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A buddy of mine just picked up a new Barone Classic tenor. ever since he received the horn, he has been leaning on me to come check it out - he thought it was on par with my vi, and we were both eager to have a bit of a jam. so, i finally got some rare free time and headed up to his place for a day.
immediately upon playing the classic, i was impressed by the horn - good ergos, good resistance, even intonation. nice fat thick core to the sound, which is what impressed me most. the midrange of the horn seemed to spread out a little bit too, especially when played hard.
i then picked up my selmer for a comparison and was thoroughly impressed and slightly shocked how similar the two horns felt and sounded. the most significant aspect was that I felt that if I had to gig on the barone that same night instead of my vi, i would have been perfectly comfortable.
immediately upon playing the classic, i was impressed by the horn - good ergos, good resistance, even intonation. nice fat thick core to the sound, which is what impressed me most. the midrange of the horn seemed to spread out a little bit too, especially when played hard.
i then picked up my selmer for a comparison and was thoroughly impressed and slightly shocked how similar the two horns felt and sounded. the most significant aspect was that I felt that if I had to gig on the barone that same night instead of my vi, i would have been perfectly comfortable.