POLL - protective (brass, NOT leather/vinyl) guard: yes, or no?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:25 am
by bloke
Before I get around to putting some sort of finish on this instrument,
Should I install a piece of thick/wide (King or old Elkhart-era side-mounted Conn 20K - which might be easier to fit) sousaphone guard wire on this 6th (small upper) bow, or not?
I'm thinking that I would rather wear through lacquer or silver on a guard plate, rather than through the instrument itself...
(My hand contacts the upper back part of that bow, and moves the #1 slide in when tuning for the 5th partial pitches, B and C, is critical...
...I actually just insert my hand into that (left-rotated) "D"-shape, and move the #1 slide without even actually grasping it.)
Re: POLL - protective (brass, NOT leather/vinyl) guard: yes, or no?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:06 am
by Tubajug
Yeah! Keep slickin' that thing out!
Re: POLL - protective (brass, NOT leather/vinyl) guard: yes, or no?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:33 pm
by York-aholic
The answer to putting a guard strip on is
Yes
I don’t know if it will show in the picture, but there are spots where the brass is noticeably thinner. A cap for this is on my to do list!
1958 Martin
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Re: POLL - protective (brass, NOT leather/vinyl) guard: yes, or no?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:32 pm
by the elephant
Add a guard.
Re: POLL - protective (brass, NOT leather/vinyl) guard: yes, or no?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 4:15 pm
by bloke
the elephant wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:32 pm
Add a guard.
OK !!!
poofy old cat no poofy old cat
Re: POLL - protective (brass, NOT leather/vinyl) guard: yes, or no?
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 4:31 pm
by the elephant
Now son, that there's some pure "tuba-sexy". I tell ya whut.
Re: POLL - protective (brass, NOT leather/vinyl) guard: yes, or no?
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:57 am
by humBell
I apologize for betraying my principles...
Duct tape is *always* a right answer, even if very seldom the right answer.
Re: POLL - protective (brass, NOT leather/vinyl) guard: yes, or no?
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 11:39 am
by bloke
humBell wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:57 am
I apologize for betraying my principles...
Duct tape is *always* a right answer, even if very seldom the right answer.
Absolutely...and goes along with Bocephus famous line, "A country boy can survive."
This guard looks odd, because it actually protects the bow from the place where my hand contacts it, rather than looking "right" (ie. centered over the top of the bow).
oh yeah...possibly THE best song ever written, and THE best video setting ever filmed to go along with a song:
Re: POLL - protective (brass, NOT leather/vinyl) guard: yes, or no?
