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  @ruicalcada61493 ай бұрын

  I have a series 2, from 2006, and although the supreme is a top instrument, for me it doesn't justify the difference of more than 2000 usd for the series 2. I also have a Mark 7 from 1980 and I certainly wouldn't trade it for a Supreme, but tastes can't be discussed.

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  @johnspiby9793 Жыл бұрын

  As a series II player myself, I really hope yours is in bad need of a service because the tonal difference is a little devastating! (And I could never afford a Supreme)

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  @wizco4443 Жыл бұрын

  My saxophone is a Glory student model, (like 200 on amazon). The side keys (Bb, C, E) are just plain strait. Do not buy this sax I've had it one year and I'm already looking for a replacement lol

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  @UrsulaDehler1923 Жыл бұрын

  Thanks a lot, very interesting! I just changed from series II to supreme. What I think: intonation on supreme is much better from alone 😊and sound is more warm and a little bit fuller.

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  @SaxSith Жыл бұрын

  The price of Supreme doesn’t match the quality.

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  @mikespadafora9077 Жыл бұрын

  As a classically trained saxophonist (that was the only program my university offered) I think all classical saxophonist sound the same despite the horn they play, you hear one, you’ve heard them all. Jazz players have a much bigger range of tonal differences and much more beautiful tones that have character and vocal qualities.

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  @Xavier_Dimoff Жыл бұрын

  What’s your serial number range?

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  @rburganmusic Жыл бұрын

  My Series II is 544xxx and the Supreme is 826xxx

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  @JiveDadson Жыл бұрын

  The right side palm keys are slanted like that on my late model King Zephyr tenor, ca. 1970. I like that and the fact that it cost about 1/6 as much a new Selmer. I like the low left side palm keys. Not a key-riser guy. I do not bend my fingers as much as you. I would say the Zeph is a perfect sax except for the pinky table, particularly the low C# key touch, which is small and stiff. When I owned both it and a Mark VI, I kept going back to the Zephyr for its big sound.

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  @rburganmusic Жыл бұрын

  The slanted side keys took a little getting used to but I like them now. A lot of the newer Yamahas have side keys that slant upwards rather than downwards!

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  @fleming_instruments_and_repair Жыл бұрын

  Thank you both for your insights! Great video!

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  @rburganmusic Жыл бұрын

  Thank you for watching!

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  @davidclaro1522 жыл бұрын

  Both are great saxes. The Supreme sounds a bit more smoother and mellower. You should compare the Supreme with the Reference 54.

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  @Colin-mc5oz2 жыл бұрын

  Yeah, that's a good call for us Jazz players

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  @rburganmusic Жыл бұрын

  That would be a great video..need to get my hand on a Reference 54. I played the Kookaburra model once and wasn't a huge fan. It played fine but just wasn't quite the sound I typically like. I'm not a big jazz player, but I've heard mixed things from them on the Supreme. Some people really like but it can be a little constricting tonally so some jazz players are not fans. As always, it comes down to personal preference.

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  @davidclaro1522 жыл бұрын

  The Supreme looks a bit like the Selmer Reference.

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  @MiguelGonzalez-lz8sg2 жыл бұрын

  Is it available for sale?

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  @leycroftcoman54872 жыл бұрын

  Good review .

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

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  @stevenfriars6312 жыл бұрын

  Sounds great. Greetings from Geelong , Australia. 😊😊😊

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thanks for listening!

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  @reeses2pieces5282 жыл бұрын

  hello mr burgan i found your account on accident while looking at saxophone solos

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  @fleming_instruments_and_repair2 жыл бұрын

  Love it!

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  @heaneymusic2 жыл бұрын

  Good sounds Reese! Really enjoyed your interpretation.

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thank you, my friend!

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  @margaretbanton30232 жыл бұрын

  Thank you, Reese. Very helpful comparison! I have a Series II Jubilee and just purchased a Supreme. It’s not taken me too long to adjust to the Supreme, which is good.

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thanks for the comment! I can imagine that the Jubilee is a much closer jump than my '96 Series II was. How are you liking the Supreme?

