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Hey ! Love the Sarastro bass ! Have you ever played Edward's instruments?

Aidan, what's the Doug Elliott setup you're using for those horns?

Hello! Here in Germany the 800 trombones were sold in the 80s of the last century. I owned and now own an 842 (Bb/F) with a .550 bore. As far as I know, the 8000 numbers were only intended for Japan or were custom-made. I just bought a YBL-8110 from Japan (like the YBL-611) and also had an 8210 (like the 421), all with 'custom' slides and the typical tuning slide rings and the double trapeze rings on the slide .

Nice find! I have a Yamaha 421G and was troubled by the trigger. Sometimes my thumb would cause the trigger to not fully return--the side of my thumb would touch the portion of the lever going back to the valve. I had a tech change the trigger so that the lever was above my thumb and it suddenly became much more playable for me. He was even able to reuse all the Yamaha parts. Enjoy the horn!

Is that Bach 16M still available? If so, how much will it cost?

Thank you for your videos! I was wondering if you could make a video about stripping off the lacquer? Always wanted to do it on my chinese horn ;)

I use a 3BF as my tenor horn, it’s such a great instrument!

I had no idea Yamaha even made a .500” Bb/F! Seems like a great horn, seeing how good the 352 genuinely is. I still do prefer the projection pattern of the 3BF, but the response was a little thuddier, so I can see why you’d like the Yamaha’s immediacy for playing the higher parts in the section. How are the ergonomics? The overall weight distribution and the trigger hold seem like quite an adjustment for a 3B player.

Did you ever do a video on the 3B+w/f you mentioned? That’s one of my favorites and was always curious to hear your thoughts.

I'd kill to have that 852... I love my Yamahas, been looking far and wide for something that plays like (or better than) my 354 that also has a valve.

Marvellous tip! It works! Thank you!

That’s exciting!!

What do you use to strip the lacquer, I had my shop do it, and there is sooo much still left. I'd say about 10%. So I figure I would just do it myself...

The 852 is cool but the 3BF still just has something special about the sound and the craftsmanship.

A nice getting off of work present! Great sounds as always.

Always love seeing JDM anything, but horns especially. I played an 8110G (1982? I think) for a couple of weeks a few years ago when my horn was in the shop. Was in wicked condition and played great for its age.

Bach lightweight slides are the best, unless you get a super custom one off.

Dude I just read two of your reviews on trombone chat. How do I know? You mentioned your commercial bone for Disney lol Great video!

Custom line (not including the Custom Z line which is still sold everywhere) still survives in Japan, on the 820GII, and there are even 2 new horns: 823 and 825. All JDM. Yamaha seems to reserve the Custom line for the models that are created by Japan, for Japan. That said, it is amazing that you can find many of the horns that are rare even in Japan. I have seen the 8130 on auction site once ina while, but this 852 and the YBL-630 don’t even show up in part list search system.

Anytime by lebedev is pretty dreadful. Recently payed the concert allegro….. left feeling shy did I bother? I’m looking at dependent valve bass trbs but they’re really hard to find and need special ordering

Wow.. I saw a Yamaha 852 at yahoo auction some weeks ago. Is that the instrument?

The Custom name is actually still the default top-level name for Yamaha, and is used on all 800/8000 and 900/9000 series brass instruments except the large bore/alto/bass trombones (Xeno), some (but not all, thanks Yamaha) of the Bb trumpets (Xeno), and the Neo brass band models that are 800 series (some are 600 series, again thanks Yamaha).

Back to Hammond mouthpieces for bass? Its been a long time since I have seen one in one of your horns.

i believe the custom line still exists for the trombones but only on the 891z? i think that's the model? essentially their king 2b competitor. i believe yamaha still offers endless customization options on their Xeno lines but only in japan and through very select dealers/workshops, but they aren't particularly denoted as having differences form the standard market Xeno's outside of what is obviously visible or marked on shop cards. Ive long heard of yamaha chopping bells for people on the xeno's before they even offered the D marked cutbells as a standard and also doing more custom/built to order requests. a friend in japan played briefly with a guy that had a 882o with a solid sterling silver bell yamaha made for him. so i think yamaha does custom work still just at their own discretion and probalby for extreme prices

I've had the LT42TG, and it played nicely. I got into crunch and had to sell it. I just recently purchased a similar setup, except this one is a Lt42AG. I got this horn at an extremely discounted price and couldn't pass on it.

