Tobes
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Hi there,
Just getting back into a lot of playing over the last 6 months. Over the past 4 to 5 months I have purchased about 10 Vandoren Javas and 10 Rico Jazz Selects on both alto and tenor. Getting to the end of them now, so I was looking through my old reed archive and I have found some old, hardly used plain Rico reeds that, much to my surprise / dismay (?) actually sound a lot richer / warmer - kind of a really 'smokey - dark' sound, which I prefer over a quite bright and punchy, maybe thinner, kind of sound, I was getting with the Java / Jazz Selects. The Ricos seem consistent also, all 5 of them I have tried that is. They have totally transformed the sound of my sax 🙂
Has anyone else found that just plain Rico reeds produce a more than adequate sound, if going for a rich, breathy, warm sound, or have I just stumbled across some really flukey Ricos? Obviously I am hoping that they won't just die on me after another couple hours of playing...!
It may be just due to the my setup, I am using custom ebonite mouthpieces (lay 7/8) with Rovner Light ligatures on both and very happy with the set-up.
Just getting back into a lot of playing over the last 6 months. Over the past 4 to 5 months I have purchased about 10 Vandoren Javas and 10 Rico Jazz Selects on both alto and tenor. Getting to the end of them now, so I was looking through my old reed archive and I have found some old, hardly used plain Rico reeds that, much to my surprise / dismay (?) actually sound a lot richer / warmer - kind of a really 'smokey - dark' sound, which I prefer over a quite bright and punchy, maybe thinner, kind of sound, I was getting with the Java / Jazz Selects. The Ricos seem consistent also, all 5 of them I have tried that is. They have totally transformed the sound of my sax 🙂
Has anyone else found that just plain Rico reeds produce a more than adequate sound, if going for a rich, breathy, warm sound, or have I just stumbled across some really flukey Ricos? Obviously I am hoping that they won't just die on me after another couple hours of playing...!
It may be just due to the my setup, I am using custom ebonite mouthpieces (lay 7/8) with Rovner Light ligatures on both and very happy with the set-up.