tatakata

Thats great. I heard they make excellent mouthpieces

mlockman

I use Warburton mouthpieces exclusively. Top quality mouthpiece. The two piece system allows you to dial in the correct formula for your playing needs. The guys at the shop are very knowledgable and great guys to talk to. I presently use a WCC top and Q backbore for my lead/rock playing, and a 9M top and 9* backbore for legit. I also have a WCC flugrl MP. I sugest you give them a try.

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crowmadic

Thanks to all. I'm concerned about the throat being a bit tight feeling (as per two replies), but I don't see why they couldn't remedy that. I certainly will ask them to do so if I find everything else agreeable.............crow

crowmadic

By the way...please keep this thread going. I need all the feedback I can get..........crow

hose

I've used Warburton mpcs since 1989. Terry and Ken are great to work with. The product is top notch. Terry lost all of his reamers and programs in the 2005 fire. By design, he has changed his cup shapes pre-fire and post-fire. He has also changed the sizes enough that the playing "feel" of a prefire (same number) is different than a post fire. You can see the difference and feel it with your finger.

I tell you this because it will make a difference which era of mpc you try. There is an easy way to tell the difference by site, as the blanks are coming from a different supplier now.

crowmadic

hose,
Are you indicating that pre-fire's are better than post-fire, or vice versa? Explain please..............tom

Mark Bradley

Please forgive the contrary opinion but I've tried quite a few Warburtons and I don't think the system works. When you start ramdomly screwing on backbores with different cups there is no way to get a proper transition, or even flow. I noticed this when cleaning two piece models while screwed together with a brush-- the brush gets hung up in the inconsistent area. Unfortunatley I've found the Kanstul two piece replicas (based on the Warburton treads) to have the same issues. Too bad because their philosophy of basically copying everything in the quest for the perfect piece looks like the ultimate on paper but it just doesn't work in real time. Plus-- this modular bull seems an almost unholy method of extracting money from ones billfold... "Hey, this #5 backbore works pretty good, how about blowing some more money on a #4 and/or #6?" And then to top it off, for a modular system where you are encouraged to buy 20 more pieces than you'll ever need that are WAY overpriced. The very lightweight design also presents some issues.

Some seem like them though, so one must concede that.

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hose

Neither. It's a matter of individual taste. The larger cup sizes of the post-fire design are not as bowl (goblet) shaped. They have a slight hint of a double cup and a wider throat entrance. I think the post-fire design might have a little more zing to the sound. At least in the #3 series. Terry told me once that he had been wanting to do some adjusting and simplifing of the line for quite some time and the unfortunate fire in June of '05 allowed him to address this process. Pre-fire vs post-fire is stictly a matter of personal taste. I'm more used to the old stuff. I think that if you compare the larger cup sizes, pre-fire to post-fire, you can visually see the difference in the inside of the cups. The rim is the same comfortable Warburton rim. The backbores seem to be the same as always.