Okay so I'm very much so still a newb. I played for a couple months last year and had a blast learning, then put my harps away while I focused more on getting myself through a pretty brutal second semester of college...and have just recently picked them back up over the last couple of weeks.
I had a friend give me a really cheap $7 harp in the key of G. Man I love me a G harp...but this thing had NO soul! So I just purchased myself a suzuki hammond in the key of G. Oh man does it sound great! I now have good harps in the key of A, C and G (what should I go with next?).
Anyhow onto my concerns.
The 3 hole.
I thought the cheap harp my friend gave to me was broken as I can't hardly play the 3 hole...draw or blow.
But now I recieved my hammond, and I'm having issues with the exact same hole! I couldn't get the 3 blow to sound good at all, and the 3 draw...forget it! I opened up my harmonica (I'm always so afraid to do so! lol I'm afraid I'm going to break something!!) and gently adjusted the 3 blow reed...and I tried the same with the 3 draw reed.
Now the 3 blow works and I'm thrilled...but the 3 draw still is giving me horrible fits! lol :P
Is it my harp? Is it me just not knowing how to control the 3 hole? Do I just need to adjust the reeds properly? (like I wonder if I gave my harp to a veteran player if they would be able to open it up and get it to play right...maybe it's my lack of experience in adjusting the reeds).
Any suggestions?
I'm keeping the harp for now (not sending it in for a return)...but it really kinda breaks my heart a bit. All the other holes (well except for the 2 draw) work effortlessly on this thing.
===EDIT===
I should note that I CAN get the 3 draw to sound like it should...it just takes work. Sometimes it feels like I have to draw for a fraction of a second before it start sounding (where as with all the other notes except 2 draw (another story altogether lol) they sound immediatly).
I was just toying around with my hammond and I actually got the 3 draw to sound quite lovely...I'm really starting to think it's me just not knowing how to use the thing properly yet.
I had a friend give me a really cheap $7 harp in the key of G. Man I love me a G harp...but this thing had NO soul! So I just purchased myself a suzuki hammond in the key of G. Oh man does it sound great! I now have good harps in the key of A, C and G (what should I go with next?).
Anyhow onto my concerns.
The 3 hole.
I thought the cheap harp my friend gave to me was broken as I can't hardly play the 3 hole...draw or blow.
But now I recieved my hammond, and I'm having issues with the exact same hole! I couldn't get the 3 blow to sound good at all, and the 3 draw...forget it! I opened up my harmonica (I'm always so afraid to do so! lol I'm afraid I'm going to break something!!) and gently adjusted the 3 blow reed...and I tried the same with the 3 draw reed.
Now the 3 blow works and I'm thrilled...but the 3 draw still is giving me horrible fits! lol :P
Is it my harp? Is it me just not knowing how to control the 3 hole? Do I just need to adjust the reeds properly? (like I wonder if I gave my harp to a veteran player if they would be able to open it up and get it to play right...maybe it's my lack of experience in adjusting the reeds).
Any suggestions?
I'm keeping the harp for now (not sending it in for a return)...but it really kinda breaks my heart a bit. All the other holes (well except for the 2 draw) work effortlessly on this thing.
===EDIT===
I should note that I CAN get the 3 draw to sound like it should...it just takes work. Sometimes it feels like I have to draw for a fraction of a second before it start sounding (where as with all the other notes except 2 draw (another story altogether lol) they sound immediatly).
I was just toying around with my hammond and I actually got the 3 draw to sound quite lovely...I'm really starting to think it's me just not knowing how to use the thing properly yet.