A thread for bad ideas...

[humBell]

An Olds Tabor cleaned up for me a while back.

Sounds great, and if i trip while hiking, a dent won't break my heart...

Anyway, it was nice to get out.

[humBell]

Doh.

Posting a pic and forgetting to credit the photographer:

@danielosofsky on the instagram.

Almost as bad an idea as activating the tuba-god.

[humBell]

Today's xkcd:

https://xkcd.com/2334/

[humBell]

The Bitziliminator© sousaphone ~adjustable~ gooseneck...

Man, that would be so useful!

Do they come in Kaiser shank?

[humBell]

You how trumpets are supposed to be cylindrical as compared to cornets being conical?

What would a completely cylindrical brass instrument sound like?

I kinda want to play an instrument without keys that can double as a blowdart.

[humBell]

Does anyone else take advantage of the mobility offered by a sousaphone bell joint to point the bell in odd directions?

I try to occasionally, but i don't know how much difference it makes.

[windshieldbug]

Does anyone else take advantage of the mobility offered by a sousaphone bell joint to point the bell in odd directions?

I try to occasionally, but i don't know how much difference it makes.

Why stop there?
Why not two?

[humBell]

I think i've seen someone paint up something like this to resemble a 2 headed dragon...

But i don't think i've heard it in isolation to evaluate how well it works, as it was in a big group.

I think what i'd wanna go for though, is have it rotate whilst playing, like the radar on a conning tower. (Made by Conn, if i'm lucky)

[windshieldbug]

I think what i'd wanna go for though, is have it rotate whilst playing, like the radar on a conning tower. (Made by Conn, if i'm lucky)

I like it! A sousaphone Leslie!

[jbaylies]

I think i've seen someone paint up something like this to resemble a 2 headed dragon...

you're probably thinking of Matthew Cain https://www.facebook.com/funkrust/photo ... 729131886/

[humBell]

Yup. Very likely him if he was at a recent Boston Tubachristmas.

Which is perhaps small as large metropolitan tubachristmases go, but still not the ideal environment to evaluate new and unusual things.

[humBell]

What have i missed in the past, well, 9 months plus?

Any more bad ideas out there?