| Re: 3c Ouch!
Dear TM friends,
I know my Thread sounded like I was using that 3C to sound like the guys I mentioned, but that's not totally true because Bobby Shew doesn't sound like Chris Botti, and Chris Botti doesn't sound like Arturo Sandoval. Beside they are not my "ultimate jazz herosl." Mine are the "Kings" that most of us admire. I used them because I recently found out that they use 3C, actually Chris Botti uses a 1926 Bach 3 according to whoever answers his emails. I tried the 3C because I like a dark sound (if that's the word) and thought the deeper 3C would provide that. It has given me that, and I'm enjoying it in some ways, but Alex may be right when she says, "If the 3C is making you work too hard make that train go in reverse...". My lips are not thin, and they're not fat, I'd call them just right Little Red Riding Hood. I did well with the 17C because the "Cushion Rim" felt good. I'm just crazy for that fat dark mellow sound, and keep looking for ways to get it without playing my Flugelhorn. Some day I'll find the horn/mouthpiece combination and be crazy no more. Thanks to all. As usual your comments are filled with education in cut-time............tom |