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trickg · 04-17-2005, 10:24 AM

Van, Interesting question. Right now, I have no real plans to dump the Bach, although with this Schilke, I'm not sure that I am going to have a need for it - I'm a one trumpet kind of guy and I will probably use the Schilke for most everything that I play, especially considering how easy it is to change the tone with just a change of mouthpiece.

Leigh, if I had the cash, I would buy an Eclipse - I personally know several people who own them and they are regarded by all of the guys as the best trumpets they have ever played, bar none. You must really have something there. But, the price was right on this and suffice it to say, even thought the official status on this trumpet is "used", I paid considerably less than the going price for a new Schilke for what appears to be a brand new trumpet. The guy who owned it before me told me himself that he babied it and I believe it because there is not a mark on it and the valves look practically new.

I finally think I understand what it means to own a "Superhorn". The best way I can think of to describe how it plays is that it "rips". It just rips. Intonation and slotting are incredibly tight, yet it doesn't impinge flexibility. I can punch it, back way off and then crescendo, and the intonation just doesn't waver. I love that it can be dark when playing softly and smoothly, but if you gas it it just lights on fire. Sorry Tom, I was on the Wild Thing tour, and while the Wild Thing was a really nice trumpet, this Schilke is pretty much exactly what I was looking for, and it really reminds me of that old Yamaha 739T that I owned, only better.

One thing that is apparent is that I am going to have to use the "right" mouthpiece with this trumpet. The old trusty, rusty 14A4a just doesn't work and I'm still trying to decide between the Holbert custom and the Schilke 14A4. The A4 is pretty tight and I won't really know which one is going to be the right one until I get this bad boy out on a gig.

Thanks for the encouragement and replies. At some point I'm going to post up a journal of sorts about the acclimation process of this trumpet that takes me through the honeymoon phase and into the regular playing phase.

04-17-2005, 10:24 AM	#16 (permalink)
trickg Forte User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Glen Burnie, Maryland Posts: 2,054	Van, Interesting question. Right now, I have no real plans to dump the Bach, although with this Schilke, I'm not sure that I am going to have a need for it - I'm a one trumpet kind of guy and I will probably use the Schilke for most everything that I play, especially considering how easy it is to change the tone with just a change of mouthpiece. Leigh, if I had the cash, I would buy an Eclipse - I personally know several people who own them and they are regarded by all of the guys as the best trumpets they have ever played, bar none. You must really have something there. But, the price was right on this and suffice it to say, even thought the official status on this trumpet is "used", I paid considerably less than the going price for a new Schilke for what appears to be a brand new trumpet. The guy who owned it before me told me himself that he babied it and I believe it because there is not a mark on it and the valves look practically new. I finally think I understand what it means to own a "Superhorn". The best way I can think of to describe how it plays is that it "rips". It just rips. Intonation and slotting are incredibly tight, yet it doesn't impinge flexibility. I can punch it, back way off and then crescendo, and the intonation just doesn't waver. I love that it can be dark when playing softly and smoothly, but if you gas it it just lights on fire. Sorry Tom, I was on the Wild Thing tour, and while the Wild Thing was a really nice trumpet, this Schilke is pretty much exactly what I was looking for, and it really reminds me of that old Yamaha 739T that I owned, only better. One thing that is apparent is that I am going to have to use the "right" mouthpiece with this trumpet. The old trusty, rusty 14A4a just doesn't work and I'm still trying to decide between the Holbert custom and the Schilke 14A4. The A4 is pretty tight and I won't really know which one is going to be the right one until I get this bad boy out on a gig. Thanks for the encouragement and replies. At some point I'm going to post up a journal of sorts about the acclimation process of this trumpet that takes me through the honeymoon phase and into the regular playing phase. __________________ Patrick Gleason email me at: trickg1@hotmail.com "What we do in life echoes in eternity" "At my signal, unleash hell." - Maximus Decimus Meridius