Stevie Wonder Likes Seydel Harmonicas, NAMM 2012
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- Stevie Wonder performs an extensive trial of Seydel Harmonicas at the Seydel Booth at NAMM 2012. He was impressed with the tone of the stainless steel reeds. He described them as being "brighter". These reeds have also been described as providing a "stronger" tone and significantly greater durability. The increased longevity offers an economical trade-off to the increased cost of these reeds. Long term users of stainless steel reeds easily justify the greater cost by having reduced need for re-tuning and maintenance, and actual less cost over time compared to brass and bronze reeds.
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I was surprised at some of the "mindless" comments about Stevie. He 's been playing since his early teens, is a natural and also a musical genius.
Actually, Stevie has been playing the Harmonica/harp since he was about 5yrs old, as well as the piano,drums & organ . It is said, that he had masterd all of those instruments by the time he was 8yrs old .
Steve is a gift to the world. I love him
I must admit, I hesitated buying my first Seydel Session Steel harmonica because of the price, but the first time I played it, I was like, "WOW!!!" This baby darn near plays itself! Well worth it! I've since bought almost a full set (including a few half-valved by PT Gazell). I absolutely LOVE my Seydel harmonicas!
He still loves the music for the music. And it shows!
I loved the body guard. Never looked at Stevie. Always scouting the crowd. Stevie is absolutely the best.
Hey man, I was here too when Stevie was trying out these harmonicas!
lol If that was me I would have just given it to him. If Stevie Wonder tells you he likes the sound of your stuff, you give it to him. If you're lucky enough, maybe he'll play it on stage, there's hardly any better publicity.
EDIT : looks like they did ?
They must not have been familiar with Stevie.
Stevie “so you only make then I’m C or G?”
Seydel dude “you’re Stevie Wonder.. we’ll make them in any key.. and carved from Kyptonite if you ask us to”
Yep - epic fail.
hahahaha😂🤣🤣😋Yup! That's pretty much how it went down
Regarding the model of Seydel chromatic praised by Stevie, it was the Saxony. The stainless steel reeds sound great and last forever!
i like the way stevie has his freinds watching him such an inspiration i never ever saw stevie play live wish i could
Damn I kept wishing for him to burst out with the opening to 'I Was Made To Love Her'. Brilliant musician. Love his music.
Stevie Wonder, maravilloso artista, grandioso talento...
This is a magical harmonica. I have it saved to my wishlist and will probably buy it on amazon if I can get it for less. The orchestra tuning is the way to go.
+Mark Gailmor I bought one from an Ebay supplier in Germany & it cost about $100.00 cheaper then if I purchased in North America.
Seydel is the best harmonica!
Even during the GDR period (i.e. former communist East Germany), Seydel (based in Klingenthal, Saxony) managed to make excellent instruments, despite material shortages etc. - and their current offerings are amazing! I (like Stevie) have been playing Hohner Chromonicas for decades, but I also own a few GDR-era Seydel "Bandmaster" chromatics (among them my only chromatic in Bb), and I absolutely love them!
Esse ae tem talento sobrando! Grande músico!
Can you imagine being a rep for your company and suddenly the Jesus Christ of Harmonica steps into your booth telling you he loves your product. Look at the smiles on those Seydel guys. Look at their pride. German made custom to stevie's desires... you betcha!
I would've very happily faced the bodyguard's wrath and requested a snippet of "That Girl" hee heeee! Hey you only get one chance to hear The Man that close
Stevie, I believe plays a Hohner Super 20 Chromonica since he was Little Stevie. Seydel makes the oldest harmonicas. They were before Hohner.
Seneferu Khepera he played a Hohner Super 64 x for a long time. He was giving away a lot of his Hohners about 10 years ago so I think he may have switched brands
My Sound, My Seydel.
The Seydel harmonicas that I have had so far have blown out flat in a couple of months so I am very sceptical about them now.I will stick to Hohner as I usually have throughout my life because they have rarely let me down.Far better tone too.Experience wins the day.Jim.Liverpool.
I'm sure Stevie could make even an inexpensive Swan Chromatic sound great, in fact he could make what ever brand he chooses to play, sound great. I bought my Swan 16 hole Chromatic for about $80.00. I use it mostly for practicing. Would love to attend a Harp convention like this one.
I'm so prejudice towards Hohner that I'm scared to try another brand, I guess I need to try something new. I've been playing the 16 hole chromatic by Hohner Chromonica for over 45 years now.
I've read a lot of good views about the Suzuki Manji line, mainly after also watching a lot of videos by Christelle Berthon. I'm just excitedly waiting for mine to arrive.
Me too and just sent some old Hohners out to be tuned up. Oh yeh, and Stevie could make a Little Lady sound good too.
Clayton Willoughby
Stevie could make a cheap toy harmonica sound good.
Norris Johnson
They couldn’t have set up a Mic? Very hard to hear over the NAMM SHOW DIN!
'brighter' und 'stronger' das kann ich auch bestätigen.
I like the stronger, louder sound also but mine immediately went out of tune after playing overbends on it - so the comparably high cost wasn't worth it in my opinion. I had one made by Voggenreiter Publishing company a 5th of the money but played it for a hundred times longer :-)
You’re not supposed to play overbends on chromatic! In fact iverbends don’t work on Chrom! The seybels have stainless steel reeds which are very hard to make go out of tune! Duh!
I've been told that stainless steel reeds last forever. With all of my brass reed Hohner Chromatics being broken, I need to check out Suzuki or Seydel Chroms.
