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EEb Tubas

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:16 am
by Tubaleck
Hi all first time posting here, have been looking at buying an EEb tuba,have read alot about tubas on here and else where
and my Question:are these tubas Basically the same
1, the MM-TU700
2, theSchiller American Heritage
3, the JBEB -700
4,theJP277
5,the wesswex WTF70
any thoughts ,comments or experiences,or anybody own one, feedback most welcome

Re: EEb Tubas

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:37 am
by Lectron
Yup......But I see John Packer has a new "Sterling" design...JP377
I assume it to be made in CN as well, but looks better and probably is (?)

Re: EEb Tubas

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:00 am
by Tubaleck
cheers for that , yep the JP 377 is built in the uk and looks similer to a besson but a bit cheaper

Re: EEb Tubas

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:33 am
by Tubaleck
yes i have read most of the posts i think, really just wanted to clarify they were the same tubas cheers

Re: EEb Tubas

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:58 am
by ghmerrill
Be aware that the Wessex is said to have some additional features that others lack. Jonathan may be willing to provide the precise details on these. For me, the deciding one was the higher lead pipe.

If you haven't seen these already, you might want to take a look:

http://www.dwerden.com/forum/showthread ... bcsNNKPWT4

http://www.dwerden.com/forum/showthread ... bcsvdKPWT4

I'm about to add some minor updates after playing the horn intensively for about a month.