Answer: always, as long as it’s the same player playing them.
I listened to a recording of a brass quintet gig I did last year. I as 2 axes that day.
For the virtuous stuff I used my Melton 4260. But there was some moving around we had worked into the gig (piano was in the back of the hall for one number, etc) and I liked the idea of bringing something longer than an F for some bass line tunes (easier valve mashing) so I brought my Conn 36K as well.
Now I knew that I would hardly hear a difference between the two but I didn’t think it would be sooo pronounced. The bass notes are sometimes (but not always) fuller on the sous. Also it’s an acoustic gig recorded with 2 air mics, so the Sous is a bit louder. But that’s basically it.
One is a state of the art 6 valved tuba which cost around $7000 and the other is a band instrument made of fiberglass which cost $400 and I can’t hear the difference. Pfffff
When does an F tuba sound like fiberglass sousaphone?
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Re: When does an F tuba sound like fiberglass sousaphone?
Everything played on TUBA (vs. upright bass) that you find with the purple sticker - on this search - was played with F tuba (because it was all I owned, at the time)...
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... at+Shuffle
...and the same goes for these (recorded in the same studio on the same day) tracks - where I played tuba (vs. bass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRQPAzK ... 1PJ3apw5JI
To me, all of these "played tuba on them" tracks just sound like "tuba" (vs. "F tuba", "B-flat tuba", "sousaphone", "E-flat tuba", or "whatever tuba")
I believe we tend to over-think what OTHERS hear in the resonance of our various tubas.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... at+Shuffle
...and the same goes for these (recorded in the same studio on the same day) tracks - where I played tuba (vs. bass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRQPAzK ... 1PJ3apw5JI
To me, all of these "played tuba on them" tracks just sound like "tuba" (vs. "F tuba", "B-flat tuba", "sousaphone", "E-flat tuba", or "whatever tuba")
I believe we tend to over-think what OTHERS hear in the resonance of our various tubas.