Mouthpieces Absolute passaround?

[MMM]

Thanks for the clips Rhys!
My personal preference in your clips were the Absolute resin on tenor and the Absolute metal for alto (although the resin sounds good too!). Particularly the tenor sounded stronger , a deep 'tenor' sound!

First off, I found all the mouthpieces very easy to play and (particularly at the price of the resins) an excellent upgrade for anyone.

During my tests, out of all the Absolute mouthpieces, the one that really stood out for me was the alto in resin: a nice combination of full bodied sound with a touch of raunchiness if pushed, really impressed!
Second up was the metal tenor, a really fun piece to play (a modern full sound, lots of volume), but it was the resin I was after (I don't play metal pieces anymore) and I found this a bit too close for me.

The baritone piece was good, but maybe because I didn't give it much time or the opening was a little too close, I couldn't get on with it (NB.: I do NOT play a lot of bari!).
As for the soprano pieces, I didn't really get a chance to try properly: I noticed the resin piece has some deep gouges in the side walls, maybe to enlarge the volume of the chamber? Interesting though. The metal one was simply too wide for me.

In summary, a very competent set of mouthpieces there and (as I said before) at sensible prices!
Thank you for giving me the chance to try them!
Cheers, M.

 

[aldevis]

A review of the sop pieces should appear soon. They are very interesting, and that design is really innovative.

I am surprised that I am the only one getting really excited aboit the ligatures...

 

[aldevis]

About the Resin models, I find quite surprising that they have such a big sound with a small chamber. Very easy to control, still fat sounding.

 

[rhysonsax]

And some final recordings before I pass the Absolute mouthpieces on to the next person.

Soprano sax, on my Yanagisawa SC991, comparing with my usual Berg Larsen 65/2:

https://soundcloud.com/rhysonsax/rhys-soprano-berg-65-2
https://soundcloud.com/rhysonsax/rhys-soprano-absolute-resin-5star
https://soundcloud.com/rhysonsax/rhys-soprano-absolute-metal-7

And finally the baritone, on my Selmer Serie III, comparing with my usual (modern) Guardala which only likes Plasticover reeds:

https://soundcloud.com/rhysonsax/rhys-bari-guardala-metal-plasticover
https://soundcloud.com/rhysonsax/rhys-bari-absolute-resin-6-plasticover

It has been very interesting and enjoyable playing all of these Absolute mouthpieces. They are really well made, with great curves. The resin pieces are surprisingly powerful, the metal pieces are works of art and I really like the ligatures.

Rhys

 

[rhysonsax]

Is it Sue next ?

Could someone send me the address and I may be able to post it today.

Rhys

 

[aldevis]

@Sue
Same address as the CD?

 

[Sue]

Yes please. I've pm'd Rhys. Very excited

 

[rhysonsax]

Yes please. I've pm'd Rhys. Very excited

A PM conversation isn't usually enough to excite people. Who says my powers are waning ?

Rhys

 

[Targa]

Yes please. I've pm'd Rhys. Very excited

Remind me, what does 'pm' mean exactly?

 

[Sue]

private message 🙂 or should it be pc, personal conversation?

 

[Targa]

private message 🙂 or should it be pc, personal conversation?

Too literal, I was hoping for some answers Kev might have to delete.

 

[Sue]

😀Sorry, I should have realised

 

[ProfJames]

@aldevis ...... how do the Absolutes compliment the silver Sequoia horns?

 

[rhysonsax]

@aldevis ...... how do the Absolutes compliment the silver Sequoia horns?

They say "what a great horn you are".

Rhys

 

[ProfJames]

They say "what a great horn you are".

Rhys

I will be speaking to @aldevis very soon!!!!!!!

 

[rhysonsax]

I am surprised that I am the only one getting really excited aboit the ligatures...

I did like the ligs a lot, but the ones on non-metal mouthpieces irritated me a bit. The loop part is covered by something like rubber tubing that provides lots of friction on the mouthpiece body. That is fine when the lig is correctly positioned, but I would prefer it if it had low friction tubing to allow the lig to be manoeuvred when setting up. Maybe some PTFE tube (teflon) would work better.

Rhys

 

[aldevis]

@aldevis ...... how do the Absolutes compliment the silver Sequoia horns?

Beautifully. I loved the ST, but an Absolute endorser is tempting me about the R...

 

[aldevis]

I did like the ligs a lot, but the ones on non-metal mouthpieces irritated me a bit. The loop part is covered by something like rubber tubing that provides lots of friction on the mouthpiece body. That is fine when the lig is correctly positioned, but I would prefer it if it had low friction tubing to allow the lig to be manoeuvred when setting up. Maybe some PTFE tube (teflon) would work better.

Rhys

I actually prefer the fact that they don't move.
@Absolute ?

We'll try them together: I use them on a few pieces...

 

[Absolute]

Thank you all for your contributions, especially rhysonsax who posted many excellent examples.
Indeed I must say that the resin mouthpieces continue to impress for their performance, even if the internal shapes suggest to other results.

The universal ligatures have been specially designed with that type of rubber, since it is the one that gave the best results, in fact the most important thing is that the reed does not move, for example, when you want to adjust the pitch.

It 'also important the fact that the parts in contact with the reed are always 4, also with reeds that have the part behind badly cut, there are many, which with classical ligatures could not be kept in the correct way.

Enjoy

😀

 

[Sue]

I have the parcel, beautifully packed by Rhys 🙂 I don't know what to try first - it won't be the bari as I don't have one 🙂