u/flaggyswish

Bass clr tone help

I’ve been playing for a little while now and I feel like I sound pinched, buzzy, and nasally. I additionally notice that my lower clarion notes overall (B-E in staff, specially B and C) are extremely sharp, ranging from 20-30+ cents even if I were to loosen my embouchure all the ways

I use selmar low c bass using blue box Vandoreon 3 reeds, which feel sort of soft but fine.
I just want a dark, warm, and resonant tone with even tone(possibly intonation) across my instrument.

Any advice?

u/flaggyswish — 8 days ago

▲ 2 r/bassclarinet

Estimate to repair

So I have a professional low c bass and my low E-C pads don’t fully close when pressed down bc someone accidentally stepped on it. (It was on the floor, in the visible place)

Additionally, this was part my fault, but I screwed some parts of the instrument as some keys and were too loose like the Ab key in both upper and lower joint.
So now, if I play in altissimo register and want to play notes lower than that, like open G or low G, it jumps up an octave.

Overall, I can’t play long B with one pinky, play my low notes, or go in the altissimo range w/o having my other notes jumping up.

How much do you think this repair would cost? I live in TX and plan to go to music and arts

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u/flaggyswish — 9 days ago