Thomann Rookie Blues Harmonica 7-SET

I wait longer time to get considerable practic experiences from more gigs and after half year I can resume following:
- THESE HARPS ARE DURABLE, BREATHABLE and a GOOD TONE generally 4 all styles as folk - rock - country with following reservations:
- their tone is not brilliant as Hohner (are cca 1/3 D´n´D - darker+dull)
- their breath response is cca 30-50% slow - if dont have a slave compressor - you cannot use 4fast arpeggiatos or fast runs (e.g. country)
- sometimes - if fast work or long play - their tones doesnt sound= blind holes in logical row tones. It concerns more the low-notes.
- you need a more breath to resonate, flutter or bend a tone... but it is not greatly heavier than other production - and they´re better than BLUESBANDS or TOMBstones...
IF TO ADD TO ANY GROUP: theyre fully competitive/comparable to FENDER BlueDeluxe. Fender´s are little brigter tone.
THE HITPARADE top10:
1. HOHNER MARINE, PRO & BLUESHARPS - after the goldrush- the finest
Long time nothing
2. HERING HARPS-fantastic,but easy destructable - overbreath the plates.
3. TOMBO, LEE OSKAR and other plastics
4. FENDER and/or 5. ROOKIES - really new star!
Long time nothing..
6. HARLEY BENTON Blues and other chinese lowcost- all above meant problems x2
CONCLUSION: ROOKIE Blues harps are a good option 4 beginners; folkers of no-trouble-style as infamous B.D. and partially 4 experienced mussicians with low-budget, needed a reliable instrument 4 gigs, public low-cost use as roaring pubs, howling volwes, non-payable promoteurs etc... I CAN ONLY RECOMMMEND.
COMMENT - this comparision concerns the low-end models of every above meant producers...
4 something better must ask somebody better fate...

COMMENT 4THOMANN staff: pack of G,A,C,D tunning harps WELLCOME!!

Je ne m’attendais pas à quelque chose d’exceptionnel pour le prix mais je pensais pour 8€ par harmonica avoir quelque chose de mieux que celui à 5€, je n’ai pas la comparaison, mais ceux-ci ne sont pas “air tight” et demandent 2x plus de souffle qu’un hohner blues harp, pour un son moins bon. Certains trous marchent moins bien que d’autres. La housse pue les produits pétroliers, sympa pour quelquechose qui stagne sur l’harmonica puis rentre dans nos poumons. J’ai hésité à retourner l’ensemble mais me suis dit que ca serait refusé pour cause d’hygiène. Après nettoyage au savon et laissée au soleil du sud de la france, toujours cette odeur de pétrochimie, housse inutilisable.