Wow. Just wow.

[Dan Schultz]

Surely the poster is looking for a sousaphone. I doubt if he has one of Brian Kane's plastic tubas!

[bort]

Gotta love craigslist.

[Donn]

Surely the poster is looking for a sousaphone

Yeah, and sounds like he knows exactly what sousaphone - and, am I right, that also happens to be the sousaphone of choice in the New Orleans scene?

[Donn]

King is gay! Conn rules! Seriously, though, if 9 out of 10 banda tuba players recommend a King sousaphone, that means a lot. (But if I had one, I'd still trade it for that truck.)

[TubadudeCA]

I just have never cared for the sound of any Conn tuba or euphonium. Neither when I play them nor when I hear others play them. I hated the sound that Mr. Phillips got on his. I cannot stand the big fog horns. I prefer the King tone by far for American-type tubas. I am an old Alexander man and still love that tone over all others. And Conn is just too simple for me in the color department. I do not know why. They are always fun horns to play, but I never enjoy the product, no matter who is driving the thing...

+1

[Tom Coffey]

Given the simultaneous decline of housing values and increase in sousaphone values, maybe we will see houses traded for sousaphones soon, too.

[Tom Coffey]

Not without my sousaphone!

[toobagrowl]

Wow that guy really wants a King brass sousaphone; willing to give his truck for one

I agree that the King tubas and sousas - especially the old H.N.White ones - have a great sound with lots of color. Some of those old Kings have the sweetest sound of all American makes --- not necessarily the biggest sound, just the sweetest.
I really like the old medium-sized Conns too - very smoooooooth sound. The big Conns do tend to sound a bit tubby/woofy compared to others. But the old 10j tuba and 14k/36k/Continental Colonial sousas sound great. No other tuba/sousaphone gets that warm 'hummmmmm' to the sound that the old medium-sized Conns gets. Its that kind of sound that you feel more than you hear when played more softly - like a small section of string basses.

I have many memories playing on an old Conn 20k, Continental Colonial sousa (Conn 14k stencil) and King 1250, King Giant, and King 2350 sousas

[PMeuph]

If I currently NEEDED a truck (and that one is as roadworthy and nice in the cab as the pictures appear of the body) I'd be talking to this guy. I'd flat find him a nice King sousaphone.

bloke "who has a truck"

What's a great price for a 45 yr old truck? Unless you get lucky, King BBb sousaphones seem to retail for around $1000 on eBay. $1000 doesn't seem like a steal price for a truck of that vintage. Then again, neither 45 yr old trucks or sousaphones, are common around here...

[Donn]

Depends a lot on condition - from the picture, premium - and on the right buyer. I wouldn't be surprised at all if you could buy a new King 2350 at ca. $5K, and sell the truck for a good profit. Assuming the truck is really as sweet as it looks, the owner will accept a new King, and you know where and how to sell a vintage pickup truck.