Suzuki SCX-48 Chromatix C

The best 12 hole harmonica in this price range

I bought my first Suzuki chromatic in 2015, and loved it immediately. It's solid and well-made harmonica with sweet sound. But the most important part for me is the quality and manufacturing. Made in Japan, this harmonica has unique and simple mouthpiece design, which allows you quickly disassemble it for lubrication and cleaning. The slide is very quiet as well which is also very important if you play through microphone.

I had 12 hole Hohner Chromonicas, and didn't like them because of weak chrome mouthpiece coating , and I had 16 Super Chormonica which was comparable in quality with Suzuki and had excellent silver coating on mouthpiece, but 16 holes were too much for me. But this Suzuki is much better in my opinion. Highly recommended!