Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

LA harmonica session guru Ross Garren playing the new Overblow-Booster Mk2 in tongue-block style:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6emvJEI00Q

Hi Triona, I took some photos of an old experimental combination of a CX12 shell with a Hering 12-hole chromatic internal unit. I kept the Hering slider assembly and adapted the inside of the CX12 slider area to match the it. The Hering plays well, but no better than with its standard mouthpiece and...

It wasn't planned. However I've enquired, will let you know.

Thanks for your in-depth queries Triona.

To reply properly would require photos etc. I don't have time to reply right now, will come back to this later.

Thanks Triona. Like you I don't use overblows myself - mostly because I play half-valved harps, on which they are impossible anyway. Plus TBH I have always preferred the sound and flexibility of normal reed bending, in combination with altered tunings, for getting missing chromatic notes. That being...

Hi Friends, Today I released a second version of my Overblow-Booster Mk2, designed to fit the popular Hohner Special 20 model. Here's the demo video: https://youtu.be/IvkUCDJAQ5c The latest version has a few tweaks and improvements. More info, photos and ordering are here: https://brendan-power.com/...

Yes, you can of course just use a standard XB40 retuned to your preference. They can still be found on eBay etc. Paddy-Extended is the first octave of Paddy-Richter repeated in all octaves. I first recorded with it on the track 'Tom's Tune' in my 2004 album TRADISH: https://brendan-power.com/Tradish...

Hi Triona, Thanks for your typically in-depth enquiry regarding my 'PUFFNSAW' album with Janie Rothfield. I'm glad the music has inspired you to find out more about the harmonicas used; in particular, the modified XB-40s. They have no slider. I just removed the XB mouthpiece and coverplates and put ...

Here's a short video explaining and demonstrating a couple of my best-known alternate tunings, PowerDraw and PowerBender: https://youtu.be/hoznOBsTyEc I'm using a couple of my own-brand harps here. These are decent models made by Easttop and Kongsheng; modestly priced to enable players curious to tr...

Hi Winslow, all the Lucky 13 covers are brass - coated with chrome or lacquer.