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Francesco
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by Francesco »

Hello all,

I bought a Laskey 5G at the Milano music store a few months ago, but unfortunately I didn't get any specs from the seller.

I have been trying it and I believe that is quite similar to a Bach 5G but a bit smaller.

Does anyone have any experience with this Laskey?
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GabrielRice
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by GabrielRice »

Well that's weird. It's used, yes?

Laskey did not use this numbering system that I knew of, so my guess would be that it's from the early days of his company. Probably the predecessor of his 57MD, which was like a Bach 5G but with different contours and slightly smaller than many Bach 5Gs.
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Bach5G
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by Bach5G »

Scott took the metric interior rim dimension, eg. 2.54 cm and dropped the “2”, giving you a Laskey 54 etc.
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Burgerbob
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by Burgerbob »

[quote="Bach5G"]Scott took the metric interior rim dimension, eg. 2.54 cm and dropped the “2”, giving you a Laskey 54 etc.[/quote]

well, yes. But this isn't one of those! I wonder if it was just a one-off.
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Francesco
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by Francesco »

[quote="GabrielRice"][/quote]

Yes, it is!

Well, here is a youtube link that may help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MECztDgrcw

Apparently they had a last batch which were the remaining stock from Laskey Company in 2018.
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GabrielRice
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by GabrielRice »

I stick by my guess that it was a prototype from early in Scott's production.
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CalgaryTbone
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by CalgaryTbone »

I don't know if he made custom mouthpieces for some clients, but it could be a copy of a particular favorite mouthpiece made for a trombonist.

Jim Scott
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GabrielRice
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by GabrielRice »

[quote="CalgaryTbone"]I don't know if he made custom mouthpieces for some clients, but it could be a copy of a particular favorite mouthpiece made for a trombonist.

Jim Scott[/quote]

I know that when Scott was at Schilke he used to make a copy of John Kitzman's 5G.
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Francesco
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by Francesco »

[quote="GabrielRice"]I stick by my guess that it was a prototype from early in Scott's production.[/quote]
I'm not selling it at the moment, but in case that it was a prototype from early in Scott's production, how much does it cost?
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HawaiiTromboneGuy
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by HawaiiTromboneGuy »

I also bought a bunch of Laskey’s from Milano back in August of last year. Picked up a 5G as well, but haven’t really used it yet.
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CheeseTray
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by CheeseTray »

[quote="GabrielRice"]<QUOTE author="CalgaryTbone" post_id="167873" time="1641794330" user_id="3262">
I don't know if he made custom mouthpieces for some clients, but it could be a copy of a particular favorite mouthpiece made for a trombonist.

Jim Scott[/quote]

I know that when Scott was at Schilke he used to make a copy of John Kitzman's 5G.
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I play a custom that Scott made for me when we was with Schilke. Back then, he had a couple of 'golden' 5Gs that he used to copy as a jumping-off point for making mouthpieces for players that liked mouthpieces in that size range.