Gold vs. Silver, Does it Make a Difference? plus Stainless Steel and New Tech from Japan

Does Gold vs. Silver playing make a difference? Surprisingly to me, yes! Timing and description below.

In this video I have a chance to directly compare a Griego GP6 in Silver plating and Gold playing. I've been a skeptic of plating making a difference in mouthpieces, but in trying these out I found that I really preferred one to the other. To test these mouthpieces I decided to use four of the more common bass trombone excerpts - Resphigi's Fountains of Rome, Haydn's Creation, Shumann 3, and Kodaly's Hary Janos.

We're also at the end checking in on a Stainless Steel option - a Giddings & Webster Don Harwood model, as well as my new Moto 59DW*, which was the preferred choice from my previous bass trombone video (and also has gold plating on the rim and inside!)

Timings:
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Respighi on GP6 Silver
2:14 Respighi on GP6 Gold
3:49 Haydn on GP6 Silver
4:41 Haydn on GP6 Gold
6:18 Schumann 3 on GP6 Silver
7:25 Schumann 3 on GP6 Gold
8:54 Kodaly Hary Janoś on GP6 Silver
10:14 Kodaly Hary Janoś on GP6 Gold
11:25 Impressions on Gold vs. Silver
12:55 Respighi on G & W Don Harwood
14:00 Haydn on G & W Don Harwood
15:01 Schumann on G & W Don Harwood
16:17 Kodaly on G & W Don Harwood
18:53 Respighi on Momo 59DW*
19:41 Haydn on Momo 59DW*
20:20 Retuning
20:55 Schumann on Momo 59DW*
22:17 Kodaly on Momo 59DW*