This video is super helpful for my search for a first harmonica. Love your style/humour and the production value of this video. Hope your English learning is still going well.
Thanks :) Special 20 is great. It was my first real harmonica after silver star. But I really recommend the key of C to start with, cause of materials availability ;)
If I could speak any other language than English as well you speak English, I would feel very proud of myself. I love the way you pronounce har mon eca! Good video... no toys, just instruments. My 1st was a Suzuki Bluesmaster, thought maybe it was not that great , got a set of Special 20s, and found out the only thing special was the price. $35 more than the Special 20. Nothing wrong with the Bluesmaster at all. But I do tend to play the Specials (well, 'play' is an exaggeration, lol) more often than the Bluesmaster. Get a good har mon eca.... no toys indeed. Also got a very cheap set of Hohner Piedmonts...plastic toys, don't anyone ever buy those! Waste of $28
Nice start. My first harmonica was Hohner Golden Melody, second was Seydel 1847 both in Richter tuning. Recently I was buy Seydel Session Steel in diminished tuning 😎. I keep my finger crossed for your success with this channel 🤞
@@ManfredisHarmonicaShow Of course you have right. Golden Melody is perfect after polishing reed plates on the side where lips touch them. For me it’s better built than Special 20 :)
@@ManfredisHarmonicaShow I can't say that I hate GM. Sometimes when I go back to playing GM after using Seydel for a long time, my lips get numb as at the beginning when I was learning to hit single notes. This feeling lasts a maximum of one day. Apart from this inconvenience, the GM harmonica is played very lightly compared to the Seydel steel reeds
My first Harmonica was Suzuki Promaster and still it is my only one. It reminds me an old USA's chrome caravan (i know that's weird ;) ) but im looking for something with a plastic comb now...
Just subscribed . Interesting start for English version .I am only playing 1 month and got myself a few Special 20s really enjoying playing them through my guitar amp ...I can not play guitar due to an injury so looking forward to learning harmonica
Why on earth is the Fender Blues Deluxe on the avoid list? It's one of the most highly recommended beginners harmonicas on the market, decently responsive, and easy to bend.
Congrats on making your video in English. It's tough learning a new language, but I think your English is really good. I hope to see more videos from you.
Really useful video, not only for beginners. From my own experience I don't recommend Suzuki Harpmaster. It's ok to play just pure sounds but if it comes to bendings is not that easy comparing for expample to Golden Melody. Maybe I just killed some pegs in my harpmaster cause it was my very first harmonica :)
Of course Golden Melody is much better (is my favourite harmonica). But the harp master is not bad. Especially for its price. In the other hand an amazing 20 is almost the same harmonica but a little cheaper even.
Też mam Special 20 i w porównaniu do starej (nie wiadomo nawet jakiej marki) harmonijki, to jak przesiadka z traktora do Mercedesa. Tak w ogóle to super pomysł z tym angielskim kanałem👍😃
You should add Lee Oskar to the list. Very good harp and quite cheap. Also for beginners best keys to get are: C and A Then after you play for a while get the: G, D, Bb and Low-F (or you can get a normal F but it's a bit too high for my taste) This 6 keys cover 80-90% of songs you'll ever play. But if you want to be ready for even more next ones to get are: Eb and Ab With this you are at 8 harps and you have 98% of the songs covered. The rest of the keys (Dd, F#, B and E) are really not needed if you are not a pro.
I started with a Pocket Pal in 1997. It was leaky, unresponsive and nasty. It really fought against me. For a while I thought it was me. But the. I moved to Lee Oskar and realised it was the Pocket Pal. I still have it. O Eve every now and then I try it out. But it still sounds horrible!
I have a Hohner Blues Harp MS and love the sound and the looks, but the bendings are hard to make.I think in change for Special 20, but the sound is not my favorite. Maybe just to learn the bend. Great channel!
She is on her way now. In one video I heard that she pulls bands badly. Is it so...? I wanted to cancel and order esttop t008, but this is no longer possible... Really bad in bends (Kongsheng 20)? I'll thank you right away for your reply.
My first harmonica was the classic Marine Band, awesome raspy sound, but short lifespan, my favourite harmonica yet, the Crossover, I'm going to try the susuki promaster, I really want a metal comb, but the meisterklasse is just too expensive, let's see!
