Yamaha YSL-620G wide or narrow slide?

[MTbassbone]

Does the Yamaha YSL-620G have a wide or narrow slide?

Also anyone know they play compared to the Xeno line?

[calcbone]

In case no one who has one chimes in...

On the "Slide Widths" thread, we have 88 mm for the Xeno version (YSL-820GII), which is between an 88H (82 mm) and a 42B (93 mm). Of course, Yamaha may have tweaked it, but the images that I can find of the two models look pretty similar.

[Bach5G]

I have a 620G bass. Before I bought it, I was able to compare it with an 830 and an 822.

My horn is a little bit different from stock in that the slide is brass and not nickel silver. A special order by Yam’s lads back in Toronto. I can’t comment on slide width. I have a wide slide on my Shires .547 and a standard width on my .525. I didn’t know it was a thing on bass. (I have 2 basses, the Yam and a Benge)

Compared with the Xenos, the 620G was a bit darker, more responsive. Very focused. The Xeno tenors and basses struck me as heavy and a bit dull.

Yam markets the 620G to “budget conscious band directors” although the 6## indicates Yam considers it a professional level instrument. You might well ignore the band director stuff and just make up your own mind if you have the chance.

I keep telling myself I should sell one of my basses but I like them both and can’t decide between them. The Yam plays very well while the Benge, also a good player, has a funky charm.

[greenbean]

I owned a 620G for a good while. Very good horns! I remember the slide being "medium wide" - not as wide as some like a Bach or Selmer Largo, but not as narrow as the Conn basses. In other words, just right!

[btone]

Wasn't the original poster trying to ask about the relative width of the Yamaha 620 tenor slide? Not their 620 bass, right? I am also unclear about this.

[BGuttman]

YSL is a tenor. Large bore with F attachment. Replaced YSL 682. YBL is a bass. Dual valve dependent.

[tbonesullivan]

I believe the YSL-620 Tenor trombones have "Conn" width slides, and they also have a pretty round end bow, from what I can see.

As far as I know, the YSL-620G is not a U.S. market horn or has been discontinued as an option.