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David's Tip of the Day: Are You Ready for a Custom Harmonica?

Posted Mon, 09/28/2015 - 07:33 by David Barrett Admin
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It’s important to understand that a custom harmonica will reward good technique and punish poor technique. continue reading...

David's Tip of the Day: Overbend Tech Article by Richard Sleigh

Posted Wed, 07/22/2015 - 08:39 by David Barrett Admin
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Richard Sleigh has written an article to help students of BluesHarmonica.com understand the premise behind the customization of harmonicas for overbending. You'll find it on this page, under the support material listing http://www.bluesharmonica.com/lessons/bending_study_8_overbend_study_1_t...

David's Tip of the Day: Custom Harmonicas - Why They're Really Nice, Part 2 (Longevity and Savings)

Posted Tue, 07/07/2015 - 06:18 by David Barrett Admin
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Longevity
The #1 killer of harmonicas is loud playing. Each reed vibrates at a fixed speed. As you play louder, the reed doesn't vibrate any faster, its arc increases, placing greater forces at its flex point (the base, at the rivet end), causing earlier metal fatigue. Custom harmonicas require less air to sound, and players will commonly play softer due to this, making custom harmonicas last longer that standard harmonicas.

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David's Tip of the Day: HOHNER Press Releases

Posted Wed, 07/30/2014 - 07:30 by David Barrett Admin
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A couple video press releases from Hohner Harmonicas today.

HOHNER Marine Band Crossover Harmonica
http://youtu.be/IY62flK5zvM

Marine Band Thunderbird Review by Dennis Gruenling
http://youtu.be/BfaOcW75d74