Ugly Mendez

heavyharmonies · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:43 am Post subject:

Maybe it's just me, but I don't find this horn attractive at all, and the price is just... well... "ambitious".

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3716376250&category=16214

-Dan

camel lips · Heavyweight Member Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 687

One word.

FUGLEY!

Levermann · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:03 am Post subject:

This is a shame. Is there a possibility to take them to court for this violation ?
Like tattooing the Queen of England or overpainting a Rembrandt.

jman · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:49 am Post subject:

Yeah, I agree, it's a bit underdone. They left out the tassels.

-jc

vlbcw1 · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:53 am Post subject:

Blecch. Kinda reminds me of the inside of this Taxi I once hailed in Mejico City. All that's missing is the little dingle-ball fringe and the bobbing chihuahua in the back window with the eyes that lit up when the guy hit the brakes....which was often, as I recall
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Horns:
Bb: WT, lacquer
C: Flip Oakes, Silver
Flugel: Wild Thing, Silver
Cornet: British model Wild Thing, Silver
Picc: Kanstul Custom Bb/A/G
Pocket: Colin PocketMax

jman · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:09 am Post subject:

Hey! I know that cab!

-jc

cybersnyder · Regular Member Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 37

It might look good in a Mariachi band???

vlbcw1 · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:49 am Post subject:

And what ARE those things on the valve casings? Looks like little atomic symbols...does this make the the valves more "explosive" in their response?

Somebody went a little over the top with the engraving, methinks.

Regards,

Lori

Substinance18 · Regular Member Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 19

it would make a nice lamp.

Substinance18 · Regular Member Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 19

It would make a nice lap.

Substinance18 · Regular Member Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 19

JamesEarleStewartJr · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:01 pm Post subject:

I've been watching these guys for a while. They once stole an Opera from me in the last two seconds of an auction (the one, I believe, they fixed up and tried to sell for $4000), so I have taken a personal interest in what they're doing and how well they're doing it. To keep it short, I'm not seeing them selling a lot of horns on eBay, at least not these overdone vintage Olds horns they seem to have a lot of. It's a shame, too. Both the Opera and the Mendez are extremely beautiful horns with their very simple, very classy engraving.

_Happy Canuck · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:34 pm Post subject:

I've bought a couple of horns from Malcolm (Alaska Brass) but I was very lucky and got them for an excellent price. Too often his expectations are far too high. He did cancel an auction I was bidding on, and was the high bidder, with seconds left to go!? Against the rules but what can you do?

I bought an Ambassador (yes, one of his red ones) it plays excellently and is fun for dixieland and Christmas. The other was a 1939 Olds Super. It's a nice horn but the valve stems and buttons weren't Olds originals. In fact the stems were 2 gold and 1 silver! He said he'd fix it for me but I ended up getting stems and buttons from another eBayer.

Now if the Mendez looked like this one, it would be worth something!

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Bill

Olds Mendez, Recording, Super, Special & Ambassador trumpets/GR Butcher 65.6M
Olds Opera, Ambassador Shepherds Crook cornets/Sparx 4B
Olds L-12 Flug/GR Butcher 65.6FL
Schilke MII trumpet/GR Butcher 65.6M

musiclifeline · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:42 pm Post subject:

This one's a slightly more tastefully done Ambassador:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16214&item=3704732233

But can you imagine paying nearly $1200 for a student horn (even if it is a good one, like Ambassadors are)?!

vlbcw1 · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:17 pm Post subject:

One word on the "baked Alaska" Olds Ambassador: hahahahahahahaha!

This is as good as the "professional" BUNDY C trumpet they had a while back. Translation= chopped off BUNDY student Bb horn, Circa 1970-ish....

Is the air thinner up there in Alaska? These guys don't quite seem to be thinking straight. No, wait....it's gotta be the lacquer stripping chemicals they're using....

Regards,

Lori

livertwist · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:44 pm Post subject:

Maybe it's just me, but that Ambassador looks like they've heavily engraved solely to take away from the fact that it was so over-buffed in the restoration that the original engraving is all but invisible. Sad, very sad.

Oliver

camel lips · Heavyweight Member Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 687

Now it just needs some curb feelers and it will be bling bling