I thoroughly agree. I sold a CC Piggy in '89, had only the B&S F and a souzie for a long time. 2003, bought a somewhat clunker old Conn BBb, traded that for an Eb, then sold that for my little Weril 680 BBb.jonesbrass wrote:
I can't tell you how I agonized over getting an F as my main horn instead of a contrabass some years ago. If I had to do it all over again, I have to say I'd go with an F. I'm sure A LOT of people here would disagree with me on that, but the Germans definitely don't. The real difference, to me, is in the tone department. All the notes I need are there, and then some.
Some have said the things I've played on F can't be done...well, maybe they SHOULDN'T be done on F, but there aren't many things not possible. If it's a matter of fingers, hell, I've played dixie on F for so long the low fingers are no problem. Range is no problem either, this B&S has a great C range and the pedal range is great. But, it's 23 years old, and I'm tired of it getting beat up and beer-blown and whatever else, so the succession of trials has finally ended successfully. I've been changing back and forth between the F and the BBb for successive gigs lately, playing one day on one, switching for the next day. I've even had both on stage to really see if they're equally effective. Each in its own way, they're equally effective on the gigs I end up playing anymore.
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