Originally Posted by screamingmorris

I know that the Olds Studio was changed around 1966 so that it became completely nickel-plated and had a mellower sound with greater resistance.
But I do not know how much mellower: Slightly mellow like a 1966 Holton Galaxy, or much more mellow like a 1948 Conn 22B?

Below I list the Olds models in what I believe is the most expensive to least expensive order.

Can any tell me what timbre / tone quality each model has, such as "brilliant" versus "dark and mellow",
and what the resistance is, such as "very free-blowing" versus "much resistance",
and what the bore size is, such as ".450" or ".468"?

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Mendez
Opera
Recording
Super
Studio
Special
Ambassador

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