Players known for their amazing tone

[Kpen]

Hi Tubenet! I was wondering if y'all could give me a list of the best players around the world with what you perceive as a beautiful tone. I'm trying to shape my tone into something more desirable than what I have now. Currently my tone is fuzzy and I feel that if I had players to try and base my sound off of I can improve a lot. I want to learn what a beautiful and "correct" tone sounds like. Thanks!

[GC]

Jim Self, David Zerkel, Stacy Baker.

[Ace]

Floyd Cooley

[bort]

When I think straight up tone, I think of John Fletcher

[EdFirth]

Chester Schmitz.

[UDELBR]

Warren Deck.

[fenne1ca]

I love Gene Pokorny's sound on Tuba Tracks in particular. Jon Sass's sound is also superbly rich, in my opinion.

[toobagrowl]

Most of my favorites have already been posted above. But I will ditto them and add a few more.

Here we go:

Jim Self, Warren Deck, Chester Schmitz, and Tommy Johnson


Across the pond:

The late John Fletcher, Walter Hilgers

[williamp]

Michael Lind. Carol Jantsch.

[WC8KCY]

Sam Elliott (tuba)
Corentin Morvan (ophicleide)

[MaryAnn]

Just remember that recordings are not made where your ears are listening.....they are from a distance. So you need to make a guess as to where the mike was when the recording was done, and record yourself from that same place.

And to the TNFJ, why has no one mentioned a World Class Sound yet?

[Mark]

The tone in recordings will never be as good as the tone in person.

[happyroman]

Personally, I like Roger Bobo, Tommy Johnson, Allen Baer, Warren Deck, and of course Arnold Jacobs.

I find it hard to believe that it took 15 responses for anyone to mention Arnold Jacobs. Jake's sound has always set the standard as far as I am concerned.

[roweenie]

Thompson W. Hanks

[tofu]

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[rudysan]

Ellis Wean and Lind

[Steve Marcus]

Rex Martin's Live from Japan recording provides a good example.

[willthetubaguy]

Will Druiett’s recordings on the Wessex Youtube account of him testing the Linz, Chicago, and Prokofiev. Gorgeous F tuba sound and beastly contrabass sound.

[cbettler]

So many great players listed so far! I would add Norm Pearson (LA Philharmonic), Perry Hoogendijk (Concertgebouw Orchestra), Chris Olka (Cincinnati Symphony), James Hicks (US Navy Band), John Dicesare (Seattle Symphony)

[Steve Marcus]

Will Druiett’s recordings on the Wessex Youtube account of him testing the Linz, Chicago, and Prokofiev. Gorgeous F tuba sound and beastly contrabass sound.

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