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Martin sousaphone w/ neck/bits and travel case
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Martin sousaphone w/ neck/bits and travel case
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Blake
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Re: Martin sousaphone w/ original neck/bits and travel case
Beautiful. I used to own a Martin mammoth Sousa but I ended getting rid of it. Loved the way it sounded but the one I had was throughly abused before I got it, so it had lots of issues. Mabey I’ll get another in the future
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Re: Martin sousaphone w/ original neck/bits and travel case
The gooseneck and bits are actually Bundy, not originals, but the Bundy neck/bit combo is the closest in specs to the originals from any other maker. So, not ideal, but far better than the often-seen neck ConnVersions you usually see on these.
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Re: Martin sousaphone w/ original neck/bits and travel case
Good catch -- I just assumed they were original because it looked right (thumb screws, etc.) and it had the old traveling trunk, so I figured everything had been shipped to Europe 50 years ago in that trunk and was original.
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Re: Martin sousaphone w/ neck/bits and travel case
Looks like the same valve section that was on my Mammoth!
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Re: Martin sousaphone w/ neck/bits and travel case
Wouldn't be surprised if the rest of it is the same, too.
Hard to judge scale sometimes (or i'm just bad at it) but i think this is likely a mammoth?
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Re: Martin sousaphone w/ neck/bits and travel case
Yes, Mammoth
Some old Yorks, Martins, and perhaps a King rotary valved CC