Please hold off any knee-jerk disdain for plastic instruments until you've heard me out.
I have an upcoming role as a clown in a freak show (see, it's beginning to make sense already!). I am an electric bass player but I have to provide simple umpah umpah bass lines for a raggedy-ass circus band. The cheap, light, chuck-in-a-gig-bag black plastic tubas are perfect for me.
There are two to choose from: one is squat, glossy black with rotary valves and the other is leaner, opaque black with piston valves. I have only found a few seconds video of someone playing the opaque one and lots more on the glossy one but even then, audio over the internet makes it almost impossible to get enough idea of the sound to be able to compare them.
I have prepared a .pdf file that compares both which you can look at here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm1g12ezi9...0tuba.pdf?dl=0
My question: Have any of you played both? Can you help me with my choice?
If you don't want to admit to any knowledge of these things, PM me here or Skype me at "thomasblackthorne"
Blue skies,
Thomas
I have an upcoming role as a clown in a freak show (see, it's beginning to make sense already!). I am an electric bass player but I have to provide simple umpah umpah bass lines for a raggedy-ass circus band. The cheap, light, chuck-in-a-gig-bag black plastic tubas are perfect for me.
There are two to choose from: one is squat, glossy black with rotary valves and the other is leaner, opaque black with piston valves. I have only found a few seconds video of someone playing the opaque one and lots more on the glossy one but even then, audio over the internet makes it almost impossible to get enough idea of the sound to be able to compare them.
I have prepared a .pdf file that compares both which you can look at here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm1g12ezi9...0tuba.pdf?dl=0
My question: Have any of you played both? Can you help me with my choice?
If you don't want to admit to any knowledge of these things, PM me here or Skype me at "thomasblackthorne"
Blue skies,
Thomas
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