Adrian63
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Morning folks..
Having a rare day off today as it is both my Nephew Luke's Birthday ; also the funeral of my friend Peter who passed away recently due to covid complications : very sad .
So anyhow just filling in an hour or two and will pose this question . What did you sell or trade that you really wish you had kept ?
I think of balanced action baritone and low digit Selmer 6s that would be worth a lot of much needed cash right now but it's not about the money . I spent a few months one summer years back playing a Chu Berry tenor with a Florida link : a fabulous combination that was effortless to play . I was going through a real Stan Getz phase at the time and was well on the way to getting that sound together ; it was a great summer. A Martin Committee III also comes to mind for no other reason than it was a stunning horn and I've had many many many....
A couple of mpcs also including a Gale " companion " I have mentioned before . I saw this non descript looking rubber tenor mpc in Johnny Roadhouse probably almost twenty years back and wondered why it was priced at two hundred quid which was a crazy ammount at the time . Johnny was still around then and answered to the effect of " when you have played it a while you will understand " ; I bought it . It was a beautiful mpc with these inflections of its own that came out of nowhere . Hard to explain but sometimes you will hear Ben Webster and think how does he get that great " fall away " : this Gale had the answers . Also Phil Barone gave me a one off stubby he doesn't remember making . An odd looking thing in that it was all shank and a tiny chamber but man did it pack a punch . It came in at an 8 which was wide for me in those days but yeah another sadly gone .
Other bits I remember are the small things : a great sling or an accessories box . One last thing was a leather tenor case from Valencia . I say case and not bag as it had these wooden panels that zipped in and out at each side : you could either use it as a gig bag or a semi hard case when taking the train . I had offers for that case from as far as New York but it went with a tenor in the end so far as I remember .
I will take the time to suggest to those who are lucky enough to be just starting this great journey to consider what I have said and to think before you let something go . I always used to think there was something better around the corner . In the Chu / Florida I should have stuck with it but thought I could sound more like Stan if I changed to this or this....before I knew it I was a million miles away from where I thought I wanted to be playing Dukoffs on Conns and Kings ; a whole new chapter but still all great...
Out of all of it though that Chu / FL aside that Gale mpc will always remain a great memory . I sounded like I'd never sounded before and was really the start of something .
So before I go put on my black suit I'll ask what about you ? What did you let go and either regret it or remember it as a defining part of a great journey ?
@Pete Thomas : be interesting to hear your tale mate...
Have a good day folks....
Having a rare day off today as it is both my Nephew Luke's Birthday ; also the funeral of my friend Peter who passed away recently due to covid complications : very sad .
So anyhow just filling in an hour or two and will pose this question . What did you sell or trade that you really wish you had kept ?
I think of balanced action baritone and low digit Selmer 6s that would be worth a lot of much needed cash right now but it's not about the money . I spent a few months one summer years back playing a Chu Berry tenor with a Florida link : a fabulous combination that was effortless to play . I was going through a real Stan Getz phase at the time and was well on the way to getting that sound together ; it was a great summer. A Martin Committee III also comes to mind for no other reason than it was a stunning horn and I've had many many many....
A couple of mpcs also including a Gale " companion " I have mentioned before . I saw this non descript looking rubber tenor mpc in Johnny Roadhouse probably almost twenty years back and wondered why it was priced at two hundred quid which was a crazy ammount at the time . Johnny was still around then and answered to the effect of " when you have played it a while you will understand " ; I bought it . It was a beautiful mpc with these inflections of its own that came out of nowhere . Hard to explain but sometimes you will hear Ben Webster and think how does he get that great " fall away " : this Gale had the answers . Also Phil Barone gave me a one off stubby he doesn't remember making . An odd looking thing in that it was all shank and a tiny chamber but man did it pack a punch . It came in at an 8 which was wide for me in those days but yeah another sadly gone .
Other bits I remember are the small things : a great sling or an accessories box . One last thing was a leather tenor case from Valencia . I say case and not bag as it had these wooden panels that zipped in and out at each side : you could either use it as a gig bag or a semi hard case when taking the train . I had offers for that case from as far as New York but it went with a tenor in the end so far as I remember .
I will take the time to suggest to those who are lucky enough to be just starting this great journey to consider what I have said and to think before you let something go . I always used to think there was something better around the corner . In the Chu / Florida I should have stuck with it but thought I could sound more like Stan if I changed to this or this....before I knew it I was a million miles away from where I thought I wanted to be playing Dukoffs on Conns and Kings ; a whole new chapter but still all great...
Out of all of it though that Chu / FL aside that Gale mpc will always remain a great memory . I sounded like I'd never sounded before and was really the start of something .
So before I go put on my black suit I'll ask what about you ? What did you let go and either regret it or remember it as a defining part of a great journey ?
@Pete Thomas : be interesting to hear your tale mate...
Have a good day folks....