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HaveTrumpetWillTravel Heavyweight Member
Joined: 30 Jan 2018 Posts: 1021 Location: East Asia
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:45 am Post subject: $100 piccolo |
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Trent Hamilton posted this last week and I just saw it:
https://youtu.be/ypyB_wT2Lew
I don't think anyone else has posted it. He gives a lot of good reasons not to buy this piccolo. I'm a big fan of his and always find him to be really interesting and entertaining. Then the funny thing is that in the brief period he plays on it he sounds really good. Much better than your average beginner on a quality piccolo. I think ironically he probably has inadvertently introduced more folk to terrible piccolo trumpets. |
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TKSop Heavyweight Member
Joined: 23 Feb 2014 Posts: 1735 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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Great entertainer... Okay player... Knowledge ranges from decent to sketchy.
As entertainment I'd thoroughly recommend his channel - as a source of educational materials extreme caution needed! |
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LaTrompeta Heavyweight Member
Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 867 Location: West Side, USA
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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I'd rather spend $100 on fireworks. This piccolo is one step away from flushing money down the toilet. _________________ Please join me as well at:
https://trumpetboards.com |
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Trumpetingbynurture Heavyweight Member
Joined: 18 Nov 2015 Posts: 898
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: $100 piccolo |
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HaveTrumpetWillTravel wrote: | Trent Hamilton posted this last week and I just saw it:
https://youtu.be/ypyB_wT2Lew
I don't think anyone else has posted it. He gives a lot of good reasons not to buy this piccolo. I'm a big fan of his and always find him to be really interesting and entertaining. Then the funny thing is that in the brief period he plays on it he sounds really good. Much better than your average beginner on a quality piccolo. I think ironically he probably has inadvertently introduced more folk to terrible piccolo trumpets. |
The intonation is atrocious. The timbre is bearable thanks mainly to the add reverb but your ears will thank you if you don't buy one... |
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Winghorn Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 2159 Location: Olympia, Washington
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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I agree, atrocious intonation. One step up from a kazoo, if that. |
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HaveTrumpetWillTravel Heavyweight Member
Joined: 30 Jan 2018 Posts: 1021 Location: East Asia
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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I wish he'd said a little more about what he was doing. He only plays it for about 25 seconds in the beginning, and (for a trombone player doubling on piccolo) to me it sounded okay. But I've tried one like that and it was truly horrible. I sounded like a duck on it and it gave me tension headaches. I think he was using a different mouthpiece. Wish he'd explained set-up and demonstrated the limitations a little more. |
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Goldplate Veteran Member
Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Posts: 152
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 9:12 am Post subject: |
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I like the six valve "trumpet" hanging on the wall behind him, and the cornet right above his sign. |
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