Olds Super Star trombone

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BrianR
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Olds Super Star trombone

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Any other Super Star players out there?
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I have an Olds Super Star Bass. I believe there were two Super Star models, a tenor and a bass.
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Yes. I have the tenor. According to what information I can find the tenor is a V20 and the bass is a V25. I have had mine since it was new. That will be 45 years this Christmas. I would like to find a bass but yours is the first I've heard of.
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The "bass" is similar to the Ambassador A-20, but with a little more "bling". Nowadays we'd consider it a tenor. It's actually smaller in bore than a King 3B-F.
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BGuttman wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:18 pm The "bass" is similar to the Ambassador A-20, but with a little more "bling". Nowadays we'd consider it a tenor. It's actually smaller in bore than a King 3B-F.
The V-25 is a true bass; it’s basically a rebadged Reynolds TO-02 “Philharmonic” bass trombone in silver plate. The V-20 is a close cousin to the A-20 Ambassador bass trombone (and a slightly less close cousin to the R-20 Recording w/f-attachment).
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JohnL wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 12:15 am The V-25 is a true bass; it’s basically a rebadged Reynolds TO-02 “Philharmonic” bass trombone in silver plate. The V-20 is a close cousin to the A-20 Ambassador bass trombone (and a slightly less close cousin to the R-20 Recording w/f-attachment).
So both the "smaller-bore" (0.495"/0.510" ?) V-20 and the large-bore (0.565" ?) V-25 bass trombone have F-attachments?
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Posaunus wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 12:45 am So both the "smaller-bore" (0.495"/0.510" ?) V-20 and the large-bore (0.565" ?) V-25 bass trombone have F-attachments?
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