The Arrival of the pBone

**12/22/11** If you are looking for a review of the pBone it can be found here: http://euphbone.blogspot.com/2011/12/pbone-review.html

Well, on Saturday I finally received a pBone. It was supplied by Andrew's Music for review. I must say, I am very impressed by my initial impressions of it. I received a yellow one and have been having a blast playing it. I'll post some sneak peak pictures here but unfortunately my full review wont be out til next week. This week I have a lot of school work and the second Phantom Regiment camp this weekend. Therefore, I won't have time to write up the review until next week. However, I promise it will be out by the end of the day next Thursday!

On another note (no pun intended), I used lights on my trombone for my recent orchestra concert. I play bass and the tuba player and I decided to use lights and match outfits for the concert. So here are some pictures of my trombone with lights on it!

Finally!

**12/22/11** If you are looking for a review of the pBone it can be found here: http://euphbone.blogspot.com/2011/12/pbone-review.html

Well, I typically don't post twice in the same day, but I think I have good reason this time.

Andrew's Music has agreed to have me review a pBone from them!

This is obviously very exciting news as I've been wanting to review one of these for a very long time. My first post about these was almost a year ago! I am very grateful to Andrew's Music and if you are looking at getting a pBone, please buy it from them. Everyone has the same price but Andrew's Music is supporting me and without them my future review of the pBone would not be possible.

As a side note, Andrew's Music is the only US based dealer of the pBone that sells pBones with mixed colors. That is: with one color slide and tuning slide and another color bell. Here is their Yellow/Green mix  and they have another with opposite parts (obviously since they wouldn't have a bunch of yellow bells and green slides laying around unused!)

Again, a huge thank you to them for making this future review possible!

pBone and a New Blog

**12/22/11** If you are looking for a review of the pBone it can be found here: http://euphbone.blogspot.com/2011/12/pbone-review.html

Hey everyone, well just as an update, I am still working on trying to get my hands on a pBone. With Phantom Regiments membership dues I am not able to buy one to test it. I have been looking to get one from a dealer in exchange for marketing (after all, I am the number one hit on pBone review searches!). However, I am also putting in a donate button as of today. Do not feel required to use it by any means. 100% of the money that is donated will be used for either Phantom Regiment dues or buying products to review on this site. Each review takes me around 10 hours usually, but I love doing it. Once again, don't feel obligated, but as a heads up, it is going in today.

*Edit: Andrew's Music has agreed to supply me with a pBone for review. If you are buying a pBone, please use them as they have made this future review possible.

If anyone has any connections with a dealer who sells pBones, please let me know or let them know about me. pBone generates a large traffic flow and I want to be able to provide a review for it.

In other news, this week saw the beginning of my most recent blog, "Clancy's Phantom Experience." As the name implies, this blog will be where I post, in depth, about my experiences with the Phantom Regiment. I still will give updates here, but the other blog will have much more detail. Check it out and let me know what you think! the URL is http://buickclancy.blogspot.com

Hope everyone is doing well!

pBone

**12/22/11** If you are looking for a review of the pBone it can be found here: http://euphbone.blogspot.com/2011/12/pbone-review.html

Well, today is a short update. I've been busy lately with music stuff and my recent interest into changing my physical lifestyle (go to http://ironbuick.blogspot.com if you are interested in hearing about it). I finally got around today to asking around for dealers that will have the pBone in stock. I've been getting search hits from this for awhile and been very interested in these instruments ever since I found out about them. These don't come available until September 2011 in the US but I'm really hoping I can get one of these in the first shipment. They appear to run at $150 per instrument and I think thats fair, even though it is higher than the original UK price point. So be expecting a full review of a pBone once I can get my hands on one (hopefully September!).

*Update: Andrew's Music is supplying me with a pBone to review! Many thanks to them!

Two Cool Trombone Videos!

Here is an interesting instrument being produced in the UK. It is called a pBone and is essentially a small bore, plastic trombone. I've heard reports that the bore is .509" and the bell is 8.5" but I cannot confirm this at the moment. From the sounds of the video, it sounds like a regular, brass, student/intermediate small bore horn!

Bass trombonists - this is for you! Check out this Columbus State Trombone Octet playing Africa! Must have been quite a fun piece to perform as the bass trombonist!

The CSU trombone choir also has some great recordings on YouTube including Morten Lauridsen's "O Magnum Mysterium"