Christmas challenge

Savio · by **Savio** » 2018-12-21 11:50 a.m.

Hi all trombone friends! As you all know I play a Mt Vernon 1.5g on my bass trombone. Lately I have also played a little on the George Roberts copy called MV made by a mouthpiece maker in Los Angeles. So today is my first holyday in Christmas and I had time to make two videos with both the Mt Vernon and the GR copy, Question is which one you think is played with which mouthpiece? The winner get a beer of course :hi:

1:

~~[url]~~https://youtu.be/JrlWCT8oNJY

2:

~~[url]~~https://youtu.be/fllg20R1lKk

Merry Christmas and cheers!

hyperbolica · 2018-12-21 12:55 p.m.

Um.

I think I like the first one better in the low range and the second one better for higher notes. I have no idea how that relates to the two mouthpieces in question, I've got no point of reference other than your very nice bass bone sound.

Thanks for recording.

imsevimse · by **imsevimse** » 2018-12-21 2:33 p.m.

Nope, no Idea. Both sound good though, but a little to much reverb, you do not need that <EMOJI seq="1f601" tseq="1f601">😁</EMOJI> <EMOJI seq="1f44d" tseq="1f44d">👍</EMOJI>

Merry Christmas to you too!

/Tom

Savio · by **Savio** » 2018-12-21 5:27 p.m.

Tom, here you have it without any reverb~~[url]~~https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnFhNyFesmcYhYcIM7ON1qWmWGc3qg

Reverb just tell what room you are inside. Its a choice. It dont make much difference.

Merry Christmas to all of you

Leif

Savio · by **Savio** » 2018-12-21 8:58 p.m.

See you sometime all of you.

Leif

afugate · by **afugate** » 2018-12-22 9:36 a.m.

Darn! I was hoping to enjoy a little of Leif's fine playing this morning, but the youtube links say the video isn't available. :/

--Andy in OKC

imsevimse · 2018-12-22 3:58 p.m.

[quote="afugate"]Darn! I was hoping to enjoy a little of Leif's fine playing this morning, but the youtube links say the video isn't available. :/

--Andy in OKC[/quote]
Same here. The first two links was working before but not anymore. The third link is strange. It says I have to make a Microsoft account? Not sure I want that.

/Tom

Savio · by **Savio** » 2018-12-23 5:13 a.m.

I think it was maybe set to privat, I will fix that.

Leif

Savio · by **Savio** » 2018-12-24 11:05 p.m.

I have since many years ago got lot of emails about how much reverb I use and are tired of it. Mostly kindly advices but some of them are really bad attitudes or attacks. All from people I dont know. (not you Tom of course but lot of others through the years)

This one is with zero reverb on the trombone for the curious one.

~~[url]~~<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ty55zxs2chiqb ... 1.mp3?dl=0">https://www.dropbox.com/s/ty55zxs2chiqbcc/21%20des18%20things%2060h%20mt%20vernon-01.mp3?dl=0</LINK_TEXT>

Leif

timothy42b · by **timothy42b** » 2018-12-25 9:51 a.m.

Nice job.

It asked me to sign in or create an account. I just closed that popup and the file played fine.

CharlieB · by **CharlieB** » 2018-12-26 9:35 p.m.

Back to the original question........... Which mouthpiece?

Savio, you sound great on both mouthpieces. I don't think you can go wrong with either one.

As a listener, for this particular solo, I prefer the more colorful, lilting sound that the second mouthpiece lets you create. The first recording sounds heavier. Maybe the larger of the two mouthpieces ?? I don't dare guess which mouthpiece is the George Roberts clone, but either way, I think George Roberts would applaud your sound. Thanks for sharing the recordings.

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