Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Sorry for the slow reply Lizzie. The adjustment must be made in the sound patch. Most are set for 2 semitones of bend.

You can use any 12 hole metal mouthpiece. I think that was from a Suzuki Leghorn (now discontinued).

Thanks for the ideas everyone.

I'm currently in a phase of reorganising my workshop/production system to allow me to free up more time for videos etc. July/August will be busy with releasing a backlog of new harps etc but hopefully after that!

Use a screwdriver with a bigger handle but the correct small tip. The reeds are phosphor bronze. They will take solder well if you lightly scrape or polish off the outer surface. However taking them down a fifth or more could dull the tone. It would be better to alter them less by starting the tunin...

Hi Paris, sorry for the slow reply. There are various ways to do it. A safe and effective way would be to stick a piece of double-sided tape to the back of your baseplate (or the front of the comb), cut out all the holes with a sharp scalpel blade and stick on. The tape would act as a gasket as well...

PowerDraw tuning offers a fabulously expressive draw-bending top octave added on to the regular holes 1-6 of standard Richter tuning. I slow down and explain the licks in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfI2k8SwVwY PowerDraw is now available on the Lucky 13 in all 12 keys: http://www.bre...

For several years I offered my Hot Chrometta, which had a metal mouthpiece stuck on the front (see photo). Not doing this any more, but it's not that difficult to do.

The good news is that The Lucky 13 is now available to order in PowerBender in all keys: http://www.brendan-power.com/lucky13.php#lucky13Tunings Much less retuning involved :-) It's also available in Double Paddy Richter in G,D, C. Of course with the Paddy-PowerBender combo you do get a virtually co...

As mentioned earlier in this thread, I've been working over the past few months with London electronics guru Tim Jacobs to make a mini pitchbender for the DM48, and I think we've cracked it. I've also designed a 10-hole diatonic-style mouthpiece for blues harp players. Check out the video to see the...

The DM48 has incredible functionality and expression, but two things about it make it less appealing to diatonic harp players: an inability to controllably bend notes, and a 12-hole chromatic-harmonica-size mouthpiece. For my own playing and to help make the DM48 more user-friendly for all harp play...