The video was the most entertaining, I must say. It might look funny to some but your conversation with your "RUclips brother" mentions important INFORMATION. The video is very unique than most others I have seen on RUclips. The subject you are covering is also very very important which no RUclipsr so far thought of. "Which Harmonica NOT to buy" with specially the 'not' in uppercase. It helps to avoid cheap but useless harmonicas and waste your money unnecessarily. By the way you speak good english. And I am interested to learn your first language. 😊 Please let me know the language. Thanks for your review. Cheers!
En general de acuerdo, pero a una MB clasic se la desmonta, se la pueden limar un poco los dientes del peine, se limpia si esta usada, se le dan tres capas de barniz bueno, se le hacen 4 taladros de 2,5 mm para las cubiertas y otros en las placas de lenguetas de 1,5 mm, se le ponen tornillos adecuados y tienes la diatonica mas increible, Me gusta mas que la Crossover ( tengo dos) es solo mi opinión.
My first harmonica was Marine Band Classic and I don’t recommend it - as Manfredi said: it’s short lasting and unrepairable. Get a plastic comb Harmonica :)
Exactly;) Of course, after some work you can make it more useful. In example you can change nails to screws etc. But I think, there are some better options to start with.
I'm new to harmonica playing after putting it down for 45 years. I had my old 70's Hohner Blues harps rebuilt, and they still play good, but I really like the Special 20's. Some of the high notes need adjusting or breaking in, especially on the F, but the classic key of C in a Special 20 is just fine for a beginner like me. Of course I have the whole key range now in SP 20 aftyer only a few months of re-playing/learning!!
A big No No for me are the Johnson harmonicas. They are incredibly cheap and incredibly bad. Beware many stores try to sell them. Parents buy them for their children should be ashamed of themselves. The Suzuki Bluesmasters are a match for the Hohner Special 20 in my opinion. And if you like the Promaster you may like the Promaster Valved.
Cheap but decent. The reeds on the harps from that factory look they were so poorly made they had to be individually tuned by manually scraping material off of each reed to get it on pitch. That's certainly got to weaken it in the long run. No quality manufacturer does that.
I'm a student of Manfredi. I recommend that you listen to his advice. You can save a lot of money and time by not buying a crap harmonica.
My first harmonica was Silver Star so I know, it’s not the best option ;) Thanks for your comment. Cheers;)
This video is super helpful for my search for a first harmonica. Love your style/humour and the production value of this video. Hope your English learning is still going well.
Manfredi is my harmonicas mentor. I recommend this guy.
Thank you LandCafe ;)
Two days ago I bought Special 20 in C key. Good sound in easy way. I learned When the Saints in 1 position. Thanks for your lessons bro.
Super! Today I’m recording next lesson ;) Good Luck! ;)
If he is boring change to another video. I think he was very nice he knows harps. I will be subscribing
I have the Suzuki Harpmaster and are very pleased with it. Nice warm tone, easy to play. Very good cost/performance ratio.
Hey, your English is fantastic. No problem.
Great video! My first harp was a Special 20 in the key of A
Thanks :) Special 20 is great. It was my first real harmonica after silver star. But I really recommend the key of C to start with, cause of materials availability ;)
If I could speak any other language than English as well you speak English, I would feel very proud of myself.
I love the way you pronounce har mon eca! Good video... no toys, just instruments. My 1st was a Suzuki Bluesmaster, thought maybe it was not that great , got a set of Special 20s, and found out the only thing special was the price. $35 more than the Special 20. Nothing wrong with the Bluesmaster at all.
But I do tend to play the Specials (well, 'play' is an exaggeration, lol) more often than the Bluesmaster. Get a good
har mon eca.... no toys indeed.
Also got a very cheap set of Hohner Piedmonts...plastic toys, don't anyone ever buy those! Waste of $28
Nice start. My first harmonica was Hohner Golden Melody, second was Seydel 1847 both in Richter tuning. Recently I was buy Seydel Session Steel in diminished tuning 😎. I keep my finger crossed for your success with this channel 🤞
Thanks! Golden Melody in my opinion is a perfect start. But I know, some players hate them.
@@ManfredisHarmonicaShow Of course you have right. Golden Melody is perfect after polishing reed plates on the side where lips touch them. For me it’s better built than Special 20 :)
@@ManfredisHarmonicaShow I can't say that I hate GM. Sometimes when I go back to playing GM after using Seydel for a long time, my lips get numb as at the beginning when I was learning to hit single notes. This feeling lasts a maximum of one day. Apart from this inconvenience, the GM harmonica is played very lightly compared to the Seydel steel reeds
Very helpfull video for beginners and you have a very funny way to express your advices. It gets me:)
Thanks;) I’m really happy that, somebody appreciates it.