Jag är nöjd med min Super Chromonica 270
@harmonicaMD
Yes but will it pizzicato - as heard in Alfie and A House Is Not A Home?
And as for dude at the end who says this is Stevie's brand - not it's not - I believe the biggest solos in harp sales history are performed by Stevie on a Larry Adler signature and a Super Chromonica
PLEASE I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HARMONICA IS THAT!
OK! WIth this certain harmonica, is here a button he's pushing to make the sound vibrate? I have Cmaj Blues and Harp.
PSALMSOFSONGS the button sharpens the note by a half step. You can play chromatically hence chromatic harmonica
A chromatic harmonica has got a button that "swaps" the canal of airflow to different reeds. A normal blues harmonica with ten wholes like the famous marine band has twenty reeds, ten that sound when you blow out and ten others that sound when you suck air in. So in theory you have twenty different sounds (the great blues players get more out with technics like bending and overblowing). Most chromatic harmonica have got 48 reeds that are sounded by blowing or drawing air trough twelve holes, the button swaps the canal to get to the other set of reeds. These 48 reeds cover most sounds that most players in the west need. Then there are also chromatics with 16 holes, giving you 64 sounds. And then there is all sorts of crazy stuff in the world of harmonicas.
@@johnmosesbrowning1855 well, unless you have a different tuning, a diatonic will have 19 sound since 3 blow and 2 draw are the same note- that of course is without counting all them 'hidden' notes
If I was their marketing Director, I would have dropped a couple of 'em into a doggie bag for Stevie to take with him...
Hrundi Bakshi That's exactly what I was thinking - opportunity lost!
rapas eles são mais fera nagaita do que eu
Eating music for survive , taking bread if there's a break
Not sure if you can say anything to Stevie he doesn,t already know or heard
I know I should say that "WOW, Stevie is so amazing" or something,... But DAMN his bodyguard is big! o.0 And he is so freaking guarding. Look at the kid behind him taking a photo of Stevie just to shit his pants when the guard turns around to look at him. lol
NAMM... Probably the worst place ever to record unplanned audio at
I couldn't stop staring at everyone trying to get his photo. It's just kinda disrespectful I think. He may be famous but he's there to play this harmonica and buy one and people are taking photographs from really weird angles because they're desperate. Who would they even show it too? Like, "hey dude I was at NAMM and I saw Stevie Wonder playing harmonica, take a look at this terrible photo where he isn't facing me,"
Weirdos
Brodie Wilson
Hello.
Can you please tell me why it is disrespectful to take a photo of a celebrity (or any other interesting person) on a public event? It's not like Stevie is in his own house or trying to be private (fuck you, Paparazzis), nor is it that this person does anything humiliating or stupid or is hurt or is dying, so I don't see the issue here. I would most definetly take a picture and even film this small performance. I'm pretty sure even you would bring out the camera if you meet one of your idols.
And a bad picture is still better than no picture if documenting a once in a life time event.
Peace!
Well let's just say you're a popular media entity and you head down to the store to get milk and people are taking photos of you. You're in a public place, does that make it okay then? No not really.
They could have at least waited and had the common sense to ask him for a photo instead of standing in the background stalking him while he is trying to get some information on a product.
Brodie Wilson And then on top of that, the guy is blind, so it's not like he can be left alone, especially when he's a celebrity.
gimme a fucking break he's one of the worlds most famous musicians at a fucking music convention for petes sake. where do celebrities NOT have their picture taken? and if you're a big fan of someone, guess what, you're probably partly responsible for the good things that his celebrity have brought him, and if you want to take a picture, go ahead. i do not consider this to be a private function, do you? were you expecting the hall to fall into a respectful silence? you and brodie should hang out, when you get done blowing each other you can talk about how unaffected by celebrity you are! congratulations, now wipe your chin.
I like Seydel harmonicas, for me are the best !
Saw some dude one year all tryna look like Stevie with fake bodyguards and everything. NAMM's so crawling with posers and wannabes but I'm like _damn_ this one wins. Suddenly he tries out a harp and *_HFS IT'S HIM!_* 😲😳😄
He did that: eivets rednow.
I thought he endorsed Hohner Harmonicas. If so, this video could cause him problems with them.
It was an opinion he was not marketing if the career of artists is about endorsing instruments then we are screwed up not him.
I'm not sure he endorsed them although he used them. They have always been the "standard."
+David DeLano When he played for Obama at a state function he used a Suzuki.
a new manufacturer for Stevie W.?
A SEYDEL SAXONY Chromatic with stainless steel reeds!
Big day for Seydel Harmonicas. Poor guy can't even shop for equipment without being mauled and over greeted by the crowd. They wouldn't get it he started singing leave me along.
Next time don't use an Omnidirectional mic.
Chromatic harmonica is such a cool instrument. It's like having a pocket piano in some way
He dresses like hrs Indian?
what does Mr. Wonder know about ''brighter''?????
how tf can anyone discern anything over that crown noise
Why does he dress a clock?
@cjmsr461 thanks! my 4 worded reply sure gave you enough information to make that assumption. aint that right, mr id-never-say-a-word-to-you-in-public hahaaa
How sad,that a man who has, at least miilions on his account ,expects a company to freeload him,obviously!
Just having Stevie play their harmonica's is bringing them promotion, they should absolutely give him a harmonica.
Yeah it's them who should be thankful for the most popular chromatic harmonica player to visit them and give them a nod for their harmonica. This video alone could have earned much more than what one of those harmonicas cost
Stevie Wonder Likes whatever he is paid to like