Yamaha SB59 Silent Brass System for Trombone

by Yamaha

Product Features

• Aux In to play along with CDs or MP3s
• Echo-enhanced sound for large-room ambiance
• Module is smaller than a cassette tape
• Reduced hiss
• Simplified controls and sleeker look

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002E1EV8
• Item model number: SB59C
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,147 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #7 in Musical Instruments > Instrument Accessories > Wind Instrument Accessories > Brass Accessories > Trombone Accessories > Mutes

Product Description

The Silent Brass system lets you play your horn anywhere you want, anytime you want, and with just the kind of ambiance you feel like. You can mix into the sounds of a CD player, a Silent Piano, an electronic keyboard or other Silent Brass, and output your playing into a tape deck or even an amp with speakers. Never again will you have to search for a practice room, have to 'stop because it's getting late'. The Silent Brass System includes the 'pickup' mute, digital processor, stereo earphones and cables. Separate Pickup Mutes are also available.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yamaha does it again! Another great product!, April 13, 2005

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Robert Bottoms "Guppy King" (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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I seached and searched but could not find any reviews of the SB59 Silent Brass System for Trombone. Well let me tell you my friends, stop reading and go buy it! I've been practicing now for 2 and half hours one room down from where my wife has been sleeping. And she's still sleeping! It can't believe it myself. She's not a heavy sleeper either. Really.

My horn with the pickup mute makes only a very soft muffled buzz. Much quieter than any normal horn mute. I have been hooking up pickup mute to my pc and using a computer based tuner, and multi-track recorder. And listening though the included headphones. Also I've been playing along with some mp3 music on the pc. Of course, you can plug the headphones directly into the control unit. It works perfect. There is a slight air restriction with the pickup mute attached. After 10min you will hardly notice it. Tone quality seems very good and realistic. It has an echo switch which adds a small bit of echo. The echo delay is not adjustable.

I got the SB59 so I wouldn't disturb my neighbors and family and I was not disappointed. And you won't be disappointed either!

I am really floored by how well this thing works. Can you tell?

Thanks for reading my review. Happy Practicing!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Acceptable practice mute, May 31, 2006

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A. Kerensky "FRSA" (Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha SB59 Silent Brass System for Trombone

I bought the SB5-9 Silent Brass system for tenor trombone, its not so much silent as very quiet, enough so that i can practice my trombone during the afternoon whilst my 8 month old daughter sleeps peacefully and the wife watches TV undisturbed, for me this is a result. The mute offers little resistance and better than any other mute i have,i have quite a few, the sound through the headphones is acceptable, not quite the sound you would normally hear but close enough, remember the purpose of the mute is practice without upsetting people. I give it 8 out of 10, it would have got 10 but i think the onboard reverb could have been better, its ok.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent option when you need a sound-proof practice room, January 7, 2008

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Albert P. Tobey "Al" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha SB59 Silent Brass System for Trombone

The product works as advertised, which I can't really say for most products with as much marketing material as the Silent Brass System for Trombone. I have a slightly older revision of SBS and use it regularly in my apartment.

As another reviewer mentioned more emphatically, make sure you don't become dependent on the resistance and feedback from the mute. It definitely changes all of my trombones drastically versus an open horn, but I won't go as far as to dissuade owning one. Practicing with the mute is 100% improvement over no practice at all!