Best Brass e-Brass III Mute Trombone

This is a good practice mute. I believe it's the best one at the market today.

Practice mute is always a compromise. It's impossible to get the feel of an open horn when there is a mute attached.

Best Brass is a bit different when compared to Bremner or Yamaha. Instead of flowing through the mute the air by-passes the mute, same way as with regular mutes.

The mute is very small and light. In fact it fits inside the bell so it's easy to carry inside the horn case.

You can plug the earphones straight to the mute. This is a big plus because without a separate sound box you save the extra hassle with many cables.The volume and echo are adjustable. There is also aux in and line out jacks. The mute raises the pitch a little bit, slightly more in the upper register. The sound is quite natural to my ears.

If you don't want to hear yourself via earphones there is also an aqoustic version available.

As I mentioned earlier it's always better to play with open horn. However that's not always possible for everybody. The silent mutes seem to get better all the time. At this point this is the best option available.

I recently moved into a new office and required a mute that could deliver more than you would expect from a silent mute. I've tried several practice mutes. The old Yamaha silent brass system was nose heavy but the Best Brass is shorter and the compact design means it virtually sits inside the bell making it less fatiguing than its rivals. It offers considerably less resistance than other 'practice' mutes and intonates very well indeed.

The headphones mean you can listen to what you are producing, even the low notes sound full. The built in reverb and volume control mean you can dial in quite a pleasant sound which can also aid with developing pitch. You can also play along with backing tracks with the aux in feature. I must say this has taken a little getting use to as the sound of your 'horn' doesn't quite translate the same as when playing without headphones. That's kind of strange because the best brass saxophone mute seems to translate the sound better.

Unlike the Best Brass Saxophone mute the Best Brass Trombone mute does not have the built in metronome but perhaps that was to keep the weight down. Overall I'm satisfied that this is currently the best practice mute on the planet but that is based on the 8 or so I have tried. The results are good, my office is directly above an entire floor of Barristers and so far they haven't complained or tried to sue me for noise pollution so I can only assume the Best Brass Mute works top notch. Its definitely way way down their on the noise metre reader I have.

If your a professional or serious student with close neighbours or on the road and need to practice in hotels/apartments you are going to need this or its non electronic equivalent.