![]() Two pegs, (one sitting, one standing) standard. Standard Royal case with hideaway backpack straps Please read my trial policy before pulling out that credit card. So I won’t.Īll earspasm instruments come with a 7-day trial. Yes, people have told me I should charge a premium for doing it.īut I don’t like the idea charging more for something that should come standard. The total cost of the “earspasm setup” (for want of a better term) and tweaking of this instrument is included in the price-even though I pay out of pocket for it. And good lord, do they sound good when he’s done! I fly these instruments up to him, and he spends about 5-6 hours bringing them up to my spec. So, each and every one of these horns has been set up by one of my favorite technicians waaaaay up in northern New York. Why? Well, my best guess is that with a small, young company like Royal Global is, their Quality Assurance program is not yet up to the bar. In full transparency, Royal instruments show up at my door in pretty dubious mechanical shape-sometimes pads literally do not cover the holes. The sound is somewhere between a Selmer and a Buffet (you can listen below), and the response is very immediate and free-blowing. The Firebird, Royal’s flagship bass clarinet, offers some unique features: a solid Grenadilla wood bell, rose gold posts, a removable neck resonator, and two pegs (long peg for standing, short for sitting) -these are features you will not find on any other bass clarinet available. Is it a Buffet or Selmer? No, but it’s pretty damn close. And they’ve come up with what I think is probably the best overall value for a bass clarinet on the market today. Royal Global is a fairly new manufacturer on the scene, and they have made huge strides over the past 4 years, refining their designs, upgrading materials, and…just tinkering with everything.
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