The ones made in LA are considered to be more consistently better than those made in Fullerton. The LA factory burned down some time in the late 50's (you can look up the exact date), and they moved the operation to Fullerton, CA.

When I bought my Ambassador I read a good bit about them, and generally speaking, the opinions were that those made after the late 60's weren't as good, or at least weren't as consistently good. My family is sick to death of hearing La Cucaracha. I will probably replace the springs since they don't have quite enough tension in them as I would like, but I expected to replace the strings anyway when I got mine. I do have experience in buying other instruments, but are there any used trumpet-specific red flags I should be aware of?Įdit: I bought the trumpet about a week ago and it sounds great. I'm a trombone player with no experience in buying trumpets. Are they all the same model and are just in different conditions? What makes a $250 ambassador better than a $100 ambassador? How can I tell what size mouthpiece bore I will need? Can I trust buying and shipping a trumpet with no case? Is worn lacquer a concern? The offer has been up a while, so will it be a good idea to replace the valve springs? What makes the Olds Ambassador trumpets better than the newer trumpets? If you can answer them, I can guarantee you theoretical reddit silver (because I'm cheap and lazy).

I do however have some questions about buying olds ambassador trumpets. Because I don't want someone grabbing the offer in front of me, I'm not going to provide a link.

I've had my eye on a $250 early 70s olds ambassador trumpet for a while on ebay, and I'm thinking about getting it for Christmas.

1974 olds ambassador trumpet value