Went Tenor shopping this weekend.

[Shaun SS]

I went tenor shopping this weekend. I ended up in the LA area. I played a few different horns. Mark 6, Unison S400 and some CB's.

Ended up buying a Cannonball. All I can say is this thing is nice. It has great tone, being very full from the bottom all the way up. The low end of the horn can be played to the softest piano and then can take all the air I can give it with huge full sound. Altisimo notes are a breaze to play, coming out using effortless attacks. Horn played great against a tuner.

I tried several mouth pieces out when I bought it (several of each Vandoren's, Claude Lakey, Runyon) but I went home with the mouth piece I came in with, Berg Larson Bullet chamber 110.

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I want to give the shop a great recomdation as well. Right when I got there, anything I asked for or needed was provided to me right away. I'm in the practice room when Jimmy comes in with like 3 mouth pieces and says "try these.." About 15 minutes later he comes in with about 3 more. Again "try these.." One of the other horns I was playing my CB against had a small issue and Jimmi puts it on a bench and fixes it right there resolving the problems. Played some more and in comes one of his employees with about 4 more mouth pieces. Then come the second necks for the horns. Finalized me decision on which horn and he started throwing in some things for free. Great customer service.

I got it through Jimmi Scimonetti.. He can be reached at jscimonetti@yahoo.com or (661)729-2520.. Great guy, great shop and excelent horn.

[Jeff Foster]

Congrats man. Cannonballs are cool. I just bought a CB alto last week and it's awesome. You're gonna love it.

[scale_master]

shaun,
do you have the address of the shop you went to?
Thanks,

B.

[Shaun SS]

Yes sir.. I have a CB book with the Jim Sciminetti sticker on it.

701 West Ave. K Suite 130
Lancaster, Ca 95354

I think Jimmi said he'd be getting in a new shipment of CB's soon.

[Tears June]

Shaun

Your Big Bell Cannonball is a Black Nickel plated or a Black Lacquered horn?

:cry:

[Shaun SS]

It is a Black Nickel Plate.

[Tim Wolfe]

Shaun SS,
Tell me a little bit more about how the CB compared with the Unison S400.
Thanks.

[Shaun SS]

Well the first horn I played was the Unison. It felt great in my hands. Nice action, not too heavy, no too light, well balanced. Started playing it and it had a great sound. Mid range flowed nicely. Bottom end felt nice and the highs came out fairly easy.. Was pretty warm overall with good overtones and subtones.

Played a couple horns in between the Cannonball tenor I chose.

Picked up the CB. I felt a little out of place at first on this horn. The lower 3 keys DEF felt a little funky for me. Started playing through it. The mid range had the same amount of power as the Unison, but then I went down. What a powerfull and solid low end. I could play so soft on it and then all the air I could give with out a crack or over blown affect. The upper register was incredible. Every Altisimo note I hit came on solid and in tune..

I went through the horns several times playing the Unison back to back with the Cannonball, with different mouthpieces, switching both CB's necks. When I left I still felt the Unison was a little more comfortable than the Cannonball on the DEF keys. But the over all sound and ease of playing, the Cannonball won hands down.

[horatio]

I bought the same horn about 2 months ago, and have had the same experience. horatio