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[Brown Mule]

One that can be cut down to CC.

[ken k]

The best one is the same model that all the pros are using, except with seven extra water keys and ten braces either moved or removed, with a massive weight added to the bell and then removed and then added back in, that has a smaller bore and has fewer valves and a smaller bell and is piston instead of rotary, but other than that, the same model, almost exactly.

I think they sell a student version of it at a shop in the Mid-Atlantic region. The student version is just as good as the pro one except that it is assembled from parts that look very similar to the pro version and assembled by trained wombats (in a much more healthy working environment than what one has come to expect from emerging Third World wombat employers with horrible track records for Wombat Rights violations).

They are a great buy for your $400. (Cardboard, faux-snakeskin-covered case included.)

Get one of those.

Do you prefer the student version or the Chinese version, Wade?

Then wrap a leather strap around the bell....

[Mark]

They are a great buy for your $400. (Cardboard, faux-snakeskin-covered case included.)

Don't forget the free pair of white gloves.

[k001k47]

186

[bttmbow]

duct tape...

[b.williams]

My teacher said quit......

[MikeMason]

I think I'm beginning to sense some sarcasm in this post and I, for one , don't appreciate it. This is a very serious subject . My budding pro career hangs in the balance. Stop being so childish and just answer the question.

[The Big Ben]

.... When I want to listen to shortwave or AM DX with tube gear, though, I use a Hammarlund HQ-100, HQ-140XA, or a National NC-98.

I spend four years in the Navy glued to a couple of Hammarlund SP-600 military receivers. Twenty tubes. Guaranteed to keep your hut warm!

Well, if you are really serious about SWL, you have a Collins R-390 or 390A. That's a radio!

[GC]

The best tuba is one that I'll never be able to afford or ever have, unless I win the lottery big-time. Not that I buy tickets for it . . .

[SousaSaver]

The best Tuba is the one I build from parts that were rotting in a box for eternity, that turns out to be a terrific player. This includes my King. Out there somewhere right now is a silver plated King Sousaphone that I built from 3 or 4 horns hanging from the ceiling of my shop's warehouse and junk I found in boxes. It is a DYNAMITE player.

[Homerun]

I found the best tuba on a summer expedition to the Swiss Alps. Unfortunately, you don't choose the tuba, the tuba chooses you. I couldn't pull it from the stone, so I guess I won't be the next Sir Arthur of tuba. But I did see a lady named Carol headed up there as I made my way down...

[MartyNeilan]

Hi. I'm new to the board, and would like to ask just one question:

Which tuba is the very best?

yes

[eutubabone]

I think picking the best mouthpiece, you know, like the ones that the pros use, if you could use that you would be much better off than just getting the very best tuba and using some mouthpiece that everyone uses.

[SousaSaver]

Hey everyone -

I'm new here and was just wondering what sounds better: lacquer or silver plate?

[sloan]

Those Chinese tubas look pretty good.

[imperialbari]

Hey everyone -

I'm new here and was just wondering what sounds better: lacquer or silver plate?

You need to have a can of lacquer and a can of silver plating. Then bang them with the same beater and compare the sounds..

K

[TheHatTuba]

Hey everyone -

I'm new here and was just wondering what sounds better: lacquer or silver plate?

obviously nickel plate

[TexTuba]

WHAT IN THE HELL IS A TUBA!?!

[GC]

Au contraire, the cost to the listener can be horrendous.

[SousaSaver]

Hey everyone -

I'm new here and was just wondering what sounds better: lacquer or silver plate?

gold lacquer plating

HAHAHAHAHAHA!