[Trombone-l] Different trombones and different mpces...

[George Carr]

> I play a Laskey 93D on bass, 95D on the weird G contrabass
> I put together for the Varese Integrales, a Doug Elliott
> hybrid for large tenor - 112W rim, G or I cup, and Floyd
> Cooley Helleberg (similar to Conn Helleberg 7B) for tuba.

Watching all of these high-end brand names go by, I hardly feel like
de-lurking.  But I use a Bach 6 3/4 C on my small-bores (either a Bach
16M or a [Mount Vernon] Bach 6) and Conn/Lindberg's 5CL on my
large-bore.  I carry a couple of alternates to fend of boredom (e.g. a
Bach 19C for high/loud small-bore playing, or a Bach 3G for
low-register tenor playing), but generally stick to my favorites.  If
my chops aren't working, switching mouthpieces during the gig doesn't
help.  :)

George

PS I play bass trb about 3x a year, and own a nice Holton bass, but
have never found a bass mpc comfortable enough to play rarely on.  I
have some big equipment from when I played much more often (e.g.
Yamaha 60) but I get better tone on my occasional bass gigs by using a
3G or 2G.