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  And on a side note, I thought of this comment again the other day. One of my students owns a Series III and the octave mechanism is the same as the Supreme. So I'd imagine that the switch from the Jubilee II to the Supreme is probably not as drastic as it would be from an older II.

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  @margaretbanton30232 жыл бұрын

  @@rburganmusic I absolutely love it, Reese. You're right that the transition from the Series II (Even the Jubilee) is tougher than from the Series III. I took the Supreme to Matt Hess for a tune-up yesterday, as I bought the demo horn used at the JEN conference. He thought it was in really great shape, so I'm encouraged.

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  @saldrich32262 жыл бұрын

  LT, MP: Less talking, more playing :)

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  @bruhlmaoo2 жыл бұрын

  i’m going from a custom ex to a supreme, this is gonna be interesting once my supreme gets here!

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  @rburganmusic Жыл бұрын

  Has it arrived yet? I'm curious to hear your thoughts coming from a Yamaha.

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  @bruhlmaoo Жыл бұрын

  @@rburganmusic it has, and i fell in love with it. it reminds me of the ex in many ways, but maintains the “selmer sound” if that makes any sense. overall improvements are the low notes, ive never had a horn that had such a responsive low range and high range. the tuning in the supreme is certainly a lot better than the ex.

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  @op14435 Жыл бұрын

  @Ashton Stewart how do you like your supreme so far? I am thinking to get supreme or series 2. Some people bash the supreme and dont like the sound of it.

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  @bruhlmaoo Жыл бұрын

  @@op14435 i personally love it, i get hate for it by my peers as well. if you’re in high school for reference, i know it’s the player and not the horn but i got first part in the state of florida on it, so it obviously sounds good if a good player is using it. sorry it’s a ramble but if you play it and like how you sound that’s ultimately what matters most :)

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  @op14435 Жыл бұрын

  @Ashton Stewart thanks. I was thinking between supreme vs series ii. Im trying to get back into playing. I played back in the day probably for like 10years but never on a selmer.

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  @rothschildianum2 жыл бұрын

  You sounded better with Supreme!

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  @rburganmusic Жыл бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @bobpremecz54292 жыл бұрын

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  @bobpremecz54292 жыл бұрын

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  @bruv15962 жыл бұрын

  convenient timing

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  @keananok2 жыл бұрын

  Really interesting video, every day I’m leaning more and more torwards buying a supreme (from my custom82zii) I’d say Yamaha wins in the intonation of the low range, but they are doing great things with this horn. A bell ring or mute whatever you want to call it will fix that either way lol.

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  @keananok2 жыл бұрын

  What horn do you play on, ad assume the mp is a concept based on looks

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  You are correct, this mouthpiece is a concept. The saxophone in this video is a Selmer Series II, but I just recently switched to the Selmer Supreme.

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  @keananok2 жыл бұрын

  @@rburganmusic Nice, I play on a custom 82zii and have for a while, I’ve been planning on really trying out some selmers, (I play both classical and jazz) to compare them. How do you like the supreme as apposed to the II, and if you’ve tried any other selmers or Yamahas, feel free to compare those, or tell me what you prefer lol

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  @@keananok I actually have a whole other video that really dives into the difference between the Series II and the Supreme, but long story short I love the Supreme. My Series II is from 1996 so it's a huge jump forward for me in terms of tone and intonation. I like the Yamaha Custom series, they put out some great saxes! I just prefer the tone of the Selmer saxes, and I think the Supreme is extremely sensitive and flexible in terms of tone, while somehow not sacrificing the core of its sound. At least it is more so than my II. If I had to pick something other than Selmer, it'd be the Yamaha Custom EXII with the V1 neck.

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  @keananok2 жыл бұрын

  @@rburganmusic Wow. Thanks for this. I know the supreme is expensive, but I’ll have to think more into this. From your description I’d think I’d like the supreme a lot. I know a lot of pretty virtuosic players are switching to them in both jazz and classical. I really like the V1 neck as well, my custom z came with one but I also tried a G1.