My first Harmonica was Suzuki Promaster and still it is my only one. It reminds me an old USA's chrome caravan (i know that's weird ;) ) but im looking for something with a plastic comb now...
Maybe Special 20 or Rocket? Or Golden Melody? There are so many choices ;)
If it werent for you i would have bought a folkmaster. You just saved me some money. Thanks man.
Just subscribed . Interesting start for English version .I am only playing 1 month and got myself a few Special 20s really enjoying playing them through my guitar amp ...I can not play guitar due to an injury so looking forward to learning harmonica
Cool. Next video will be about some more technical useful stuff ;) So I think you will enjoy it :)
@@ManfredisHarmonicaShow looking forward to it... Greetings from Latvia
Greetings from Poland ;)
Why on earth is the Fender Blues Deluxe on the avoid list? It's one of the most highly recommended beginners harmonicas on the market, decently responsive, and easy to bend.
Congrats on making your video in English. It's tough learning a new language, but I think your English is really good. I hope to see more videos from you.
Really useful video, not only for beginners. From my own experience I don't recommend Suzuki Harpmaster. It's ok to play just pure sounds but if it comes to bendings is not that easy comparing for expample to Golden Melody. Maybe I just killed some pegs in my harpmaster cause it was my very first harmonica :)
Of course Golden Melody is much better (is my favourite harmonica). But the harp master is not bad. Especially for its price. In the other hand an amazing 20 is almost the same harmonica but a little cheaper even.
Any reason you left out Lee Oskar Harmonicas?.
Też mam Special 20 i w porównaniu do starej (nie wiadomo nawet jakiej marki) harmonijki, to jak przesiadka z traktora do Mercedesa. Tak w ogóle to super pomysł z tym angielskim kanałem👍😃
Dzięki. Ja to bardziej porównuje do przesiadki do mercedesa z taczki :) Jeździłem i jednym i drugim, to wiem, co mówię ;)
I have the several, Special 20 & I like Hohner Marine Band
Manfredi, GREAT job, Sir!!
Thanks Man :) And see you soon :)
I broke another reed in my cheap 27 year old Harp today. When you don't have a harmonica . 😔
Your English sounds very good.
Nice video. Professional editing 🙂
Thanks;)
You should add Lee Oskar to the list.
Very good harp and quite cheap.
Also for beginners best keys to get are: C and A
Then after you play for a while get the: G, D, Bb and Low-F (or you can get a normal F but it's a bit too high for my taste)
This 6 keys cover 80-90% of songs you'll ever play.
But if you want to be ready for even more next ones to get are: Eb and Ab
With this you are at 8 harps and you have 98% of the songs covered.
The rest of the keys (Dd, F#, B and E) are really not needed if you are not a pro.
East top is surprising nice instrument at the price point
Ciekawe było to, jak zagrałeś Summertime dla porównania na chromatyku i bluesowej :)
Dzięki :)
Thank you so much for this video! I've tried to learn with Hohner "Pocket Pal", and it was really hard to get any interesting sound from it.
I started with a Pocket Pal in 1997. It was leaky, unresponsive and nasty. It really fought against me. For a while I thought it was me. But the. I moved to Lee Oskar and realised it was the Pocket Pal. I still have it. O Eve every now and then I try it out. But it still sounds horrible!
I have a Hohner Blues Harp MS and love the sound and the looks, but the bendings are hard to make.I think in change for Special 20, but the sound is not my favorite.
Maybe just to learn the bend. Great channel!
She is on her way now. In one video I heard that she pulls bands badly.
Is it so...? I wanted to cancel and order esttop t008, but this is no longer possible... Really bad in bends (Kongsheng 20)?
I'll thank you right away for your reply.
My first harmonica was the classic Marine Band, awesome raspy sound, but short lifespan, my favourite harmonica yet, the Crossover, I'm going to try the susuki promaster, I really want a metal comb, but the meisterklasse is just too expensive, let's see!
Are you advising I should go folk master, for beginners??
You did not mention Lee Oskar Major Diatonic..
It shud be good eh ???
Lee Oskar is very good... better than Hohner Special 20.
The video was the most entertaining, I must say. It might look funny to some but your conversation with your "RUclips brother" mentions important INFORMATION.
The video is very unique than most others I have seen on RUclips.
The subject you are covering is also very very important which no RUclipsr so far thought of.
