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Re: Leblanc Low C Neck

Author: HANGARDUDE
Date: 2023-02-05 06:06

clarnibass wrote:

>> Yes I'm familiar with those. I've seen a few German ones and I've played and worked on a bunch of Toscas. For some reason when I play one (a Tosca) I like it overall less than the 1193. That is, if I thought this modification was worth it to me, then I would do it. The standard fingering throat Bb and the lower clarion all respond surprisingly well as is. <<

Nitai, not exactly sure the exact reason why you like the Prestige's more than the Tosca(I do too), but AFAIK the Tosca's bore is different, and perhaps 0.5mm smaller than the Prestige's(can someone confirm or correct this). And having played my own Selmer Privilege both pre and post-modification(plus multiple other standard and modified Privileges throughout the years), I feel that the extra throat Bb vent as well as the enlarged Low Eb tonehole(which the Tosca also has according to Martin Suter) actually made the whole instrument more powerful and freeblowing atop improving the intonation. Thus my guess is that Tosca's different(perhaps more tamed) sound stemmed more from its bore design rather than that throat Bb vent or enlarged Low Eb tonehole.

>> Soldering the parts is probably the easiest part of the entire modification. The body part of the modification has to be done either way so it would be simpler than to get a new neck, however... <<

Good to know, I stand corrected!

>> It's not like Gloger is the same as a large company cranking out instruments, but he is still set up specifically for making necks in a much more efficient way so prices are very reasonable. <<

Yes, I'm aware that Gloger is actually a smaller maker, but given John aka SEALE45's needs I feel that Karsten Gloger may be one of the men for the job.

>> A whole new tunable neck with a register key and vent for Buffet from Gloger is €650 (or €750 for silver). A Leblanc neck (without a key) is less but I assume you can get one with a key and price is pretty much the same as the Buffet neck.
That's for a whole new neck. Just making a key, tube and modifying the stock neck is a lot less than that, even if it has to be completely custom made (or even less if you can get parts from a spare neck, or for someone who is more specifically set up for making parts like these). <<

Perhaps Jared aka jdbassplayer was referring to the entire modification including keywork mods and filling up the old upper register vent along with the various mods of the neck. In that case, his estimation of thousand of dollars seemed close.

BUT with just the mods on the neck or an all-new custom one itself I agree with Nitai here, and I highly doubt that the price tag would ever exceed $2K USD. The currents ones by Blashaus don't even go beyond that price tag at least for now(even though they ARE costly!), and both Jared & Karsten's necks don't even go beyond the $1K mark.

So although I look forward John's daring quest to customize his Leblanc, I also need to be honest about its very high stakes!

Josh

Post Edited (2023-02-05 21:49)

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