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Review Date: 8/11/2004
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Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: $90.00
| Rating: 10
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Warm Sound, Good Projection, Allows for louder playing
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I've seen them on the internet for around 60 dollars, but I was a sucker at a music shop.
I really liked the mouthpiece, a (5C). It let me play louder without getting that "laser tone" that most get. It also helped center my tone a bit.
Also- My band director tells everyone to use one on a large bore instrument (bach strads..). He said it helps them not get so fatigued. I play on a Getzen Eterna, but it seems to suit the horn well.
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Review Date: 4/15/2006
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Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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I have the Bach 180-37ML with a Bach Megatone 1 1/4 mouthpiece. The megatone is great at any registar. The squeaky high notes come out with no problem. My other mouthpieces is the Schilke15 and Bach 7c. The megatone made this trumpet come alive.
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Review Date: 12/18/2006
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Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: $45.00
| Rating: 8
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Darker sound, more open throat
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I played a Bach 2 1/2 C for 10 years, when the megatones came out I thought it was a gimmick but I tried one anyway. I liked it better and bought one if for no other reason then it has a more open throat. I played the megatone 2 1/2 C for 10 more years for everything but the high baroque stuff including jazz until I went to a Curry 2BC for legit and a Curry 2DE for jazz. I find the Curry rims more comfortable but I missed the sound the extra mass of the megatone gave me so I ended up buying a sound sleve for my Currys. As a side note when I was playing in the director's band at the Western International Band Clinic there were 3 of us in a row playing megatones. I might eventually go back to the megatone.
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Review Date: 12/25/2006
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Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Great, Dark Jazz Sound, Very Open and Relaxed
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NONE!
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I bought a bach megatone 1.5c in gold plating, and I LOVE it. I'm a lead trumpet player at my highschool and I play in the jazz band. There is not a mp out there thats will give you a dark rich resonant sound like this one well worth the money!
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Review Date: 6/17/2007
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Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: $63.00
| Rating: 7
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Added mass helps the tone a bit
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It's not for everyone. Heavier, so it might hinder endurance.
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I got the 3C and it sounds great. You can't just expect it to work miracles for you. It will sound great if it's used with the right horn.
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Review Date: 9/16/2007
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Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: $60.00
| Rating: 10
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Velvet tone a great ballad MP
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None
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I have used the Bach 5C Megatone in two different horns. A) Getzen Eterna and as the young man describes above this MP seems to have been made for this horn. The sound is truly beautifull. I have also played it with my 8310Z Bobby Shew model and it makes the horn sound like the C. Botti style dark and velvety. Truly a great MP.
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Review Date: 1/29/2008
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Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: $50.00
| Rating: 10
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Darkens sound, adds mass, changes the way the horn feels (balancing wise)
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Not big enough lol Besides that, it won't fit in a standard mouthpiece spot in a standard Bach trumpet case.
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I love my megatone. I play a 3C. I stumbled upon it after getting my Strad and figured that I'd go all out customization wise. I found it very hard to blow through at first, granted I'd just added the weighted valve caps a few days later making it virtually impossible, and it became a decision that if I couldn't get used to the added caps and my standard 3C, then I'd end up returning the megatone, but I stuck with it. Personally, I didn't notice that big of a difference between the Megatone and a standard Bach size mouthpiece, but the balance in my hands was better, and I was convinced that higher mass meant better sound.
Now, I can't play my Strad without it, it's almost become the heart of my Strad, and I've passed my standard 3C over to my Erankenstein Eb Getzen Caravelle (FYI, Don Getzen, to my knowledge, never created an Eb Caravelle, I happened to have an old one that the lead pipe assembly and tuning slide virtually fell to pieces, so I chopped the horn up and made a usable Eb out of it).
Overall, this mouthpiece isn't for everyone, and your breathing set-up will have to be correct, or maybe slightly off, I'm not sure, for this mouthpiece to work well. I know a fellow student who tried a Megatone and quit because he couldn't get enough air through it.
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Arcastor
Junior Member
Registered: December 2008
Location: ND
Posts: 4
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Review Date: 12/30/2008
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Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: $40.00
| Rating: 10
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it improved upon the original Bach piece
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none
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i used this piece for the last two yeas, and had no complaints. it improved range, stamina, intonation, and slotting. it looked cool, and worked well for price, but i have since moved to a harrelson.
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Cooper
Junior Member
Registered: January 2009
Location: Westpoint,Tn.
Posts: 10
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Review Date: 1/21/2009
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Would you recommend the horn? No |
Price you paid?: $50.00
| Rating: 6
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Good Rich Sound
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not a Monette
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I think that a Monette sounds richer and rim is also much more comfortable.IMHO
Yes I have both and if you are going to play a Bach then this mouthpiece seems to be darker than the standard Bach.
Peace to all Bach Fans!
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King 3B
Junior Member
Registered: November 2007
Location: Georgia
Posts: 4
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Review Date: 1/24/2009
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Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: $160.00
| Rating: 7
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Cool looking , Slighty darker tone
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Too expensive, Little endurance.
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This mouthpiece was 150 dollars and was given to me by a friend. I was excited to put it in and play. It sounded just like a regular Bach mouthpiece but I wondered why it was almost twice as much. I noticed it was more free blowing but it killed my lips. Buy it if you it might just be me but dont buy it at a music store unless its 70 dollars or under.
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