Here it is...my Stage 1 California Custom has arrived! I've taken a few pictures, and had the chance to play it for a little while. My first impressions are...well, wow. The horn looks great, first off, even in raw form. The horn sounds...well, great. It makes it so much easier to match 'the sound in my head', if you know what I mean. The projection is great, and the sound is just full and nice. It can be pushed, and switching to the squared nickel silver slide helps that, especially when you start playing lead/commercial type stuff. It sounds great. The sound is on the bright side with the squared nickel slide, and the rounded bronze one makes it very easy to darken up. I guess you could call it a real chameleon of a horn-you can change tonal colors very easily. Anyway, here are the pictures!!
Anyway, I have to give Felix a huge thank you, and Garry big props too! They are amazing, and definitely are top in the business...Time to go play!!
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D/Eb-Blessing...
Bach 1 1/2C, 3C, Wedge 3E
Recordings of my Senior recital-Comments greatly appreciated!!
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