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An
organization called Harp Depot was founded on January 3, 1996 by
John Hall in New Palestine, Indiana. John's love for the harmonica
started when he saw some Marine
Bands in his grandpa's suitcase back in 1969. His grandpa gave
him one, and being in a music loving family made it easy for him to
stick with the instrument. When he walked by the Slippery
Noodle in Indianapolis on a summer's evening in 1990, and heard
a harmonica player wailing the blues, it was love at first
"sound"! Since then he's had an ever growing love for the
blues which has fueled his enthusiasm for the harmonica business, and
led him to found the "Bean
Blossom Blues Fest" and the popular Bushman
brand of harmonicas.
John
sold Harp Depot to his best customer - "Doc" Belcher of
Marion, Ohio - on November 30, 2004. It was a perfect transaction
which allowed John to realize his goal of being able to focus
exclusively on marketing and growing his Bushman brand, while it
enabled Doc to jump right into the harmonica and musical instrument
business with both feet. Subsequently, Doc decided to start Guitar
Depot, where he could do the same thing for guitar players that he
and John have done, and doc continues to do, for harmonicas. Since
entering the harmonica business, he, and his staff consider
themselves to be consultants on harmonicas and guitars.
Doc and his son, Andrew, now operate the following: Harmonica website
store Harp
Depot; Harmonica website store Harp
Express; Harmonica website store 1st-In-Harmonicas;
Guitar website store Doc's
Guitar Depot; Music instrument website store Doc's
Music Center; |
Musical instrument website store Doc's
Music Resources; Ukulele website store Doc's
Ukuleles; Ukulele website store
Doc's
Ukes, and, Leather products for
harmonicas and guitars called Buckeye
Leather. In addition, they also have
the following non-music related websites: Website on loneliness
called All
About Loneliness; Website on the
experience of being delisted and called Delisted
By Google; and, a website on a group
of residential care facilities for the mentally ill called Buckeye
Family.
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