K5LLA timeline

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NickN Great Britain
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K5LLA timeline

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A quick question.

Does the K5LLA follow the same timeline and "generations" as the K5HL, and did it first appear at the same time?

It's not a horn I particularly like the sound of, at least not from what I've heard (change my mind) but at some point I probably ought to try and get one to make my small collection a bit more complete.
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Nathan_P5A United States of America
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Re: K5LLA timeline

Post by Nathan_P5A »

There’s only two versions of the K5LLAs that I can think of. Non raised letter 2 piece 1L bells with non raised letter bells, and raised letter 1 Piece 1L with raised letter bells. They’re not as evolved as the K5HL but both horns began to appear around 2004/2005. The K5HL became GE’s horn of choice for their gevo series while EMD chose the K5LLA for their SD70M-2/SD70ACe models.