Mouthpieces Absolute passaround?

[Absolute]

enjoy!

 

[griff136]

My review of some of the Absolute pass around pieces so far. ( resin pieces only)

Soprano - Yanagisawa 991 - Rico Jazz Select unfiled 3S reed.

Great playing and free blowing piece no tuning issues produced a warm tone - I preferred this piece to my Selmer C80 F.

Alto - Buffet Superdynaction - Rico Jazz select unfiled 2H

Again a nice piece very little resistance when blowing with no tuning issues - very similar to my Link 7* although a little brighter and really similar to my Tokyo Yanagisawa ebonite 4.

Tenor - Selmer SA80 II - Rico Jazz select unfiled 3S

Again a great piece which had a nice edge to the tone, free blowing with no tuning issues - I found the palm key notes and altissimo a little thin compared to my Ted Klum Delrin mouthpiece.

Baritone - Yanagisawa B900 - Rico Royal 3

A little bright but nice enough, free blowing and in tune.

I tried all using the ligs provided and found they worked but I preferred using my own ligs. ( basic brass lig on sop, winslow on alto, Rovner versa on tenor, and rovner versa on bari)

metal pieces next.

 

[griff136]

Here's my review of the metal pieces -
I found them all nice to play and in tune - a little bright but not overly - a lush bottom end and found the altissimo sang and not at all shrill on all pieces. Very similar to play to the yanagisawa metal pieces which I like enough to recommend them. I used the ligatures provided except on the tenor where I used my Selmer 404 lig. Reeds were RJS 3s on all pieces.

In summary - all the pieces, metal and delrin played nicely with no tuning issues for me. The delrin pieces produced a thick lush tone and when pushed didn't sound thin or brash.

A thumbs up from me and if I was in the market for a new mouthpiece these Absolutes would get some serious consideration.

Right whose next!

 

[GJ77]

Is it me?

 

[aldevis]

Is it me?

Should be.
but if @jazzdoh joins it might be better to have him first, so the passaround ends near London and there is a good excuse for a cafesaxpint™

 

[GJ77]

A fine idea

 

[jazzdoh]

Should be.
but if @jazzdoh joins it might be better to have him first, so the passaround ends near London and there is a good excuse for a cafesaxpint™

Thanks Aldevis but they can go to GJ77,I've ordered a soprano 7 from Absolute about 10 mins ago,although she doesn't know it yet my wife will buy me one for Xmas.

 

[GJ77]

We can meet for that pint a bit sooner then.

 

[griff136]

I will post them off on Monday.

 

[Absolute]

another small donation has been made, thanks to all.

 

[Jeanette]

Donation gratefully received, thank you for your support 🙂

Jx

 

[jazzdoh]

Thanks Aldevis but they can go to GJ77,I've ordered a soprano 7 from Absolute about 10 mins ago,although she doesn't know it yet my wife will buy me one for Xmas.

Mouthpiece arrived this morning thanks Marco @Absolute for the quick delivery,can't try it till next Friday,will report back after giving it a workout.

 

[GJ77]

I have the goodies and will spend a bit of time trying them out over the next couple of days.

 

[GJ77]

Right, I've only had chance to experiment with the tenor pieces so far but here are my thoughts on those:

Sax: Selmer mk7
Reeds: RJS 3s
Regular Mouthpiece: Aizen LS 8

Absolute metal: I should start with a caveat that I rarely get on with metal mouthpieces; I just prefer the feel and broader profile (usually) of ebonite. Having said that, this is clearly a very well made mouthpiece which was easy to play from the outset with no tuning issues or difficulties at extremes of register. The tone isn't too bright (thankfully), with plenty of warmth across the range of the instrument. It's very free blowing and adaptable, easily capable of smoky subtone and a harder funky/rock sound. I found that if I thought of the sound I wanted, it produced it easily, with minimal 'work' on my part. A very good mouthpiece, though as I said at the start, I prefer ebonite.

Absolute ebonite: I really like this piece. I generally go for a Link kind of sound (if there is such a thing) and found that I could get somewhere near to that with this, however it has a slight Selmer Soloist style compact 'roundness' to it. Another very free blowing mouthpiece with a responsive, adaptable character. I actually prefer the lower end on this piece to that on my regular Aizen LS, although, like Griff, I found the top end to be lacking a little punch and it seemed thin around the palm keys in particular when compared to the Aizen. If I were mouthpiece shopping tomorrow, this would definitely be on my shortlist as I'm sure that experimenting with reeds could inject a bit more oomph at the top.

I'll play with the alto and Bari pieces tomorrow.

 

[GJ77]

I've almost finished my experimentations with these pieces (will gather my thoughts and post my findings on the alto and bari pieces in the next day or two).

I think I was last in line so they need to go back to Aldevis now, is that correct?

 

[aldevis]

Not sure. I wonder if the London branch fancies a Solsticial Pint.
@c9off @Young Col ?

 

[GJ77]

A fine idea

 

[c9off]

did someone mention free beer?... I'm in!

 

[aldevis]

did someone mention free beer?... I'm in!

Free jazz, not free beer. If you bring your horn.

 

[GJ77]

I'll be heading into the west end at some point next week but I'm fairly flexible with regard to when.

Let me know if you want to arrange a meet to hand over the goods and have a pint or two.