Hi!
I'm a very new beginner at playing the sax, bought a Jupiter 769 when I was on a trip in Asia (for about £500 new in shop which I thought was quite the bargain!). I've been playing about daily for an hour or so each day for the last 2 months and never been quite happy with how the Jupiter 4C mouthpiece felt. So after reading about worthwhile cheaper mouthpieces I got a Hite Premiere with a Rovner dark ligature. I'm really enjoying the improved comfort and the sound more now with the Hite and the lower notes are a lot easier to hit than before, but I've also discovered I get winded easier. Right now I'm using Vandoren 2,5 reeds, which I went to from Rico Royal 2,5 that I never really liked. So I guess it would make sense to look for reeds maybe 0,5 softer than the Vandoren 2,5? I recently read about Hemke which are supposedly quite playable out of the box, could Hemke 2,0 be a good choice? And how might that affect the sound compared to the Vandorens I use now? Any other suggestions are most welcome, also been thinking about Fibracell or Legere since having a reed that behaves consistently from one day to the next for a longer period of time would at least remove one factor to worry about when trying to develop my embouchure.
I'm a very new beginner at playing the sax, bought a Jupiter 769 when I was on a trip in Asia (for about £500 new in shop which I thought was quite the bargain!). I've been playing about daily for an hour or so each day for the last 2 months and never been quite happy with how the Jupiter 4C mouthpiece felt. So after reading about worthwhile cheaper mouthpieces I got a Hite Premiere with a Rovner dark ligature. I'm really enjoying the improved comfort and the sound more now with the Hite and the lower notes are a lot easier to hit than before, but I've also discovered I get winded easier. Right now I'm using Vandoren 2,5 reeds, which I went to from Rico Royal 2,5 that I never really liked. So I guess it would make sense to look for reeds maybe 0,5 softer than the Vandoren 2,5? I recently read about Hemke which are supposedly quite playable out of the box, could Hemke 2,0 be a good choice? And how might that affect the sound compared to the Vandorens I use now? Any other suggestions are most welcome, also been thinking about Fibracell or Legere since having a reed that behaves consistently from one day to the next for a longer period of time would at least remove one factor to worry about when trying to develop my embouchure.