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Stan Getz Legend Series Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

January 7, 2011 by Steve 42 Comments

This is a review of the Stan Getz Legend Series tenor saxophone mouthpiece.  This mouthpiece I’m trying today is an exact copy of the actual mouthpiece that Stan Getz used at the end of his career.  The copy is so exact that it even has slight teeth marks in it where Stan used to put […]

Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Drake Mouthpieces, rs berkeley, Stan Getz, tenor madness

Early Babbitt HR Otto Link Remake Tenor Mouthpiece

January 4, 2011 by Steve 28 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a mouthpiece that is being sold by Tenor Madness.   A big “Thank You” to Dr. James Romain who serves as Associate Professor of Saxophone and Assistant Director of Jazz Studies at Drake University.  He was kind enough to offer to send me his mouthpiece that he picked out personally at […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: early babbitt, hard rubber, otto link, tenor madness, tenor saxophone

Johannes Gerber Vintage Slant Tenor Mouthpiece

December 13, 2010 by Steve 35 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a mouthpiece made by Johannes Gerber in South Africa.  I have never played a Johannes Gerber mouthpiece before but have always wanted to.  I have heard great things about his work and if you visit his site at www.jgerber.com the pictures will make you want to pull out your credit card […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Johannes Gerber, sax mouthpiece, tenor saxophone, Vintage slant

“My Favorite Things” Solo- Theo Wanne Gaia Soprano Mouthpiece

December 10, 2010 by Steve 6 Comments

Every month my friends on SOTW (Sax on the Web) do a fun thing called “the tune of the month”.  Each month a different member of the site calls a tune that many of us will do a recording of.   This is a great tradition because it gets many of us out of our comfort […]

Filed Under: Soprano Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Gaia mouthpiece, John Coltrane, My Favorite Things, soprano saxophone, Theo Wanne

Kanee M5 Custom Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece

November 29, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

This is another hard rubber custom mouthpiece from Kanee mouthpieces in China.  As I said in an earlier review, I received 7 mouthpieces from Kanee Music to try out. This model is the alto mouthpiece with the lowest baffle. It is called the M5 model for the alto saxophone.   Here is what is written […]

Filed Under: Alto Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Alto Saxophone, Kanee mouthpieces, M5 mouthpiece, Meyer, Phil Woods

Kanee V5 Custom Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece

November 29, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

This is another hard rubber custom mouthpiece from Kanee mouthpieces in China.  As I said in an earlier review, I received 7 mouthpieces from Kanee Music to try out. This model is the alto mouthpiece with a medium baffle. It is called the V5 model for the alto saxophone. Here is what is written about […]

Filed Under: Alto Medium Baffle Reviews, Alto Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Alto Saxophone, hard rubber, Kanee mouthpieces, V5 mouthpiece

Kanee Z5 Custom Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece

November 29, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

This is another hard rubber custom mouthpiece from Kanee mouthpieces in China.  As I said in an earlier review, I received 7 mouthpieces from Kanee Music to try out.   This model is the alto mouthpiece with the highest baffle.  It is called the Z5 model for the alto saxophone.  Here is what is written about […]

Filed Under: Alto High Baffle Reviews, Alto Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Alto Saxophone, hard rubber, Kanee mouthpieces, Z5 mouthpiece

Drake Son of Slant Soprano Saxophone Mouthpiece

November 24, 2010 by Steve 22 Comments

This is a Drake vintage resin soprano mouthpiece. It is called the “Son of Slant” in reference to a vintage Otto Link Slant soprano mouthpiece.  Here is the description from the Drake website of the mouthpiece: The design of this mouthpiece has been modeled after the Otto Link Slant model, with a few modifications to […]

Filed Under: Soprano Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Drake Mouthpieces, Son of Slant, soprano saxophone, vintage resin

Sakshama “Lost Wax” Florida Link Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

November 23, 2010 by Steve 9 Comments

This is a Sakshama “lost wax” florida link metal mouthpiece that I received from Sakshama Koloski  a few months ago.  He was gracious enough to let me try one of his mouthpieces.  I put lost wax in quotations because I’m not sure exactly what that means.  This mouthpiece is a great example of a great […]

Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: lost wax, Sakshama, saxophone, tenor mouthpiece, tenor sax

Theo Wanne Gaia Soprano Saxophone Mouthpiece

November 21, 2010 by Steve 12 Comments

Today, I have the Theo Wanne Gaia soprano saxophone mouthpiece up for review.  It is made of hard rubber and I believe it is a .065 tip opening ( that is what I had asked for……..the markings on the table say 7 x 113 but I have no idea what that means).  I have tried […]

Filed Under: Soprano Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Gaia mouthpiece, large chamber, sax, soprano saxophone, Theo Wanne

Kanee Custom V7 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

November 9, 2010 by Steve 5 Comments

Here’s a brand new mouthpiece review for you. You probably have never heard of this brand.   I had never heard of them before a couple weeks ago either.   I received an email from someone from China asking if I would be willing to try some of their mouthpieces and post a review of […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Custom V7, Kanee mouthpieces, saxophone, tenor mouthpiece

Kanee Custom O7 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

November 9, 2010 by Steve 6 Comments

Here’s a brand new mouthpiece review for you.  You probably have never heard of this brand.  I had never heard of them before a couple weeks ago.  I received an email from someone from China asking if I would be willing to try some of their mouthpieces and post a review of them.  I was […]

Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: custum O7, Kanee mouthpieces, tenor saxophone

Poll of 10 Alto Saxophone Mouthpieces

October 4, 2010 by Steve 25 Comments

I decided to run a poll of 10 alto saxophone mouthpieces that I have on my shelf.  I’m having a heck of a time deciding which ones to sell and I figured it would help me to play them side by side and record them.  On all 10 clips I’m just playing a simple slow […]

Filed Under: Alto Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: alto mouthpiece, Alto Saxophone, mouthpiece poll

Sugal Super Gonz Copper Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

September 3, 2010 by Steve 16 Comments

This is a very cherished mouthpiece for me.  It was made by Gary Sugal in the early 90’s and is called the Super Gonz I.  To give you a little background on this mouthpiece…………I started playing tenor around 1986.  At that time, I was playing a Couf Superba 1 tenor with the only mouthpiece I […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: copper, Dave Jary, Gary Sugal, sax mouthpiece, Super Gonz, tenor saxophone

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