Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 22 hours ago
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A Yamaha Xeno 8335 Bb Trumpet is reviewed here. I use 8 different mouthpiece (from very deep cup with big drill size to a shallow cup with a lead backbore), and then compare this 8335 trumpet to a Bach Stradivarius. The piece name I couldn't recall is the 'valve guides'. The following mouthpieces are used in this order:
Yamaha Custom 11B4-GP: 3:12
Reeves 41C2J: 4:36
JK (Klier) Exclusive Fl 6C: 6:30
ACB TA/TF: 7:50
Bach Mt Vernon 7C: 9:08
Bach 7: 10:25
GR 64 M-B: 11:32
GR 64 MS (with #1BB): 16:08
Bach Stradivarius 37 w/ Sterling Silver Plus bell w/ Yamaha Custom 11B4: 17:35
Yamaha Xeno Bb w/ Yamaha Custom 11B4: 18:20
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A Yamaha Xeno 8335 Bb Trumpet is reviewed here. I use 8 different mouthpiece (from very deep cup with big drill size to a shallow cup with a lead backbore), and then compare this 8335 trumpet to a Bach Stradivarius. The piece name I couldn't recall is the 'valve guides'. The following mouthpieces are used in this order:
Yamaha Custom 11B4-GP: 3:12
Reeves 41C2J: 4:36
JK (Klier) Exclusive Fl 6C: 6:30
ACB TA/TF: 7:50
Bach Mt Vernon 7C: 9:08
Bach 7: 10:25
GR 64 M-B: 11:32
GR 64 MS (with #1BB): 16:08
Bach Stradivarius 37 w/ Sterling Silver Plus bell w/ Yamaha Custom 11B4: 17:35
Yamaha Xeno Bb w/ Yamaha Custom 11B4: 18:20







![Aftermarket Tuning Slides: Do They Make a Difference??
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Great aftermarket slides by M/K drawing... https://www.mkdrawing.com/
Well, youll get to decide for yourself if they work. :) I believe there IS a difference - but it is subtle; overtones become different with each metal, perhaps more so than general tone. It takes a good ear to perceive the difference and, as seems so often the case, microphones and speakers dont always tell the whole tale. Ill first use the standard Bach D slide that came with this Strad (which is a standard weight 43 bell, Sterling Silver Plus bell. Second, I use a D-shaped (like the original Bach) Nickel-Silver tuning slide (all the aftermarket slides are by MK), then a dark Bronze radial slide, and lastly a Square Sterling Silver slide. I then use the Nickel-Silver slide with a great ACB Al Cass 1-27 mouthpiece, the Bronze slide with a Reeves C2J (a great trumpet/flugel piece), and lastly I use the square Sterling Silver slide with a Reeves 42C (a great play off of Bachs 7B mouthpiece [Ive read that Doc Severinsen really likes this mouthpiece with a 5ish Bach rim]). Enjoy! :)
Original Brass Slide: 5:01
Nickel-Silver Slide: 7:28
Bronze Ovate Slide: 9:51
Sterling Silver Slide: 11:46
Nickel-Silver Slide w/ Cass 1-27 Mouthpiece: 14:24
Bronze Slide w/ Reeves C2J Mouthpiece: 15:57
Sterling-Silver w/ Reeves 42B Mouthpiece: 18:45 Aftermarket Tuning Slides: Do They Make a Difference??](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H3tnRqcVIuY/mqdefault.jpg)


