Valveless Bass!

ttf_BillO · Post by **ttf_BillO** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 6:27 am

Just weird.

It's definitely not a bass.

ttf_Quiros · Post by **ttf_Quiros** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 6:46 am

But it's on the internet so it must be true.

Would someone really do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?

ttf_bassboneman · Post by **ttf_bassboneman** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 6:54 am

they forgot the "R" in bass to make it b"r"ass not bass...
that thing is definitely NOT a bass bone

shack

ttf_davdud101 · Post by **ttf_davdud101** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 7:11 am

Are not our semantics, nomenclature and constant need to organize and categorize more than just an arbitrary set of rules created FOR organization and categorization as an end unto itself

ttf_greenbean · Post by **ttf_greenbean** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 7:19 am

Guys, definitely a bass trombone. It just looks small because they resized the images!

ttf_Quiros · Post by **ttf_Quiros** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 7:34 am

Quote from: greenbean on Dec 12, 2017, 07:19AMGuys, definitely a bass trombone. It just looks small because they resized the images!

It even says so on the bell!

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:12 am

Wonder who makes a bass trombone sized mouthpiece and calls it 12C?

FWIW, I have a valveless bass trombone, but it has a very long slide with a handle (it's in G). And it's not engraved "BASS" on the bell.

ttf_JohnL · Post by **ttf_JohnL** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:54 am

Seriously - am I gonna have to be the one to do this?

OK, it's not bass (

), it's BASS

Something fishy about this horn.

ttf_timothy42b · Post by **ttf_timothy42b** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:13 am

You'll never have to empty the spit valve. Seems to be one of those self bailing models.

ttf_savio · Post by **ttf_savio** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 12:58 pm

That bass trombone has probably shrunk in the wash. Also the mouthpiece.

Leif

ttf_LowrBrass · Post by **ttf_LowrBrass** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 3:48 pm

Someone's last name...?

ttf_John Beers Jr. · Post by **ttf_John Beers Jr.** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 6:16 pm

My best guess is some manner of department-store stencil horn that they decided to brand as "Bass" on a whim.

The only marking saying Bach (that we know of) is on the mouthpiece, which could easily have changed at some point in the instrument's history.

ttf_Cubes · Post by **ttf_Cubes** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:06 pm

I do actually have an Edwards bass trombone that is valveless, a straight bass

ttf_greenbean · Post by **ttf_greenbean** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:26 pm

Quote from: Cubes on Dec 12, 2017, 08:06PMI do actually have an Edwards bass trombone that is valveless, a straight bass

Well, that is useful.

ttf_MaestroHound · Post by **ttf_MaestroHound** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:11 pm

Well...

https://www.dillonmusic.com/shires-used-shires-straight-bass-trombone.html

ttf_mr.deacon · Post by **ttf_mr.deacon** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:55 pm

Look at the specs on that thing. It's basically a valveless contrabass haha. Who thought that was a good idea?

ttf_Burgerbob · Post by **ttf_Burgerbob** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:01 pm

Bonezilla slide on a straight bass section. Interesting. Probably one of the largest straight trombones in existence!

ttf_hyperbolica · Post by **ttf_hyperbolica** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 7:06 am

Quote from: mr.deacon on Jan 09, 2018, 07:55PMLook at the specs on that thing. It's basically a valveless contrabass haha. Who thought that was a good idea?

I'd say the neckpipe is just a placeholder so you could put your own set of thayers on there. It's not a real trombone as is, just parts put together. The glory of the modular system.

ttf_JohnL · Post by **ttf_JohnL** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 8:01 am

I can just see some band director seeing this and deciding that (s)he just has to have their entire trombone section outfitted with them - complete with Laskey 95D mouthpieces to achieve even darker darkness.

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 8:04 am

Quote from: JohnL on Jan 10, 2018, 08:01AMI can just see some band director seeing this and deciding that (s)he just has to have their entire trombone section outfitted with them - complete with Laskey 95D mouthpieces to achieve even darker darkness.

And then march them on the Football Field; complaining that they need to play LOUDER.

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 8:04 am

Quote from: JohnL on Jan 10, 2018, 08:01AMI can just see some band director seeing this and deciding that (s)he just has to have their entire trombone section outfitted with them - complete with Laskey 95D mouthpieces to achieve even darker darkness.

And then march them on the Football Field; complaining that they need to play LOUDER.