Shires Master Series - it’s Custom right?
- conn88Hagmann
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Hi Guys
I’m Just testing a Shires with Dual Bore Valve, T47 slide red tuning slide and it has a MS gold brass bell.
Can I just confirm or get your opinion, that for value and likely resale in future, that a MS bell is part of the custom series and NOT a Chinese Q series or any other lower quality bell? It plays really nicely, like a heavier version of the 2RVE I have. (No doubt it’s totally different).
Is here any historical info from shires on these? I can’t find any.
I’m Just testing a Shires with Dual Bore Valve, T47 slide red tuning slide and it has a MS gold brass bell.
Can I just confirm or get your opinion, that for value and likely resale in future, that a MS bell is part of the custom series and NOT a Chinese Q series or any other lower quality bell? It plays really nicely, like a heavier version of the 2RVE I have. (No doubt it’s totally different).
Is here any historical info from shires on these? I can’t find any.
- Matt_K
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You might want to check archive.org for the seshires site around 2006. I recall these being common components made at the Boston factory… and maybe preceded any relationship with Eastman. But I don’t want to say for certain this is accurate. The archived Q&A Ben Griffin did has some information but it’s pretty fragmented
- TheFilthOfFrank
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They were made at the Boston Factory (Pre-Eastman). None of the parts are compatible with the standard Custom though as all the threads had different pitches.
- Burgerbob
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[quote="TheFilthOfFrank"]They were made at the Boston Factory (Pre-Eastman). None of the parts are compatible with the standard Custom though as all the threads had different pitches.[/quote]
Those were the Pro Select series- I'm not sure if they were the same as Master series
Those were the Pro Select series- I'm not sure if they were the same as Master series
- JKBone85
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- Joined: Jul 26, 2022
[quote="Burgerbob"]<QUOTE author="TheFilthOfFrank" post_id="253861" time="1727193355" user_id="14483">
They were made at the Boston Factory (Pre-Eastman). None of the parts are compatible with the standard Custom though as all the threads had different pitches.[/quote]
Those were the Pro Select series- I'm not sure if they were the same as Master series
</QUOTE>
Different name, but the same idea. Master Series horns are Custom components that are not compatible with Shires Custom and Q lines. Master Series was an attempt at an easily buildable horn for the masses. The masses did not come, they became more of a burden on production and eventually went away.
They were made at the Boston Factory (Pre-Eastman). None of the parts are compatible with the standard Custom though as all the threads had different pitches.[/quote]
Those were the Pro Select series- I'm not sure if they were the same as Master series
</QUOTE>
Different name, but the same idea. Master Series horns are Custom components that are not compatible with Shires Custom and Q lines. Master Series was an attempt at an easily buildable horn for the masses. The masses did not come, they became more of a burden on production and eventually went away.