Aidan, your knowledge of trombones is crazy. You have once again educated me.

Good exercises for low range sound. The next step is to develop flexibility in the low range...multiple interval lip slurs in the low range...down to low B of course.

I want you to do a video on the old Reynolds Contempra Double Valve Bass Bone, if you can find one that is. Up against a modern instrument, maybe this Yamaha. The old Renolds was a beast!

Great thoughts! I've slowly learned this both in the practice room and in the gym. It's very humbling.

This is great advice

Good video. Thanks! To add a little to your idea: Sometimes we need to treat it more like a job and less like a relationship. Its hard because we are so personally invested but If you think about someone with a non music job or even athletes rarely perform any where close to 90%. Also I think we always want to play with our best sound and when it doesn't happen we get really down. Many a time a colleague has apologized for not playing well and I've thought they played really pretty well. Sometimes we place a lot of value on one aspect of our playing in a moment that's in the big picture really isn't a deal breaker. Our bass trombonist told me to listen to a performance of ours from two years ago. In the moment I said to him that I remembered that performance as being pretty bad. He said just listen again now. I did and it was not perfect but really had some good moments. I guess at the time I was holding myself to some sort of wacko standard, not meeting myself where I was and had attached a bunch of bad feelings to the performance.

They made me realize how little effort I usually put in in my practice. They are tiring!

100% !

Do you know if he uses all breath attacks each time he starts a note? I honestly can’t tell for sure if/when he’s articulating with tongue or just air.

I needed to hear this today. ❤

Good reminder for band directors and students when we head back to school after any break/vacation.

I was a woodwind player first for years, then a serious singer. The hardest adjustment to make was learning to deal with how fickle the vocal folds are -- way more than reeds. Now I play horn, and that mental set from singing of "the biology of my instrument is different every day, and that's ok" has been SO helpful at preventing demotivation on horn.

My biggest problem is nerves. I can play quite well, but the second nerves hit me I basically have to stop playing...any tips?

Wise advice - I have a mantra which is “sufficient unto the day” which means provided I can play adequately the things I need to play on any given day, I don’t beat myself up about the things I can’t play.

I quit playing for 15 years, so I have to tell myself that every day. Some days I see so much progress in my comeback. Other days they're just frustrating like i'm never gonna get it back

yeah, I stripped the bell on a getzen custom series with just boiling water.

Best thing since sliced bread. The rubber sleeve goes on the lower brace only once and left in place with a wrap of tape, so not an issue. I have modified my bass trombone case such that I can leave the support on all the time, so again not an issue for me. My frozen shoulder issue which made me stop playing is a thing of the past. Regarding a comfortable balance position for the bone, set the angle of the slide and bell sections in a V shape such that the support bar is vertical in the tube, such that it is balanced.

Pros: I can flutter tongue now I sound like a minigun Cons: None

Can you tell me what the difference is between the bell on the A47 and the bell the 42?

I really prefer the nickel slides. You don't really see as much pitying or red rot or anything like that with nickel slide, and plus nickel is harder, it's harder to dent the crook.

i think i’m grabbing notes with the double trigger like low d and c but my pedals are more relaxed and i wonder why that is

I think this trombone was designed and engineered for marching due to light weight and for big band back then when music for bass wasn’t that low with double rotors. In the common wealth countries ,such as Canada ,Australia , Jamaica and so forth where mostly get are instruments from Great Britain then , 80 years ago we used G basses for marching and concert bands.the big bass trombone was mostly used in orchestra, such as Bach, and Conn. king was mostly for jazz and marching military bands

I've had a trumpet/flugel case by the same brand which I've used very regularly , although not at full capacity since it is enormous which has served me perfectly well for the past half year or so. Real shame about those trombone bells though...

Totally agree with you