List Price: $84.95
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Advanced technology and functional beauty are combined in
this stunning 10 hole diatonic harmonica, the all-new
Suzuki Manji Harmonica. This revolutionary new diatonic
harmonica is named after Mr. Manji Suzuki, the company's
founder, has built Suzuki up into one of the world's
premier
harmonica manufacturers. Comes with stainless steel
cover plates, Phosphor Bronze Reeds, and Wood/Resin
Composite Comb. Comes complete with it's own hard
plastic protective case.
Dave Gage Thoughts: This is a great harmonica for
diatonic players of
all levels and music styles and worth the extra money for
the increased quality and playability. In fact, it's
similar in quality and
playability to the bamboo-combed Hohner Marine
Band Crossover. The
draw bending has a slightly different feel than on a Lee
Oskar or Hohner diatonic, but this is not necessarily
a good or bad thing, just different.
The overall sound is
bright, but not
too bright. It plays as well as many
expensive, customized harmonicas.
Due to the "Compromise tuning", the chord
playing is smooth and full and the single
notes also play nicely in tune, so playing in positions
other than 1st and 2nd is not a problem for intonation.
Because of the
air-tight construction (sealed wood-resin composite comb
and screws instead of
nails to attach the reedplates),
bending and overblows and overdraws are much
easier than on most other diatonics. This is great news
for beginners learning to bend and those speedsters and
over-blowers out
there looking for an air-tight harmonica that can keep up
with their playing. The factory setup includes lowered
reed gapping for ease of overblows and overdraws. If you
are an advanced player, but not an overblow player, you
may want to slightly
raise the reed gaps to avoid notes "sticking" when
attacked quickly.
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