Does anybody have experience with this model, which has two sets of holes stacked on top of each other? A guy I play some golf with, who’s in his 60s, bought one when he was a kid and never used it and kind of hinted that he’d sell it to me. It looks like the going rate is about $100.
I wouldn’t mind having it, but I don’t want it as a collector’s item to just leave it sitting around for years like he’s done. Are they fun to play? Are there a lot of quirks to playing them?
Hey brah - you can read about them in my article on the 3 types of harmonica:
There’s a jump menu on the left where you can skip down to tremolo harmonica. That’s what it is. Lee Oskar’s Hawaiian harmonica is the only one I’ve played that I like, and it’s way cheaper than $100.
Depends what you want to do. You can’t play blues on it. It sounds more like an accordion. More old-times. All this is in the article. Give it a read and keep us updated what you decide to do…
Thanks, Luke – that was highly illuminating. I think I’ll pass on buying the tremolo since I really want to focus on the blues. I don’t get too much of a charge out of accordion or organ sounds.
The jump menu and the focus on the tremolo harmonica caught my attention, particularly the comparison to the Lee Oskar’s Hawaiian harmonica and its unique accordion-like sound, which intrigues me as an accordion player; I’ll be sure to read the article for more insights and updates on musical decisions.