"It's the Only Harmonica of Its Kind Years in the making, the amazing new Overdrive Harmonica is so unique, it even has a special patent to protect its incredible design. Precisely placed holes in the top and bottom of this harmonica allow you to produce thick, rich and beautiful over-blow and over-draw sounds. Although players have been bending notes for more than a century, it has only recently been discovered that when you draw bend, it is the BLOW reed that makes the bent note. Conversely, when you blow bend, it is the opposite blow reed in the same air channel that makes the bent note. With a little practice, the new Overdrive Harmonica will let you blow and draw notes with greater control and much bigger volume than any harmonica you've ever played! Comes with deluxe carrying case."  (from Suzuki product description) See Brendan Power describe and demonstrate the MR-300 Overdrive on YouTube here

This finely designed and manufactured harmonica is in the key of G. Other keys are available on request. Dane Clarke personally tests and performs any necessary adjustments and fine tuning on every MandoHarp harmonica sold. We will have further postings of quality Harmonicas and Mandolins just as soon as we can get the listings constructed.

Report for this particular instrument

Purchased new from an American reseller. Received in perfect order - no scratches or discolouration, no scuffing on case. All reeds within 5c of specs. All reeds aligned correctly with even gap. Reed offsets show evenly distributed gradient - no adjustment necessary. Good sealing - no air leaks detected. No additional work required. Tested okay to offer for sale.

About the Tester

Dane is a professional systems engineer, academic and musician who has played harmonica for over forty years. He currently plays harmonica and mandolin with a celtic/folk/blues band, Headland and a celtic/gypsy band, The Gypsy Tarts. Dane has researched and practiced harmonica maintenance and tuning in earnest for the last five years (since retiring from full-time professional work), and during this time has often been privileged to meet and learn from some of Australia's premier harmonica artists and technicians. On the qualifications side of things, Dane has undergraduate degrees in Engineering and Business, and post-graduate qualifications in Information Technology and Education. He works as a part-time academic these days and though he loves teaching computer engineering he enjoys himself much more when working on instruments and playing music!

Diatonic Harmonicas 

Diatonic harmonicas come in several types (Tremolo, Bues, Octave etc.) with the common attribute being that the harmonica is tuned to a particular key (or scale). See the Wikipedia entry for Diatonic harmonica for excellent general descriptions of the major types of diatonic harmonica.

"Diatonic means, roughly, something in only one key, and that's the meaning applied to the harmonica. A C harmonica is tuned to the C major scale, and plays the two most important chords in C (C Major chord and G 7th chord). If you want to play the same song in another key, let's say D, you'd pick up a D harp and play it the same way you did in C. It's a little like using a capo on a guitar."(Harp-L FAQ)

FEATURES

• Highly bendable, brass reeds
• Computer assisted laser tuning
• Individual exhaust and inlet holes for each reed
• Maroon moulded resin composite comb
• Revolutionary design black moulded resin composite covers
• Attractive and hard wearing, hard-shell carrying case with soft, light grey lining
• Instruction sheet included
  

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