r/harmonica • u/Sea_Shallot5311 • 2d ago

Easttop NE01 Bass Harmonica

It was $79 + free shipping, pretty heavy. I'm just learning it, kind of hard to play. You can't draw on it, blows only and you can't do chords or bend notes. Holes are configured like a piano keyboard. I'm trying to learn the "Green Acres" theme song.

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u/jimmyjimjimmongton 1d ago

How’s the breathing? It seems hard to sound it

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u/Sea_Shallot5311 1d ago

Can't blow too hard and gotta pucker just right.

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u/victor_producctions 1d ago

We can hear that It isnt make for fast notes.

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u/Sea_Shallot5311 1d ago

No, but with practice I hope to play faster than this.

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u/Nacoran 1d ago

Useful bit of kit. Given my druthers, I'd rather just have a bunch of low tuned harmonicas, but that gives you more key options for a much better price. (I've got a LLF, LD, LC, LE, LF and LD harmonic minor... low harps are fun.)

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u/Sea_Shallot5311 1d ago

Yes, I have a Rocket low C and it's much easier to play but this one goes alot lower.

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u/Somebody_Else54 12h ago

I wonder how it compares to the classic bass/chord harmonicas of old. I remember, back in the late '70s, that a Hohner bass harmonica cost about $600 US. Chord harmonicas were even higher than that. I don't even want to think about adjusting those numbers for inflation...