1910 Diatonic Harmonica | 
 enlarge | Brand: Lee Oskar
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $45.95
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Rating:  42 reviews
Color: metallic
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 4.3 x 1.4 x 1.2
Major DiatonicTHE TRADITIONALBLUES TUNING.The Major Diatonic harmonica is the most commonly used tuning for playing Blues, Rock, Country Folk & Jazz.Major Diatonic harps are produced by several manufacturers using various names such as Blues Harp, Marine Band, Golden Melody, Big River, Special 20, Pro Harp, Folk Master, Star Performer, etc.Although the cover plates are stamped with a variety of different names for marketing purposes, all of these harmonicas have the exact same notation layou
MPN: 1910-C
Model: 1910-C
UPC: 642945100034
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| Features:
| • | Airtight | | • | Durable, they last longer than other harps | | • | All key components are replaceable | | • | Easier second-position bending |
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Product Description
The Major Diatonic harmonica is the most commonly used tuning for playing Blues, Rock, Country Folk & Jazz. Made of quality materials, Lee Oskar Harmonicas are the professional players choice.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
Great Harp! January 5, 2009
B. R. Leavens (Joplin, MO USA)
Lee Oskars are the best harmonicas. I have played many types and brands, for 35 years. I have Lee Oskars that I have been playing since the 80's, and they are still going strong, although of course I have had to clean them from time to time. They have the best notes and note bending, and their high notes are tight and clean, unlike any other harp I play.
You won't go wrong with an Oskar.
Lee Oskar - the best December 15, 2008
Russell Branch (Ipswich, UK)
I have been playing Diatonic (Blues) harmonica for more than 10 years now - started off with a couple of Hohner as gifts, caught the bug, added more to the collection, then one day needed a Bb harp and my local music shop had only a Lee Oskar. It was more expensive, but necessary, so I took the plunge... and now I have 10 of them (8 different keys, plus backup spares in the keys of A and D (the commonest blues keys) just in case...)
I could not believe the difference, both in tonal quality and the "tightness" of the build allowing less wind leakage through the reeds, and meaning it takes less effort to play and, especially, to bend the notes.
Someone has written in the reviews that it has a limited amount of notes. Let me tell you there are a lot of notes hidden within this small exterior just waiting to be extracted after some practise - and it is the ability to bend down to notes that gives this ultimate blues instrument the maudlin sound necessary for layin' back in a rocking chair and mourning the death of yer best dog!!
Best examples of maestros are Absolutely the Best Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee or Little Walter. (Stevie Wonder and Larry Adler play a different type of harmonica, the Chromatic, which has a button that slides a plate across to open a second set of reeds that gives all the notes, but also has a less bluesy feel and less ability to bend a note.
If you want the heavy, hard rocking, raw blues sound you will need a Shure Green Bullet 520DX Dynamic Harmonica Microphone microphone, or to play more pure blues a simple Shure SM58 will suffice. (other mics are available, but these are my favourites)
And expect to get a blister on the tip of your tongue to start with - another thing that is less prevalent with the Lee Oskar since the plastic tongue board is kinder than the wooden Hohner ones I have played (you use the tongue for blocking notes whilst playing others and for some trills)
Have fun - and remember that a Lee Oskar might be more costly, but it will last (apparently) for ever, and will make you sound better as a beginner. After that, buy a couple of books on technique, a few blues harmonica compilation CD's, Gob-Iron: The Blues Harmonica Anthology and just play along. I take 3 or 4 with me where ever I go on business (usually in the keys of G, A, C and D) and have got up on stage and jammed in the US (Chicago, LA, Orlando, Atlanta, Indianapolis), Japan, China, India, France, Germany.... the blues is international!! Try taking a guitar on a "hand baggage only" business trip :-)
A great choice October 23, 2008
Pablo Castro (Bogotá, Colombia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great harmonica, and even for a beginner who is learning to bend, I haven't broken it in months. Obviously this is not the "Ferrari" of harmonicas (I've heard that about the new Suzukis) but it is one of the best.
 They brake easy September 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have played this brand of harmonicas for 3 years. AND THEY BRAKE FAST. Some people say it's the SPEACIL 20's that brake fast. BUT!!! What about these.I go through 6-7 of the LEE OSKERS a year. Play a couple hours a day.They have a problem of GOING SILENT ( reeds sticking ), during playing after about 1 month.BUT YOU CAN GET REAL "GRITTY,GRINDING BLUES" on the low # holes. COMPARED with deep sounding on the SPEACIL 20's, which are more MELLOW. BOTH ARE GOOD, but if your harmonicas are lasting longer than 3 months. I Know,which ever brand your playing, that YOUR NOT PLAYING them. Three months is the max,and buy another.
THEY SAY THERE THE BEST.......???????????? September 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have know idea , how everybody says these last a long time. I've, played them for 2 years ( 1 hour a day ), and you can count on them brakeing in 2 months. That is normal. A band player has to go through these things like crazy. They do sound good for a while, BUT...after a couple of weeks the 5 hole and up....sound very SQUEEKY, High pitch tin sound. It is true SPEACIL 20's sound warmer.Also the BLOW REEDS tend to brake , way more than the in-hale reeds. One thing , I can promise you is this....THE #2 HOLE WILL NEVER WORK on the LEE OSKER, they do on the SPEACIL 20's. My speacil 20's have lasted longer then LEE OSKAR ( same key c). BUT after 2 years of practice and playing, I promise you that LEE OSKAR is LIEING when they say the #2 holes won't work, because of unskilled players. It's a lie. Speacil 20's work fine. LEE OSKERS company just needs to remove the RE-INFORCED REED in the #2 hole. ALSO !!! LEE OSKER...you need to make a harmonica with RICHTER TUNEING to go along with your EQUAL TEMPERMENT TUNEING harmonicas. SO we have a choice.
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