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Toxtricity posted...

i'm finally in the range to get a vibraphone which i've been saving up for (my main instrument was vibraphone / i was primarily a jazz vibraphonist for a very long time, but hadn't had access to one really in years, eager to get back to it)

but i'm worried about exactly this, that i'm going to regret getting this early and on the cheapest end, because of low octave range or something else i hadn't considered (though octave range difference between higher-cost / lower-cost models seems to be less a factor with vibraphone than marimba. for me i think it's about "how important is a motor to me?" and stuff like that)

I've seen so many posts in the Facebook band director's group about "help, our vibraphone motor isn't working, anyway to fix this or do I just need to buy a new vibraphone" and of course, everybody responds with "nobody ever uses the motor in a band setting".

Obviously your situation is different, but when it comes to motors and vibraphones, I would typically drop the motor. If you want to add cool effects to your vibes, there are much easier options, like wrapping bars in aluminum foil to create distortion effect.

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