Bob Reaves / Noah Gladstone screw rim mp?

[RichC]

Curious as to the purpose of the screw rim option on these mouthpieces. I don't see separate rims to purchase like Doug Elliott offers.

[Doug Elliott]

Nobody in their right mind would make hundreds of different screw rims like I do.

[Matt K]

They offer the rims in different materials.

[RichC]

Nobody in their right mind would make hundreds of different screw rims like I do.

LOL

[RichC]

They offer the rims in different materials.

Ok, just don't see that on their website.
And thought maybe they were crazy like Doug and had different rim sizes available

[Matt K]

It’s not advertised but they’ll do largely whatever you want they just don’t have a ton of variety in stock like Doug does

[tbonesullivan]

The Reeves website mentions screw rims, but doesn't really have any options. Also the Martin Schippers Signature Bass mouthpiece is only available in screw rim. I don't quite understand the reason about even having it only available in screw rim.

On the Brass Ark website they have more options, such as a delrin rim, silver body gold rim, and super expensive sterling silver rim.

[CalgaryTbone]

For many years, the Giardinelli mouthpieces were only available as screw rims.

JS

[tbonesullivan]

For many years, the Giardinelli mouthpieces were only available as screw rims.

JS

Maybe it was easier to manufacture them that way? I can't see how though. Were the Giardinelli's designed to change the rims for different shapes or something?

[CalgaryTbone]

There were different cups (shallow/deep, large shank/small shank) in the various Giardinelli series. They weren't like Doug's where you could change rim sizes, but you could keep the same rim with a different underpart for different kinds of playing.

My guess is that if they are already set up to make a mouthpiece a certain way, it's easier to cut it for a screw rim than reset the tooling. I have a Brassark 4G/5G that they only make as a screw rim, and I think they thread a 5G to accept the 4G rim. Beautiful work by the way - you can't tell it's a screw rim until you start to take the rim off of the cup.

JS

[heldenbone]

->For many years, the Giardinelli mouthpieces were only available as screw rims.

Giardinelli made Lucite rims, as well as the usual gold plated narrow and cushion rims.

[CalgaryTbone]

->For many years, the Giardinelli mouthpieces were only available as screw rims.

Giardinelli made Lucite rims, as well as the usual gold plated narrow and cushion rims.

That's right - I just meant that they weren't meant to be able to put a #3 rim on a #7 cup or vice versa.

JS

[Jimkinkella]

I know that Noah Gladstone (Slipmo) has done some work with Jay Friedman, and Jay had previously worked up a whole series of modular pieces with Parke (also great mouthpieces, if you can get one, btw). Maybe that’s where they had gotten the idea?
Noah may correct me….

I did have them thread a Mr Bass Trombone for Doug’s LB series rims, and it was done very well.
(Before you ask, it’s an LB112 rim, and that cup from Noah is a wacky shape, pretty unique in the way that it sounds and responds))
(Necessary, no. But interesting and fun to play, yes)