Customer Reviews

Yamaha SB59 Silent Brass System for Trombone

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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!

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.

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!

I used to play trombone all through high school and just didn't have enough time to keep it up in college. Now that I have time for it again, I'm living in an apartment building where the sound of trombone would slice right through the walls into my neighbor's apartment and all sorts of trouble would begin so I've not been able to pick it back up again. I received one of these as a gift this year and have not yet tested it in my apartment, but I can say that with me in on the lower level of a loft house, my father was able to sleep in the upstairs area above me while I played. There is the buzz of the metal and my lips, but it's so muted that it may as well be the refrigerator running or some other machinery. The audio in my headphones was accurate enough to allow me to play without critique of the sound and the air flow felt just about completely unobstructed which was a surprise considering the number of other reviews saying it would have pressure feedback from the blockage caused by the mute. Anyway, I am thrilled that I can start playing again and without disturbing my neighbors. So many fond memories with this horn and I'm glad to have it back in my life to make more.

I highly recommend this to anyone looking to find a way to play their horn in situations where it would otherwise create disturbances to others. This was exactly the solution I was looking for.

Professional player here, and this is a quality practice mute. Nearly silent and produces a good sound through the amp with minimal resistance on the embouchure. Because using the mute feels a little different from normal playing it should not be used all the time, but for those late night practice sessions this is an indispensable tool. Works great, I highly recommend this for all Trombone players.

I've had a Yamaha Silent Brass System for years and when I need to practice without disturbing others, this does the trick quite nicely. It really does feel remarkably natural with minimal back pressure!

I also use the mute by itself for a quick warm-up before gigs, when I don't want to take the time to setup the full system. 2 Thumbs Up!

It's very good tho be able to practice any time any where.
It's also good to warm up before a gig.
The sound on the earphone is very good with a deep low tone.

The mute itelf is great - it is very quiet and very playable. There is a decent amount of backpressure compared to without a mute, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it will ruin your embouchure.

The headphones aren't great, but that's not really what you're paying for.

I have a setup with the mute going through a bass guitar effects box with reverb, and my headphones plug into that.

With a decent set of headphones and the reverb set just right to the room, you can make it sound pretty close to as if you were practicing without a mute. It's also just fun running a brass instrument through an effects box.

I have tried non-electronic (passive) practice mutes, and I have found them to be louder with about the same back pressure. You also can't hear yourself the way you can with the Yamaha.

I bought this to practice in my apartment. It sounded pretty good for the first 5 minutes. Then it stopped worked. It seemed like there was a loose connection as the sound would cut on and off. After about 30 minutes of reading through the manual and turning it on and off and trying multiple cables I am giving up.

Quite frankly, the Silent Brass System (SBS) is not worth a dollar. Sure, it may keep your son or daughter's sound down, but the resistance the SBS gives back to the player is HORRIBLE. This is coming from an experienced trombone player. Not only does the SBS give back WAY TO MUCH resistance (making the trombone harder to play), but, if a person practices only with the SBS, they can come dependent to the way they have to change their embouchure to gel with the silent brass system. If a student, or anyone, becomes dependent on the SBS, real performances, without the SBS, will not be the best. In other words, DON'T GET THE SILENT BRASS SYSTEM! IT IS NOT WORTH IT...AT ALL (ESPECIALLY NOT FOR WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR).