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Has anybody been able to retrofit a bell to an Edwards valve section/tuning slide? I've seen a lot of Shires and Bach retrofits, but not Edwards.

Edwards are very big in the tuning slide. That large leg is way bigger than almost any existing bells out there.

Gotcha. I'll be coming into possession of a bell that isn't set up to be mounted to any maker, so the bell receiver isn't set up for any maker. Similar to the O'Malley bells on their website

It is absolutely possible. You just need the appropriate tuning slide receiver tube/bell ferrule. As Aidan mentioned though, there will be a BIG step down in diameter from the tuning slide receiver tube to the top of the bell diameter.

Edwards sells mounting kits.
$175 + shipping.

I put a 50B on an Edwards setup. Liked it better than most the Edwards bells, but I overall preferred to also have a Bach tuning slide. That back end on the Edwards basses is huge.

Cheers,
Andy

bassbone1993 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 11:27 am Gotcha. I'll be coming into possession of a bell that isn't set up to be mounted to any maker, so the bell receiver isn't set up for any maker. Similar to the O'Malley bells on their website

You might want to think about changing tuning slides too. It can be done as others have said but you'll be moving down quite a bit from the tuning slide to the bell through the hardware. Might blow funky. Funkily? Well you get it.