cooker

I'm hoping to tour a bit starting next year. As a gift a year or so ago I got a do-it yourself ukelele build kit (really an assembly kit), and I was thinking of taking that along as it is a lot smaller and lighter than a guitar, and basicaly learn to play it on tour.

I play some harmonica and can do some grade school level tunes on recorder and tin flute, so another thought I had was to access backing /karaoke tracks on a phone or tablet, and play along to them with a mouth instrument - that would be a little more fun than just playing the instrument unaccompanied.

cooker

Personally I like the Hohner blues harp - you can play it folk-style like Neil Young, or blues style (cross-harp). The difference is that if your folk song is in the key of E, you might use a harmonica stamped 'E'. If you are playing blues in the key of E, you want a harmonica stamped "A' as that gives you a more bluesy sound. If you like the music theory, for blues you want a harmonica tuned a 4th above your song key.

EDIT: old thread, already covered

Squeezebox

Squeezebox here! I play a G/D English style button accordion. The bellows are made from tape and cardboard. I think I better leave it at home.