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  @@keananok I need to correct myself here. I'm using the Supreme in this video. When I replied earlier I thought I had recorded this video on my Series II but now I just double checked and this is indeed the Supreme.

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  @robertgreen37022 жыл бұрын

  Thank you. 🙂

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  @keanan58382 жыл бұрын

  Alabamas technical is 12 this year, so dallassax’s video on this as well as your series really helps!

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thanks! I fell off my recording schedule (life happening and such) but it’s good to hear that. Best of luck as you prepare!

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  @magic60602 жыл бұрын

  Thank you very much.

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  @paulwagner40282 жыл бұрын

  Amazing

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  @TrueBlueYou2 жыл бұрын

  Intonation is excellent-what’s the resistance on a scale of 1-10

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  I agree, intonation is much improved. I think the extreme ranges of the supreme (pinky/palm keys) are a tiny bit more resistant than on my Series II. However, I like that because I feel like there is naturally more body to the sound of the palm keys. At least that’s what I’m hearing. Now that I’ve been playing it for a few months I’m not noticing a difference in feel low to high - it’s likely I learned some voicing habits for my old horn that I’m unlearning because they are no longer necessary. Long story short, the Supreme just plays!

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  @TrueBlueYou2 жыл бұрын

  @@rburganmusic this is a great review - - I just watched it again. I can hear the difference in the intonation on your left hand above the G. I play an R54 and I am particularly a jazz player who used to be an avid classical player. The R54 is very warm so i’m really interested at how this thing plays. I also have a R36 tenor with a R54 neck- what an amazing combination. It’s definitely the best tenor set up I’ve ever played and that includes the Mk VI’s I own. I haven’t played the supreme and I’m definitely going to take my R54 alto down there and r e a l l y compare it- again, a great video.

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thanks! Love my R54 Tenor too

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  @JL-bu8bz2 жыл бұрын

  SII is little darker. The stacato is more precise in the Supreme, of course. God job. Thanks.

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @tonytonewharton2 жыл бұрын

  Thanks Reese for the great in depth review. Nice playing. Even on my mobile phone I could hear a difference. I thought there was more presence in the sound of the Supreme. I can’t wait until the Tenor version is released. Does anyone have any predictions as to when? 😊

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thank you! My guess would be that we’re still probably a year or so away. I was told that a decade of R&D went into the alto, and there’s no telling how supply chain disruptions have messed up Selmer’s timeline.

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  @tonytonewharton2 жыл бұрын

  Yeah, a year seems to be the consensus of opinion. That I can wait, lets hope its not ten years!

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  @bienchii Жыл бұрын

  Spoke to a dealer yesterday and could be a soon as May of this year. Very soon.

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  @zeniktorres43202 жыл бұрын

  Thanks for covering the ergonomics and intonation with that display. Some things I would of liked to see covered is the amount of adjustments that could be done, quality of construction, material thickness difference if any, metal composition, robustness of construction - really all the things that can justify the high price. NB: I never understood why the octave key are usually so high. (On another instrument such as violin 1mm difference is noticeable difference 😀)

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  I will say that the quality of the construction is top-notch. It comes with metal resonators by default and plays straight out of the case. Naturally, you’d want to take to a tech to set it up anyways as shipping can cause these instruments to fall out of adjustment. Now that I’ve been playing for a bit I’m noticing the felts under the left hand stack are moving from their default position, but that’s not a big deal as any tech can repair that quickly with no problem. Other than that, I haven’t had any issues with the construction of the instrument. If I knew the composition of the metal, which I don’t, I’d probably be legally obligated not to share! I think it’s worth the price they charge but I know some will disagree. To each their own.

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  @zeniktorres43202 жыл бұрын

  @@rburganmusic Thanks for your replay. Good to hear. It seems there is a long waiting list. I wonder if taper of the conical bore is less compared to other models to improve intonation? Or maybe a combination of taper, tone whole size and placing, pad height. Are there even any differences in taper across models and manufacturers, if so, by how much? What specifically makes intonation better from one model to the next? That's enough questions 😀

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  @rburganmusic Жыл бұрын

  @@zeniktorres4320 it’s a complex topic for sure. I think the taper of the neck is a major factor. I put the Supreme neck on my series II and intonation was much improved. The series II neck on the Supreme made the intonation much worse.

