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Re: 46k Jumbo sousaphone
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:13 am
by Steve Marcus
From what can be perceived from the photos is the eBay ad, this 46K is not in as bad shape as the 48K that I brought to Lee Stofer. A day and a half of Lee and his assistants working on my horn produced a Grand Jumbo sousaphone that plays and looks great.
If you're the successful bidder and then budget enough money for proper repairs by someone as skilled and patient as Lee Stofer, you should have a finished product that will be great to play and own.
Re: 46k Jumbo sousaphone
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:05 am
by Wyvern
Wow, that would be something worth buying and restoring. I have fond memories of playing Dan's at the Jumbo summit 2009 - what a sound!
Re: 46k Jumbo sousaphone
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:34 am
by MrBasseyPants
Oh Mama....
.....we need another Jumbo in Chicago
....OK no one out bid me
jc
Steve Marcus wrote:From what can be perceived from the photos is the eBay ad, this 46K is not in as bad shape as the 48K that I brought to Lee Stofer. A day and a half of Lee and his assistants working on my horn produced a Grand Jumbo sousaphone that plays and looks great.
If you're the successful bidder and then budget enough money for proper repairs by someone as skilled and patient as Lee Stofer, you should have a finished product that will be great to play and own.
Re: 46k Jumbo sousaphone
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:30 pm
by Dan Schultz
Looks like Bundy or Martin bits. The neck doesn't appear to be Conn but should be easy to correct. Looks like fun but I already have one!
Re: 46k Jumbo sousaphone
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:19 pm
by MrBasseyPants
...and it was pulled
Oh well, I guess it was never meant to be
....and I was the high bidder..
jc
Re: 46k Jumbo sousaphone
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:59 am
by SousaSaver
Too bad...I was hoping to snag this one.
Re: 46k Jumbo sousaphone
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:19 am
by MrBasseyPants
We were probably bidding against each other
I bet they want to restore it so that they can resell it for more, but it would seem to me that restoring it wouldn't bring in enough extra profit to cover the cost of the restoration. I mean it would make sense if they were a repair person and the restoration was more or less free.
I figured that if I won it, I'd restore it (using a Tubenetter of course) and then keep it. I probably couldn't get my ebay cost + repair services back in a resale. I'm pretty sure tubas are a pretty lousy investment choice.
jc
BRSousa wrote:Too bad...I was hoping to snag this one.
Re: 46k Jumbo sousaphone
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:42 am
by MrBasseyPants
the thrill of the hunt...
bloke wrote:The seller is probably a dumbass that allowed someone into ending the action and selling it to him for less than what would have been the winning bid.
you guys who trying to buy it:
' not paying enough already for chiropractor bills...??
Why bid even a penny before the last 10 seconds...??