Edwards B502 players

[el2002]

Are y'all playing on a dual or single bore slide?

Anyone know if Markey plays on a dual bore?

EL

[sctroy]

Single for me.

Steve Troy

[Burgerbob]

I believe Markey is on the dually.

[bitbckt]

I'm playing dual. I have a single bore Bach 50 slide that I don't particularly like with the Edwards. I don't have a single bore Edwards to compare to.

[Kdanielsen]

I started on the single then went to the dual. The valve register was much more even in both sound and feel for me with the dual bore. I got the gut feeling that the horn was mostly designed and tested with the dual bore (it just worked better).

[fwbassbone]

Dual bore here. Didn't like the feel of the single bore Edwards. I have a single Bach slide that I've tried a couple times and it plays ok but I prefer the dual

[ZacharyThornton]

I have both. I play my dual bore 95% of the time. Both work great.

[bassbone1993]

Back when I had one I used the dual bore. Regret trading it for a Shires!

[harrisonreed]

You guys are making me jealous. I think I would have really liked the 502d, dependant version.

[Burgerbob]

You guys are making me jealous. I think I would have really liked the 502d, dependant version.

Yup, they're great.

[ZacharyThornton]

I remember when Edwards couldn’t give away the dep models and now I see all these posts wanting one.

[harrisonreed]

They never tried giving me one.

[bitbckt]

I play an Indy but would happily accept!

[el2002]

I started on the single then went to the dual. The valve register was much more even in both sound and feel for me with the dual bore. I got the gut feeling that the horn was mostly designed and tested with the dual bore (it just worked better).

Exactly my thoughts on the single bore i’m playing on!

[ZacharyThornton]

It was designed for Gerry Pagano who plays a single bore and Jim Markey who plays a dual bore.
Just most players prefer a more open sound that comes with a dual bore when it has rotors. I use a single when I play Thayers and a dual with a play rotors.

[rabiddolphin]

When I got mine I ended up going with the single bore slide. I tried out the last dependent 502 and an independent 502, the Artist rotors are good enough that there wasn't that big of a difference.

[el2002]

Back when I had one I used the dual bore. Regret trading it for a Shires!

And why was that?