Hi Rex, Nice tune, well-played as I'd expect. I enjoyed your tone, warm with plenty of trem saturation. I also have a Hohner Echo. I've had a it a few years. It was and still is sold as the Echo 48. I don't know of a model number associated with it. It too is numbered from 2, starting on mi (E). However mine has no hole numbers stamped in the covers. I picked up the hole numbering convention from Phil Duncan's book, Tremolo and Octave Harmonica Method. I had assumed it was his idea to force the tonic of the first full octave to be numbered 4 blow to fit his tabs in the book. I'm trying your tips on a lighter touch when playing to keep the maple mouthpiece from shredding my tongue. I hope it works for me. I think the German-built Hohner tremolos have a sweet sound with strong tremolo response, but I wasn't playing them much. I hope to work it back into my rotation.
Hi Joe. Thanks for listening and commenting. This is what this harp sounds like. No effects. Recording was made with just a vocal mike on a stand, back about 6 inches. Just tried to grab a lot of notes because this harp has nice chords. I have never seen Phil's book, but I did talk to him a couple times, different years at the SPAH harmonica convention. We talked about Country tuned harps, his specialty. I bought a Gospel music CD from Phil that he recorded using Country tuned harps.
Hi Rex, Nice tune, well-played as I'd expect. I enjoyed your tone, warm with plenty of trem saturation. I also have a Hohner Echo. I've had a it a few years. It was and still is sold as the Echo 48. I don't know of a model number associated with it. It too is numbered from 2, starting on mi (E). However mine has no hole numbers stamped in the covers. I picked up the hole numbering convention from Phil Duncan's book, Tremolo and Octave Harmonica Method. I had assumed it was his idea to force the tonic of the first full octave to be numbered 4 blow to fit his tabs in the book. I'm trying your tips on a lighter touch when playing to keep the maple mouthpiece from shredding my tongue. I hope it works for me. I think the German-built Hohner tremolos have a sweet sound with strong tremolo response, but I wasn't playing them much. I hope to work it back into my rotation.
Hi Joe. Thanks for listening and commenting. This is what this harp sounds like. No effects. Recording was made with just a vocal mike on a stand, back about 6 inches. Just tried to grab a lot of notes because this harp has nice chords. I have never seen Phil's book, but I did talk to him a couple times, different years at the SPAH harmonica convention. We talked about Country tuned harps, his specialty. I bought a Gospel music CD from Phil that he recorded using Country tuned harps.