Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Meet the Backun Q Bass Clarinet in Maple. Yes⌠maple. The violin wood. The bassoon wood. The âfancy cutting boardâ wood. Not the clarinet wood. Normally, bass clarinets are grenadilla (dark, focused, orchestra-ready) or cocobolo (warm, resonant, a little boutique). But maple? Thatâs new.
In this video I put maple head-to-head with grenadilla and cocobolo. Youâll hear how each one projects in a concert hall, what they feel like up close, and why Wagner would have hated maple but Berlioz probably wouldâve ordered six.
So if youâve ever wondered what happens when you swap a century of grenadilla tradition for a wood that might also be holding up your coffee table⌠hereâs your answer. The Backun Maple Bass Clarinet is real, it costs under $13k, and it might just be the sweetest bass clarinet youâll ever hear.
Meet the Backun Q Bass Clarinet in Maple. Yes⌠maple. The violin wood. The bassoon wood. The âfancy cutting boardâ wood. Not the clarinet wood. Normally, bass clarinets are grenadilla (dark, focused, orchestra-ready) or cocobolo (warm, resonant, a little boutique). But maple? Thatâs new.
In this video I put maple head-to-head with grenadilla and cocobolo. Youâll hear how each one projects in a concert hall, what they feel like up close, and why Wagner would have hated maple but Berlioz probably wouldâve ordered six.
So if youâve ever wondered what happens when you swap a century of grenadilla tradition for a wood that might also be holding up your coffee table⌠hereâs your answer. The Backun Maple Bass Clarinet is real, it costs under $13k, and it might just be the sweetest bass clarinet youâll ever hear.