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  @zeniktorres4320 Жыл бұрын

  @@rburganmusic Thanks. Interesting.

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  @FRND-te1ly2 жыл бұрын

  Amazing

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @FRND-te1ly2 жыл бұрын

  No Problem, you sound really good btw

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  @inspir.edmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Curious, what tuner app is that?

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  It's an app called Tunable. I really like it for practicing and teaching vibrato!

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  @inspir.edmusic2 жыл бұрын

  @@rburganmusic Thank you!

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  @robbertzzzzz2 жыл бұрын

  The side keys on my Reference 54 are 100% perpendicular to the body. The E key also doesn't have that curve at the top, it's a completely straight key just like the other two

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thanks for the info! I have a 54 tenor but haven't had the chance to play the 54 alto.

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  @robbertzzzzz2 жыл бұрын

  ​@@rburganmusic I'm surprised it's different on the tenor! Both the alto and tenor mark VI (which they're modelled after) have the same thing I have from what I can see in pictures online. Photos of the tenor 54 do look different from my horn. Another thing I noticed is that the chromatic F# key is an oval on the tenor, but on my alto it's round. Again something where the alto follows the VI design while the tenor does not.

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  @@robbertzzzzz interesting. Yes, coming from my Series II, I felt like the tenor reference 54 matched that configuration almost exactly (except for the front F key)

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  @RoseStreetSaxophoneRoom2 жыл бұрын

  Nice!

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  @Learning2Sax2 жыл бұрын

  Great Job. Thanks for the video!

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  @saxmajor712 жыл бұрын

  The Series III right hand side keys are similarly slanted like the Supreme keys, but they're less sculpted; they're like a straight diagonal.

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thanks for the info! I have a few students who have the Yamaha Custom EX II and after making this video I looked at their side keys too. The EX slants the opposite way, with the side Bb key being the highest off the body. Interesting stuff!

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  @shadow_bzt36142 жыл бұрын

  Boutta work on this thing since i wanna make it

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  @leycroftcoman54872 жыл бұрын

  Excellent review the Serie 11 neck would wreck the improved intonation i think .

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  You are correct, that neck definitely affects the tone quality and intonation very much. I would be curious to hear how the Series III neck behaves on the Supreme as well. I've heard of players using a III neck on their Series II and experiencing improvement..my suspicion is that the Supreme is not backwards-compatible in that regard.

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  @lepetitsauterelle2 жыл бұрын

  I agree, the Supreme has a more warm sound. It is nice. Nice review!

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  @Jacob-lm1cs2 жыл бұрын

  It helped me when you told me to emphasize the E's for the trill so its a lot easier now

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  @Jacob-lm1cs2 жыл бұрын

  emphasize meaning just blow faster air through it

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  @johnasti74292 жыл бұрын

  Nice job in comparison. Honestly I heard no difference. For you I’m sure it’s the weight and ergonomics, but sound wise I didn’t hear a noticeable difference.

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  @olivierwilms51802 жыл бұрын

  Many thanks. Loved the comparison. What is the app you are using as a tuner for the comparison?

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thanks! The app is called Tunable. It also has a recording session feature that records your playing and gives you analytics. I love it!

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  @heaneymusic2 жыл бұрын

  Great job Reese, I enjoyed your more conversational style for this comparison. There’s no going back now, the Supreme does great things for your sound! 👍

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  @rburganmusic2 жыл бұрын

  Thank you my friend!

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  @romih.79453 жыл бұрын

  Very nice!

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  @sumitsagaonkar3 жыл бұрын

  Thank you for the short first impression on this gorgeous looking horn. By the way how far is this music store from the port of Galveston???

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  @rburganmusic3 жыл бұрын

  Thanks for the comment! I would say that store is probably about an hour or so away from Galveston. It’s located in north west Houston inside the 610 loop.

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  @AcevedoDMA3 жыл бұрын

  KZread officially needs an option to love a post.