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Author: john connor
Date: 2010-02-28 21:02
Well, I've owned a Ridenour bass and posted about it here before. And a Lyrique. The original post in this thread is basically saying they sound just like all the other cheap student instruments, I think. He's doesn't talk about keywork or response or price or anything like that - just the sound. I would have to agree with him on that score (in fact, his ebay ad says the thing IS superior in terms of mechanics - at least, that's what I assume he means). His problem is what it sounds like. And surely there can't be many people out there who would claim that ANY of the non-wood material bass clarinets (or sopranos) presently on the market (incl greenline) really sound like grenadilla? It may be that if they were made in plastic/hard rubber and had exactly the same dimensions as a wood model then they would sound more similar, but not 'THE SAME'. Has anyone ever played the recorder? Recorders are interesting because you can actually buy cheap and very high quality plastic recorders that are replicas (in bore, toneholes etc) of wood models. Yet the sound difference is very obvious, between materials. I really like metal clarinets too (I have a soft spot for 30's Silva-bets and Selmers) but they sound significantly different to wood, and these were top-of-the-line models. Surely it's counter intuitive to claim that the material has NO effect on the tone? Forget all the tosh about where it's made or sourced, whether it's 'natural' or not (Ridenour is as guilty as the rest here with his silly articles on 'natural' hard rubber, which hasn't been seen since they tapped rubber out of trees before world war 2 - and anyway, plastic is 'natural' enough, it comes out of the ground, ultimately (isn't oil 'natural'?), just like everything else...). The sound is different depending on the material, and some people like it, and others don't. No need to get so up tight about that, surely?
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