€149.99Original price was: €149.99.€84.99Current price is: €84.99.
With the Marine Band Deluxe, we’ve brought the incomparable sound of the original blues harmonica into the 21st century. This is a Custom harmonica.
Custom Harmonica Features This custom Marine Band Deluxe harmonica features meticulously embossed reed slots, reducing the gap between the reed and the slot. This design focuses air directly on the reed, enhancing loudness and responsiveness. Both the comb and draw reed plate have been flat-sanded for a perfectly flat seal, significantly improving air tightness. Additionally, all reeds are chamfered, increasing their aerodynamics, which contributes to a louder, more responsive sound.
The reeds are also gapped and set deeper into the slots, further boosting air tightness and responsiveness while preparing the harmonica for overblows on holes 4, 5, and 6 in particular.
With the Marine Band Deluxe, Hohner has brought the incomparable sound of the original blues harmonica into the 21st century. By incorporating design improvements that optimise handling and ensure greater volume and faster response, Cathal Johnson of Harmonicas Ireland has reinvented the legendary Marine Band harmonica to meet today’s musicians’ needs using custom techniques. At an amazing and unbeatable price for a custom harmonica, this Marine Band Deluxe is more than just a state-of-the-art upgrade to the benchmark diatonic harp; it’s a rediscovery of deep emotions, an awakening of forgotten spirits, and a revival of hidden energies. With the Marine Band Deluxe, you’ll bring the blues to life!
Custom Harmonica Features
This custom Marine Band Deluxe harmonica features meticulously embossed reed slots, reducing the gap between the reed and the slot. This design focuses air directly on the reed, enhancing loudness and responsiveness. Both the comb and draw reed plate have been flat-sanded for a perfectly flat seal, significantly improving air tightness. Additionally, all reeds are chamfered, increasing their aerodynamics, which contributes to a louder, more responsive sound.
The reeds are also gapped and set deeper into the slots, further boosting air tightness and responsiveness while preparing the harmonica for overblows on holes 4, 5, and 6 in particular.
A Custom Instrument by Cathal Johnson
This harmonica is ideal for anyone seeking a top-quality instrument at an affordable price. Crafted by Cathal Johnson of Harmonicas Ireland, a Hohner-qualified harmonica technician, this custom instrument features Cathal’s signature inside and on the covers, ensuring authenticity and setting it apart from others and making it ideal for collectors too!
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Some of our products are sent from Ireland and some are sent from UK or Germany.
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The “Thank you” email is confirmation we’ve received your order. Unless International Tracking is specified on the postage info, you just need to wait till it is delivered. International postage normally takes from 1-4 weeks.
In the case of hand-made harmonicas we will inform you of the postage lead time directly.
Guarantees & Repairs, Returns & Refunds
Product faults
If for any reason you find fault with an item after receiving it, you must inform us in the first week of ownership. Email us, if it is concerning a harmonica, and please attach an MP3 sound clip and/or photo of the issue you’re experiencing.
If the problem can’t be fixed by email or phone, the harmonica or other item must be returned by you in as-new condition no later than 3 weeks after it was received. Once we receive it we will examine the reported issue. If there is indeed a problem, we will then repair or replace and re-ship at my expense, covering your return postal cost in addition. If there is no problem with the item, we will either re-post at your expense (with postal payment up-front), or offer you a refund minus 10% of the original price. This is because used harmonicas will require ultrasonic cleaning to return them to a hygenic condition.
Assuming either way that we post the harmonica or other item back, if you decide then not to keep it, it must be posted back by you in as-new condition no later than 1 week after it was received the second time. In that circumstance, once we get it back again you will be due a refund minus 30% of the total cost of your order.
Always tap out moisture from your harmonica and go easy on it! It is important for long life of your harmonica.
All other returns received back within three weeks of initial delivery to the customer will be processed but postage will be paid for by the customer.
The vast majority of orders we send out arrive at their destination without issue. Occasionally some orders get delayed at customs. In these instances we ask that you please be patient and wait one month before contacting us.
Very occasionally a delivery does not make it to its destination. In these instances, after one month, we will offer a full refund or replacement item(s) for tracked orders only (see Key Information above). We do not offer any refund or replacement item(s) for orders sent without tracking.
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Harmonicas Ireland have 3 levels of harmonica set up for Diatonic harmonicas. These levels range from basic to intermediate to advanced levels of set up.
Basic Level: This work includes embossing of reed slots, this helps prevent air loss and so increases the harmonica’s volume and response of the reed within it’s reed slot on the reed-plate. Basic level harmonicas are lightly embossed with reeds gapped for optimal playing. Available for all harmonicas.
Price: 100 plus cost of harmonica
Intermediate level: Intermediate level custom harmonicas have heavier embossing done to them. This procedure is also available for all harmonicas. Reeds are profiled to sit in their slots and gapped for optimum playing also. This process also suits diatonic harmonicas by making it easier to play and achieve over blows in holes 4, 5 and 6 reeds and over draw hole 7, great for the over blowers out there!
Price: 150 plus cost of harmonica
Advanced level: Advanced level custom harmonicas as the intermediate whereas advanced; all reeds are embossed and set up for over blow/draw. Reeds are chamfered and tuned to give a rich tone. A dream to play for the advanced play who likes to over-blow/draw and play chromatic scales on a diatonic harmonica!
This is my first custom harmonica and it is really impressive. It is very responsive to breath pressure, easy to play loud or soft. It bends beautifully and with little effort. Cathal is great to deal with, shipping was fast and it was well packaged. Many thanks!
Cathal Johnson –
Hi Mike, thank you for your nice feedback. Much apprecciated! 😊👍
mike –
This is my first custom harmonica and it is really impressive. It is very responsive to breath pressure, easy to play loud or soft. It bends beautifully and with little effort.
Cathal is great to deal with, shipping was fast and it was well packaged.
Many thanks!
Cathal Johnson –
Hi Mike, thank you for your nice feedback. Much apprecciated! 😊👍