| We may sound the same on different horns but they DO NOT all feel and play the same. That's reason enough to by a fine horn. Get one that feels "right" to you. Trumpets and mpcs are cheap (my daughter's intermediate Yamaha flute cost more than my top-drawer trumpet/mpc combo). Why not play what you like?
Yeah, practice also, but don't let some old fart discourage you from buying a horn that you enjoy. If someone wants to play cheap, old, leaky horns, that's fine for them. If Mendez played a brand new, leaky horn, so what? That's what he wanted.
Dave |