Greg Black bass trb mpc question

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Greg Black bass trb mpc question

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I see references to a GB 1 1/4 with a .312 throat and a #2 backbone, but I see nothing on GB’s website.

Can anyone tell me anything about this combination?
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Some dude named Greg knows about it.

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Smaller than stock throat and backbore. Ask Greg about the specifics.

Those models are pretty popular (.312 #2 for the larger models) because his stock pieces are so open.
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I've got a GB 1 1/4G .312 #2 and like it. I didn't care for the stock GB 1 1/4G.
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It's a special order, but Greg has been making so many of these in recent years that a couple of dealers have been stocking them. Check with Zac Thornton at Brook Mays/H&H Music in Houston and Dillon Music in NJ.
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Would it be a fair thing to say that the .312/#2 option is well suited to dual bore horns, where-as the regular pieces are better matched to straight .562" slides?

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Perhaps. Most of the players I know (including me at the moment) are using them on single bores.
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hornbuilder wrote: Sun May 05, 2019 8:37 pm Would it be a fair thing to say that the .312/#2 option is well suited to dual bore horns, where-as the regular pieces are better matched to straight .562" slides?

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hornbuilder wrote: Sun May 05, 2019 8:37 pm Would it be a fair thing to say that the .312/#2 option is well suited to dual bore horns, where-as the regular pieces are better matched to straight .562" slides?

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I use them on both single and dual bore slides
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Ok. I was trying to see if there was a trend developing with bore/throat specs, bit from the small sample, it appears not.
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hornbuilder wrote: Mon May 06, 2019 12:00 pm Ok. I was trying to see if there was a trend developing with bore/throat specs, bit from the small sample, it appears not.
For me the .312/#2 combo provides the overall sound of Greg's large bass pieces (which I like) but with more efficiency and immediacy in the sound production. I had a love/hate relationship with his bigger stock pieces for years. Loved the overall sound but felt it was too much work to get the core, clarity, refinement, and focus. Other stock makes did that stuff well but didn't have "the sound" like Greg's.
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BassBoneFL wrote: Mon May 06, 2019 2:04 pm
hornbuilder wrote: Mon May 06, 2019 12:00 pm Ok. I was trying to see if there was a trend developing with bore/throat specs, bit from the small sample, it appears not.
For me the .312/#2 combo provides the overall sound of Greg's large bass pieces (which I like) but with more efficiency and immediacy in the sound production. I had a love/hate relationship with his bigger stock pieces for years. Loved the overall sound but felt it was too much work to get the core, clarity, refinement, and focus. Other stock makes did that stuff well but didn't have "the sound" like Greg's.
YEP! I have a 1G .312 #2 but with a (new version) 1 5/16 rim. Seems the best of both worlds 2 weeks in.. but this is when things start to show up.
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Does anyone know whether Greg offers a similar option for his large tenor mouthpieces? Or would that be his New York (formerly Alessi) series?
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Nah. A alteration people use on his tenor pieces is .277 #1. Started as one he did for John Kitzman. Makes a great first trombone piece.
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