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mike ansberry · 02-06-2007, 01:35 PM

I started out on a 7C like most of us. Went to college and was informed that to be a good player I had to play a 1C. (by the instructor) So I played a 1 for 4 years. For me it was like walking around in shoes that were too big. After college I went to a 5C. Played it for a while then went to a 3C. Found a home! It was a good fit for me. Then I stumbled across a 3B. It felt just as good, but has a bigger, fatter sound. Now when I'm playing lead I try to use a shallow piece because I'm not strong enough to blow 4 hours of lead on the 3B. Wish I was, but in the last set the F's and F#'s don't want to work. But I find that i "bottom out" in the shallow piece, an Allen Vizzuttie Marcinkiewicz.

02-06-2007, 01:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
mike ansberry Piano User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Posts: 324	Re: Alex Yates 3C I started out on a 7C like most of us. Went to college and was informed that to be a good player I had to play a 1C. (by the instructor) So I played a 1 for 4 years. For me it was like walking around in shoes that were too big. After college I went to a 5C. Played it for a while then went to a 3C. Found a home! It was a good fit for me. Then I stumbled across a 3B. It felt just as good, but has a bigger, fatter sound. Now when I'm playing lead I try to use a shallow piece because I'm not strong enough to blow 4 hours of lead on the 3B. Wish I was, but in the last set the F's and F#'s don't want to work. But I find that i "bottom out" in the shallow piece, an Allen Vizzuttie Marcinkiewicz. __________________ "Music is a fire in your belly that has to come out of your mouth, so you'd better put a horn in the way before someone gets hurt" (paraphrase of Bleeding Gums Murphy)