"Which Harmonica NOT to buy" with specially the 'not' in uppercase.
It helps to avoid cheap but useless harmonicas and waste your money unnecessarily.
By the way you speak good english.
And I am interested to learn your first language. 😊
Please let me know the language.
Thanks for your review.
Cheers!
Love this! Keep it up 💯
beautiful tone and "Sissy Strut" at the end.....😊
Of course special 20 👍
The best choice ;)
@@ManfredisHarmonicaShow that's IT 😁👍
Nice tatoos! Keep up the good work
Thanks! :)
En general de acuerdo, pero a una MB clasic se la desmonta, se la pueden limar un poco los dientes del peine, se limpia si esta usada, se le dan tres capas de barniz bueno, se le hacen 4 taladros de 2,5 mm para las cubiertas y otros en las placas de lenguetas de 1,5 mm, se le ponen tornillos adecuados y tienes la diatonica mas increible, Me gusta mas que la Crossover ( tengo dos) es solo mi opinión.
A polecasz harmonijki dwustronne?
Moim zdaniem wynalazek raczej bez sensu. Lepiej mieć 2 zwykłe harmonijki ;)
To obrzydzenie po odegraniu Summertime na chromatyczce było doskonałe. Czy ja dobrze widzę, że masz autoportret Vonneguta wyrysowany na dłoni?
I bought a toy the fender deluxe then I got the 3 pack of honer big river I like those a lot better
Great video and Good job on your English!!
Thanx :)
My Favorite Key is A-dur
Thank you very much :)
My first harmonica was ugh....I don't want to talk about it.
Hahaha ;) Let me guess. Silver Star?
@@ManfredisHarmonicaShow No, but close. A Pocket Pal, made in China. One of those harps that came with an instruction book and a cassette.
My first harmonica was Marine Band Classic and I don’t recommend it - as Manfredi said: it’s short lasting and unrepairable. Get a plastic comb Harmonica :)
Exactly;) Of course, after some work you can make it more useful. In example you can change nails to screws etc. But I think, there are some better options to start with.
I'm new to harmonica playing after putting it down for 45 years. I had my old 70's Hohner Blues harps rebuilt, and they still play good, but I really like the Special 20's. Some of the high notes need adjusting or breaking in, especially on the F, but the classic key of C in a Special 20 is just fine for a beginner like me. Of course I have the whole key range now in SP 20 aftyer only a few months of re-playing/learning!!
Nice! Special 20 was my first real harmonica after a silver star :) Now I prefer a Golden Melody, but a S20 is perfect for beginners in my opinion :)
Lee Oskar Harmonicas All the Way!
Better than special 20 by Hohner.
This is funny..
The imperfect English becomes an act not a handicap, u enunciate & speak slow enough to understand.. 👍👍👍
dla zasięgu 👍.
Thank you :)
video starts here ====> 9:16
Dobre, dobre, fajny scenariusz, świetnie zmontowane, aktorzy też dali radę! Będę oglądał, przy okazji można podszkolić się w angielskim :-)
Dzięki, pozdrawiam ;)
Cool!!!
MAN BLUESMASTER DE SUZUKI ?
A big No No for me are the Johnson harmonicas. They are incredibly cheap and incredibly bad. Beware many stores try to sell them. Parents buy them for their children should be ashamed of themselves.
The Suzuki Bluesmasters are a match for the Hohner Special 20 in my opinion. And if you like the Promaster you may like the Promaster Valved.
Kongsheng Amazing 20
Cheap but decent. The reeds on the harps from that factory look they were so poorly made they had to be individually tuned by manually scraping material off of each reed to get it on pitch. That's certainly got to weaken it in the long run. No quality manufacturer does that.
3:33 to harmonijka 1847 classic?
To chyba akurat Lightning z customowym korpusem, ale 1847 Classic też jest bardzo fajna moim zdaniem :)
"My name is Giovanni Manfredi. But people call me Manfredi."
your English is perfect. you can travel anywhere they speak English
No comment to Lee Oskar.....
It must be exhausting to have a head position and facial expression for every word
Suzuki blues master
500 za kurs? No niestety nie. Wierzę, że warto, ale nie.
Większość moich obecnych kursantów uważa, że cena jest za niska w stosunku do tego, co dostają, więc niestety taniej nie będzie ;) Pozdrawiam.
@@ManfredisHarmonicaShow Rozumiem i ubolewam bardzo. Może kiedyś się uzbiera.
Hablas mucho, aburres.