Modified Conn 56J

tubaman5150 · Post by **tubaman5150** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:13 pm

Awesome.

tubaman5150 · Post by **tubaman5150** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:52 pm

Doc wrote:Lewis Black, eh? Nice.

He's my personal Dalai Lama.

JayW · Post by **JayW** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:49 pm

Hey Larry...trying to steal some of my ideas huh???

j/k Matt did a beautiful job on your horn! Now all you need is one of my new leadpipes that I made for mine

and a nice old York bell

pulseczar · Post by **pulseczar** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:57 pm

A term used in the TalkBass forums, GAS! (Gear Acquisition Syndrome)

It looks beautiul.

Bill Troiano · Post by **Bill Troiano** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:27 pm

Nice work ! I was thinking of having some of the Jay/Matt modifications done on my 52J. I played Jay's and the larger 5th valve definitely opens up the horn a bit. Jay also rerouted the 4th valve tubing so that it does not protrude from the side. He has it redirected up the back of the horn. That modification changed the center of gravity, so that the horn feels more balanced on your lap. If I didn't have 2 kids in college...

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:50 pm

The rerouting of the tubing through the back is genius. I had the same thought when I tried one out at a local music store that the stuffiness was caused by the 5th valve, as the rest of the horn is basically a King 1241 cut to CC, and my high schools' 1241s played fine.

Congrats!