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Has anyone ever tried a Selmer Series II neck on a Yamaha? The octave mechanism doesn't link up, although I bet with a small straw on it, it would. Intonation seems improved, the horn feels a lot more like a Selmer, and I like the overall tone too.
Why would someone bother to experiment on a student horn?
1. I'm marching with the Yamaha, but also playing the Selmer for other things, so it gives me a good tone on the field but also keeps the "feel" the same for when I play the Selmer.
2. If I didn't own a pro horn, it makes enough of an improvement to justify the cost of just buying a neck, IMO. (You can buy Selmer necks at a pretty reasonable cost.)
I was just curious if anyone else has ever tried interesting neck combinations on a YAS-23, and what sort of results you got from it?
Why would someone bother to experiment on a student horn?
1. I'm marching with the Yamaha, but also playing the Selmer for other things, so it gives me a good tone on the field but also keeps the "feel" the same for when I play the Selmer.
2. If I didn't own a pro horn, it makes enough of an improvement to justify the cost of just buying a neck, IMO. (You can buy Selmer necks at a pretty reasonable cost.)
I was just curious if anyone else has ever tried interesting neck combinations on a YAS-23, and what sort of results you got from it?