Mordon again

Had another really fun gig last night at Mordon. My playing was ok overall and although I forgot a few keys it still sounded pretty good.

Very excited that I get my hands on my new pedal (Harp Shield) next week. I just hope its worth the money.

I have put some harmonica snippets for solos on youtube unlisted here

I've changed the harps I use for gigs over the months. The old ones I keep for messing around with they aren't out of tune yet but they have odd things missing (like screws).

I broke my gifted chromatic when I took it apart to clean it (oops!)

Big River C, Bb, A
Special 20 D
Golden Melody F
Blues Harp G, E

Current harps

Here's my current list of harmonicas which I use for gigs:

Special 20: C, D
Blues Harp: E, G
Golden Melody: F
Lee Oscar: A
Suzuki Bluesmaster: Bb

Chrometta 12: C
Super Chromonica: C

New harp on its way

I decided to order a new harp tonight. I wanted to try a Golden Melody because I have been wondering for a while if it may be easier to get a wah on a more air tight instrument. From the research I've done it looks like this harmonica could fit the bill. It takes my harmonica list to:

Big River: G, C, Bb
Lee Oscar: A
Blues Harp: E
Marine Band: D
Golden Melody: F

I know most of these are made by Hohner but the difference in tone and ease of playing makes them completely different instruments. I don't know if I just got a dud but I find the Marine band by far the hardest to play. If this Golden Melody works nicely, I may look to replace some of the others with this type.

I'm looking forward to finding out how it plays.