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LIBrassCo
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by LIBrassCo »

Thought I'd share a few of the latest basses I've built. Pictured are a butler bell independent, Courtois Bell (yellow brass) independent, and lastly, a 9" Gold George Roberts olds bell with Independent setup. All 3 built from scratch by me. I have one more to do with a gold bach 9.5" corp bell, then out of rotax valves, going to Meinlschmidt valves here on out.
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sacfxdx
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by sacfxdx »

Very nice.
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mrdeacon
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by mrdeacon »

Flawless as always!
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Amconk
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by Amconk »

I am immensely enjoying these pictures. More please?
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LIBrassCo
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by LIBrassCo »

Thanks everyone. I do have a couple more recent builds on my phone. With covid and all its all showed down a little bit, but still here! Tossed in a photo of the B11 bass Mouthpiece that just came out too <EMOJI seq="1f92a" tseq="1f92a">🤪</EMOJI>
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harrisonreed
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by harrisonreed »

Dang those look great. Your company made an Eb/Bb alto too, right?
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SwissTbone
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by SwissTbone »

Tell us more about that last picture with the TIS bass trombone.
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LIBrassCo
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by LIBrassCo »

[quote="harrisonreed"]Dang those look great. Your company made an Eb/Bb alto too, right?[/quote]

Yes, but I think what you are thinking of are our Db Baritone Trombones
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LIBrassCo
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by LIBrassCo » (edited 2020-08-10 8:33 a.m.)

[quote="SwissTbone"]Tell us more about that last picture with the TIS bass trombone.[/quote]

Sure! Conn 62h bell, Hagmanns, and a vintage Conn Tis slide. I was able to marry the taper from the bell to the crook correctly since the Conn bell ships untrimmed.
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WGWTR180
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by WGWTR180 »

[quote="LIBrassCo"]<QUOTE author="SwissTbone" post_id="122336" time="1597057624" user_id="62">
Tell us more about that last picture with the TIS bass trombone.[/quote]

Sure! Conn 62h bell, Hagmanns, and a vintage Conn Tis slide. I was about to marry the taper from the bell to the crook correctly since the Conn bell ships untrimmed.
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Is this horn someone's or yours?
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LIBrassCo
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by LIBrassCo »

[quote="WGWTR180"]<QUOTE author="LIBrassCo" post_id="122341" time="1597059664" user_id="4931">

Sure! Conn 62h bell, Hagmanns, and a vintage Conn Tis slide. I was about to marry the taper from the bell to the crook correctly since the Conn bell ships untrimmed.[/quote]

Is this horn someone's or yours?
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Customer horn. All but 1 of those is.
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WGWTR180
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by WGWTR180 »

[quote="LIBrassCo"]<QUOTE author="WGWTR180" post_id="122342" time="1597061208" user_id="7573">

Is this horn someone's or yours?[/quote]

Customer horn. All but 1 of those is.
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tbonesullivan
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by tbonesullivan »

Sweet! Those are some great looking horns!
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bassboy
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by bassboy »

Can you talk a little about your B11 bass mouthpiece?

Would love to know some specs or just general info.
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LIBrassCo
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by LIBrassCo »

[quote="bassboy"]Can you talk a little about your B11 bass mouthpiece?

Would love to know some specs or just general info.[/quote]

Sure can!

1.1" ID

1.58" OD

.310 throat

Fairly deep, hybrid cup (aspects of both a V and U shape)

Even wall thickness from the rim through the throat.

Theres a video on our fb page of Zach Litty tearing it up on one.
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bassboy
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by bassboy »

Awesome! Thanks!! Man, Zach sounds great, thanks for sharing!
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WGWTR180
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by WGWTR180 »

Do you Lacquer?
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LIBrassCo
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by LIBrassCo »

[quote="WGWTR180"]Do you Lacquer?[/quote]

Not in house, we send out.
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Amconk
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by Amconk »

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I really like this valve wrap. It seems like it retains open wrap qualities without sticking way out behind the horn. Plus it just kinda looks cool.
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LIBrassCo
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by LIBrassCo »

Thanks, actually just built that valve section for myself. That's a 9" George Roberts bell, .562 rotax valves, oversized tuning slide crooks (.593) billet gooseneck, cnc'd hardware, bubinga wood thumb rest, and single radius gold brass tuning slide. The throw on the F valve is short, and the G paddle hardly has to move at all.

It plays phenomenal, I don't know why I didn't built one for myself sooner. That wrap was just from messing around til I got to something that interested me. Best part is evenything just plays very even, no notes are distinguishable as being with or without a valve. As a result, I've been spending a ton of time getting very comfortable with alternate positions, especially with the G valve.
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LeoInFL
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by LeoInFL »

[quote="LIBrassCo"]Thanks, actually just built that valve section for myself. That's a 9" George Roberts bell, .562 rotax valves, oversized tuning slide crooks (.593) billet gooseneck, cnc'd hardware, bubinga wood thumb rest, and single radius gold brass tuning slide. The throw on the F valve is short, and the G paddle hardly has to move at all.

It plays phenomenal, I don't know why I didn't built one for myself sooner. That wrap was just from messing around til I got to something that interested me. Best part is evenything just plays very even, no notes are distinguishable as being with or without a valve. As a result, I've been spending a ton of time getting very comfortable with alternate positions, especially with the G valve.[/quote]

Beautiful craftsmanship. How is the weight distribution? Were there any thoughts on a Rath-type support added to the descending tubing of the F-attachment (as found on some contras). It'd be tough to add a bullet brace/ax handle to that configuration.