Mouthpieces Absolute passaround?

[Jeanette]

Now I need to go and blow the little cutie.

Biting my tongue, be interested to hear how you get on with the sop pieces 🙂

Jx

 

[kevgermany]

No, I'm not doing recordings.

 

[Jeanette]

No, I'm not doing recordings.

I didn't mean that just your written word

Jx

 

[Ivan]

No, I'm not doing recordings.

Pourquoi non?

 

[trimmy]

Now I need to go and blow the little cutie.

Be very interesting to know how the little cutie blows !!

 

[kevgermany]

Tonight. I got back from England about 1:30 on Monday. Then had to work. Too tired last night.

 

[Absolute]

😀

 

[kevgermany]

Sorry, was delaying this as I wanted to try a few more things.

Little cuties are superb. Once again I'm really impressed by the ligs, although one seems to have feet that are too big, not that it affects things.

I tried these on my G4M Rosedale straight and the Bently curvy. Was more difference between the saxes than the mouthpieces. Used Marca Jazz 2.5s on them, which worked well. I could have done with a 2 for the SS, which is a biggerer tip than the resin, but no issues.

I compared these to the PPT 7 with a no-name 2 screw lig. There's nothing to choose between the mouthpieces except core sound. PPT is slightly drier, that's all. On ease of play, full range of instrument, nothing in it. all very fast, responsive, excellent intonation. These are really good top line mouthpieces, well worth the money.

The Bently has a few leaks - and so the question is - how good are the mouthpieces at blowing through the leaks. Dumb test, but thought I'd throw it in for a laugh. I've found that a good mouthpiece really helps blow through sax problems. Here the PPT is good, but the resin is better. SS about on a par with the PPT.

I kept switching the mouthpieces around, and have been doing it for a while. Of the three the resin is my favourite and I found I was tending to play it more than the others, with more reluctance to switch when the time came. It's got a slightly warmer than the PPT.

What was also good is that these mouthpieces make sops sound like sops - without the ducky/nasal/oboe tones that you sometimes end up with. High notes can be played with beautiful bell like clarity - or as dirty and agressive as you want. There's a lot of flexibility and a lot of power - from whispers to FFF. And on a sop, that's a real neighbour killer, if that's what you want.

 

[Ivan]

Can't be bothered to look back through the thread but SoundCloud recordings of @Sue playing Absolute inveigled themselves onto my tablet uninvited and I'm glad they did...
Lovely playing and a delightfully sweet tone from the metal mouthpiece

 

[Absolute]

about the Absolute ligature

10MFAN MOUTHPIECE SPECIFICS

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[Ivan]

about the Absolute ligature

10MFAN MOUTHPIECE SPECIFICS

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Praise indeed

 

[kevgermany]

Update from me. Will post on the others, hopefully by the weekend. Have been waitign for some other things to arrive.

Then they go off again.

But I'm really impressed with the Absolutes.

 

[Absolute]

😀

 

[Absolute]

another small donation is made.

Thank you very much.

😀

 

[Jeanette]

Donation received, thank you, looking forward to receiving my lig.

I know certain members think spending this kind of money on a lig is madness and I understand their position but as I don't spend money on hair and nails or designer handbags I think a little treat is quite forgivable 🙂

It will lost a lot longer than a set of nails too 😉 and hopefully allow me to play my alto ppt without squeaks 🙂

Jx

 

[jazzdoh]

I don't spend money on hair and nails

It will lost a lot longer than a set of nails too 😉

Jx

I knew i had seen your picture of you somewhere

 

[Ads]

I know certain members think spending this kind of money on a lig is madness and I understand their position but as I don't spend money on hair and nails or designer handbags

Suggesting that those of us Ligature stingies in fact do ? .........

 

[griff136]

How is the passaround going? Im still on the waiting list and eager to try them.

 

[Ads]

I have to be honest that I`d like to try the Resin Tenor piece which was getting such positive reports (if its a 7 - I have a 9 Yani for wide tip)

 

[aldevis]

How is the passaround going? Im still on the waiting list and eager to try them.

In Germany now.

I have to be honest that I`d like to try the Resin Tenor piece which was getting such positive reports (if its a 7 - I have a 9 Yani for wide tip)

I seem to remember that Yani9 is smaller than Link9. I might be wrong, though.