Hello there.
Alright well this is just a little bit about me and what brought me here. I guess I should start off with an honest confession. I’m a bassist. I didn’t start playing bass because I wasn’t as good of a guitar player as the other guy and we needed a bass player in the band. I’m actually a bassist by choice and have been for over 35 years now. Okay so now on to the shameful part of my confession. I can not play anything musical or pleasant sounding on a harmonica at all. I know I know it’s awful and I know some of you are wondering right how I sleep at night or how I can live with myself? My answer….its not easy doing either. The only thing that gets me through is lying to myself that I’m going to learn to play harmonica someday soon. I’ve owned a few smaller Hohner Blues Band harmonicas in the past. But since they are kind of small and pocket friendly they wandered off to live with someone else. I can’t blame them for leaving. I didn’t give them the attention they deserved and I know it. Hopefully they (my missing harmonicas) and whoever they wandered off with make music together like they were made to make. So now that we are all up to speed and everyone knows I’m a bassist and I haven’t always given my harmonicas the attention I should have or that they deserved. But that’s all in the past. Let’s look forward to the future. Today I’m here because I have a new harmonica in my life. A Hohner Chromatica 262. The harmonica isn’t new it’s just new in my life. It was left to me when my Uncle passed away 15-20 years ago. I’m here to learn more about the history and age of my rather large new friend. He is about 14 inches long and not nearly as pocket friendly as any other harmonicas I’ve ever seen. I’m hoping that somebody here also knows or has known another Hohner Chromatica 262 and will share their experiences and/or knowledge about it and help me get to know my Chromatica better and maybe help this bassist become a much better harmonica owner than I was in the past. I know it’s a lot to hope for but I’m a hopeful person.