I grew up during the heyday of hot rods, and owned a few old cars that I had a lot of fun with. The problem with cars is they take up a lot of space and cost a lot of time and money. I gave up on my last automobile project about 30 years ago – a 1931 Model A Ford Coupe.

When I discovered that I could collect and hot rod harmonicas and have an entire parking garage full of them in less space than the battery for a 57 Chevy, I was hooked and never looked back.

I finally decided to devote a website to customizing harmonicas; the tools and techniques, plus whatever I learn that gets me excited.

So now the RSleigh.com website will be devoted to playing the harmonica and Hotrodharmonicas.com will be devoted to working on them. There will be some overlap, and it will take some time to move things around, but check it out: http://hotrodharmonicas.com

I see a whole new generation of harmonica hot rodders that will take the instrument to all sorts of new places. I intend to share as much of what I have learned over the years one way or another. Its going to be a wild ride!