I've never been able to find a Bushman harp. I have an old Hohner Meisterclasse that reminds me of this steelie, i carried it for years due to it's indestructability. It's a little stiff and thin tones, i like the special 20's way better. i just bought a hohner blues bender, it was only 18 bucks and i love it.
Dude! It was so nice to meet and jam with you at the VA Harmonicafest! That Steelie was pretty cool looking. Don't forget to send me that Golden Melody in E-flat. Take care!
It only has coverplates made by Huang. The heart of the instrument are the reeds. And as you can see by the long delay, Bushman goes through a ton of extra legwork to get the gapping and specs as perfect as they can.
I tried to get one of these and it seems impossible. Bushman called me and told me they now refuse to sell anymore of them until they have a batch produced with actual steel reeds on steel reed-plates with proper gapping so they don't need someone with 5 liter lung capacity to break them in. I was told by Bushman they don't even want a dealer in my city (he was kind of rude in the way he said it).
I am trying the Suzuki Promaster and Harpmaster next (I learned the Harpmaster model from Suzuki can be mounted up with Delta Frost reeds). I placed my order for a Suzuki Valved Promaster in F Sharp, a Suzuki Harpmaster in Db to compare against a Hohner MS Blues Harp in the same key. I am also awaiting a couple turbo harp covers to slap on a couple of my Special 20's. Bushman kind of screwed the pooch with the way this model was mis-produced. They also tell people NOT to buy the Soul's Voice.
Bushman should just start mounting up the new reed sets to the mis-produced harps and sell them to recoup some revenue and get the good harps out there for recognition of their product line.
Just becuase it's made in the same factory doesn't mean it's a Huang. Once the price goes up, the harps will no longer be inferior. Also, some have said (though I cannot verify) that the Promasters are a bit tinny sounding compared to the Steelie.
I've never been able to find a Bushman harp. I have an old Hohner Meisterclasse that reminds me of this steelie, i carried it for years due to it's indestructability. It's a little stiff and thin tones, i like the special 20's way better. i just bought a hohner blues bender, it was only 18 bucks and i love it.
fattrucker01 2 years ago
Man, a little more practice and you are good.
minigunmen 2 years ago
Dude! It was so nice to meet and jam with you at the VA Harmonicafest! That Steelie was pretty cool looking. Don't forget to send me that Golden Melody in E-flat. Take care!
AceOfHarps 2 years ago
It only has coverplates made by Huang. The heart of the instrument are the reeds. And as you can see by the long delay, Bushman goes through a ton of extra legwork to get the gapping and specs as perfect as they can.
rizdraver 3 years ago
I tried to get one of these and it seems impossible. Bushman called me and told me they now refuse to sell anymore of them until they have a batch produced with actual steel reeds on steel reed-plates with proper gapping so they don't need someone with 5 liter lung capacity to break them in. I was told by Bushman they don't even want a dealer in my city (he was kind of rude in the way he said it).
quinoacat 3 years ago
I am trying the Suzuki Promaster and Harpmaster next (I learned the Harpmaster model from Suzuki can be mounted up with Delta Frost reeds). I placed my order for a Suzuki Valved Promaster in F Sharp, a Suzuki Harpmaster in Db to compare against a Hohner MS Blues Harp in the same key. I am also awaiting a couple turbo harp covers to slap on a couple of my Special 20's. Bushman kind of screwed the pooch with the way this model was mis-produced. They also tell people NOT to buy the Soul's Voice.
quinoacat 3 years ago
Bushman should just start mounting up the new reed sets to the mis-produced harps and sell them to recoup some revenue and get the good harps out there for recognition of their product line.
quinoacat 3 years ago
Good job Mike
billskaggs 3 years ago
Thanks for the review Mike (nice opening)
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nomoboy 3 years ago
1st batch currently goes for $26, but what was the original price? $40? $50?
If they jack up the price for these inferior Huang harps, they'll never get me to buy them instead of well-made, trusty Promasters.
ReedMasterDude 3 years ago
Just becuase it's made in the same factory doesn't mean it's a Huang. Once the price goes up, the harps will no longer be inferior. Also, some have said (though I cannot verify) that the Promasters are a bit tinny sounding compared to the Steelie.
streetmd 3 years ago
one more thing. 5 stars for the effort!!!
eharphyde 3 years ago
those cannon cameras are great!
thanks for the review.
eharphyde 3 years ago
Thanks Mike! Good job.
1seesaw2 3 years ago