[lhoffman]

Can anyone explain why this went for so much?: http://www.ebay.com/itm/300620235776?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1413

I know pieces in larger tips tend to go for more, but I was surprised at the final price of this one. Especially since you never hear much of anyone playing a Guy Hawkins, much less on bari. Does anyone else have experience with these?

 

[super20dan]

dont have a clue. these mpcs arnt know for being great players on any size sax let alone bari. worst metal mpc i have ever played in my very long career. their sole claim to fame is they were around when there wasnt much else to choose from in metal mpcs.

 

[mrzel]

I bet that mouthpiece will be back on ebay in less than a month.

 

[soreliprick]

I've got a metal Hawkins 8* that i paid $70 on eBai and its everything I want for bari.
Of course I like altissimo.

 

[saxocarp]

Traded a 1952 Selmer BA Alto for a Selmer 55A,LowA Bari Sax in like new condition with a guy that was just too old to play bari anymore. The sax came with a GUY HAWKINS 7 that I didn't pay as much attention as I should have until now. In my opinion - THEY SING!!! Play altissimo well and go to the dungeon very very well. Only problem I have is doing low note excerces going from low Bb to D and back produces hesitation. I am hoping to try a hard rubber like a berg115/120I only I can produce the playablility as with berg and Cannonball tenor.

Anyway, there may be superior metal mpcs to the Hawkins, but for what I have, I will play it anywhere. ; :bluewink:

Can anyone explain why this went for so much?: http://www.ebay.com/itm/300620235776?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1413

I know pieces in larger tips tend to go for more, but I was surprised at the final price of this one. Especially since you never hear much of anyone playing a Guy Hawkins, much less on bari. Does anyone else have experience with these?

 

[saxocarp]

P.S.

Have no idea why mpc cost so much.

 

[mark_m]

I have a brass Guy Hawkins 9 that I had refaced (it was pretty beat), plays well, needs to be pulled out pretty far on my The Martin but it does have a decent size chamber, but more baffle than my RPC rollover. It's a potentially pretty rowdy mouthpiece and sounds good. Was a mess before the refacing. Worth owning, it does its own loud raunchy thing, not a good main piece at least for me.

 

[soybean]

Aren't the Guy Hawkins just re-branded Wolfe Tayne?

 

[super20dan]

no -completly different desighn

 

[MojoBari]

I have seen metal tenor GH and WT that are the same designs.

 

[Morry]

I had a GH 7 for alto back in the 80's that I played for over a decade and really liked. I just remembered I have a GH bari piece in the drawer somewhere.

 

[spike421]

Who knows. Here's one that went for $113.00.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221051885498?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

[kevvieg]

Ted Nash sounds great on his Hawkins tenor piece