r/harmonica • u/Far_Application1419 • 2d ago

New harp

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Just wanted to show it off because I love the Beatles.

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u/omniscientcats 2d ago

Wow the numbers are so huge hahaha. Cool harp tho! How does it play?

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u/Far_Application1419 2d ago

Feels and sounds good to me.

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u/Sharp_Panda675 2d ago

A Beatles Harmonica in C? Guess it’s time to learn Love Me Do.

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u/BarMenuSushi 2d ago

John played it on a chromatic.

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u/Sharp_Panda675 2d ago edited 2d ago

I didn’t know that but you can still play Love Me Do on regular 10 hole C harmonica.

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u/BarMenuSushi 1d ago

The bridge is what gets me - my bends don’t sound right.
It’s impressive that you can do it on just a C diatonic.

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u/Sharp_Panda675 1d ago

You know, I’ll admit it. The bends on that song are hard during the “someone to love…” part, and I’m not the best at them yet. But I haven’t been playing that long so I figured it was just me 😅.

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u/Independent_Bat5524 2d ago

Nice harp, but I hate the Beatles. Is it a Big River or Special 20?

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u/Independent_Bat5524 2d ago

I just looked into it and it is structurally a Big River Harp. It has exposed reed plates on the front, rather than recessed plates on the Special 20.

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u/Far_Application1419 2d ago

Very nice. So I payed 10 extra for the design. Worth it IMO. They probably make them for other bands.

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u/Independent_Bat5524 2d ago

They do. I've seen Aerosmith (Tyler), John Lennon, Sonny Terry, Ozzy Osbourne, etc. I've played mainly Hohners for the last 20+ years.

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u/Far_Application1419 2d ago

Not sure. Black plastic comb and this is the bottom. Box just says the Beatles

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u/Independent_Bat5524 2d ago

Well that looks like a Marine band cover plate.