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4 Valve King Giant sousa
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:18 pm
by Lew
4 valve BBbs do seem to be hard to find these days, but is this really a reasonable price for this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPER-RARE-4-VA ... 3cbee5f3ae
Re: 4 Valve King Giant sousa
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:01 pm
by jamsav
as wonderful as these old monsters sound, there is a definite lack of utility .... , where when are you gonna play this beast ! I sure aint carryin it ! That seems like an awful lot of money when you consider what it could buy you- and how much use you might actually get out of this ....
Re: 4 Valve King Giant sousa
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:34 pm
by Dan Schultz
jamsav wrote:as wonderful as these old monsters sound, there is a definite lack of utility ........
Yeah. But.... just having a Conn 48K sitting in my music room on a stand to look at once in a while is enough of a thrill to make having it worthwhile! It's been here for several years now and hasn't eaten a thing or gotten sick and puked on the floor once. That's more than I can say for the cats!
Re: 4 Valve King Giant sousa
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:44 pm
by MrBasseyPants
The seller of those horns is a tubenet user.
I'd LOVE to have that four valve King, but for that price...I'll wait for the right jumbo. For what it's worth the 4 valve Giants are pretty comfortable to play for long periods of time, if you've trained yourself for it
I mostly just want one of the 1270/1271 28in bells for my Conn 40K!
jc
Re: 4 Valve King Giant sousa
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:16 am
by Steve Marcus
TubaTinker wrote:just having a Conn 48K sitting in my music room on a stand to look at once in a while is enough of a thrill to make having it worthwhile! It's been here for several years now and hasn't eaten a thing or gotten sick and puked on the floor once.
I second that, Dan, except that, from what you've written, I am probably lugging my 48K out to gigs more frequently than you. I play it at Dixieland and other ethnic/non-classical engagements. It's worth carrying the weight of the beast to have the pleasure of producing that deep, organ pedal-like bass. With a relatively
shallow mouthpiece, it's easy to take solo choruses, too.
Re: 4 Valve King Giant sousa
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:49 am
by saxophyte
Make me an offer if interested.
Re: 4 Valve King Giant sousa
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:03 pm
by saxophyte
Now on stage with Bruce Springsteens wrecking ball tour, With no work needed on it.
Re: 4 Valve King Giant sousa
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:06 pm
by Alex C
The seller is ilovebadgirls, you think it's legit?