Edwards B502 players
- el2002
- Posts: 38
- Joined: Nov 12, 2022
Are y'all playing on a dual or single bore slide?
Anyone know if Markey plays on a dual bore?
EL
Anyone know if Markey plays on a dual bore?
EL
- bitbckt
- Posts: 298
- Joined: Aug 19, 2020
I'm playing dual. I have a single bore Bach 50 slide that I don't particularly like with the Edwards. I don't have a single bore Edwards to compare to.
- Kdanielsen
- Posts: 609
- Joined: Jul 28, 2019
I started on the single then went to the dual. The valve register was much more even in both sound and feel for me with the dual bore. I got the gut feeling that the horn was mostly designed and tested with the dual bore (it just worked better).
- fwbassbone
- Posts: 131
- Joined: Apr 07, 2018
Dual bore here. Didn't like the feel of the single bore Edwards. I have a single Bach slide that I've tried a couple times and it plays ok but I prefer the dual
- ZacharyThornton
- Posts: 615
- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
I have both. I play my dual bore 95% of the time. Both work great.
- bassbone1993
- Posts: 435
- Joined: Feb 10, 2023
Back when I had one I used the dual bore. Regret trading it for a Shires!
- harrisonreed
- Posts: 6479
- Joined: Aug 17, 2018
You guys are making me jealous. I think I would have really liked the 502d, dependant version.
- Burgerbob
- Posts: 6327
- Joined: Apr 23, 2018
[quote="harrisonreed"]You guys are making me jealous. I think I would have really liked the 502d, dependant version.[/quote]
Yup, they're great.
Yup, they're great.
- ZacharyThornton
- Posts: 615
- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
I remember when Edwards couldn’t give away the dep models and now I see all these posts wanting one.
- harrisonreed
- Posts: 6479
- Joined: Aug 17, 2018
They never tried giving me one.
- el2002
- Posts: 38
- Joined: Nov 12, 2022
[quote="Kdanielsen"]I started on the single then went to the dual. The valve register was much more even in both sound and feel for me with the dual bore. I got the gut feeling that the horn was mostly designed and tested with the dual bore (it just worked better).[/quote]
Exactly my thoughts on the single bore i’m playing on!
Exactly my thoughts on the single bore i’m playing on!
- ZacharyThornton
- Posts: 615
- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
It was designed for Gerry Pagano who plays a single bore and Jim Markey who plays a dual bore.
Just most players prefer a more open sound that comes with a dual bore when it has rotors. I use a single when I play Thayers and a dual with a play rotors.
Just most players prefer a more open sound that comes with a dual bore when it has rotors. I use a single when I play Thayers and a dual with a play rotors.
- rabiddolphin
- Posts: 27
- Joined: Dec 07, 2021
When I got mine I ended up going with the single bore slide. I tried out the last dependent 502 and an independent 502, the Artist rotors are good enough that there wasn't that big of a difference.