again after it's deblinged. Bonus - I get to keep my name!

Where's the Ernie Ball timer gone, Mitch?

It's a bit surprising that Googling "hamer penis bubs_42" yields so many results that aren't this thread.