My Berg, Link, Dukoff, Yani, Brillhart, SYOS, Morgan and Wanne all feel better too. What's it going to be?
Also, you're going to be in for a shock going from a 4 or 5, presumably, to a 9*. You won't be able to control it, maybe won't even be able to get a sound out of it at all.
In any case, buying a mouthpiece based on one guy liking it is probably not going to work out very well. Millions of players like millions of different mouthpieces. They just don't all post reviews. Work on your sound using what you've got. Then after a meaningful amount of experience under your belt, gradually go up in tip opening if that's what you want for volume or flexibility or whatever.
Back when I was a kid, I wanted to sound like Coltrane. So I found out what his setup was, and bought that. Needless to say, I didn't sound anything like Coltrane. But using an entirely different setup than his, after a few months of practice, I got pretty close, at least to his sound and style, not his ideas of course. The lesson was that mouthpieces are very personal. What works for one person may not work for another because your physiology, technique and experience level is different.
Also, you're going to be in for a shock going from a 4 or 5, presumably, to a 9*. You won't be able to control it, maybe won't even be able to get a sound out of it at all.
In any case, buying a mouthpiece based on one guy liking it is probably not going to work out very well. Millions of players like millions of different mouthpieces. They just don't all post reviews. Work on your sound using what you've got. Then after a meaningful amount of experience under your belt, gradually go up in tip opening if that's what you want for volume or flexibility or whatever.
Back when I was a kid, I wanted to sound like Coltrane. So I found out what his setup was, and bought that. Needless to say, I didn't sound anything like Coltrane. But using an entirely different setup than his, after a few months of practice, I got pretty close, at least to his sound and style, not his ideas of course. The lesson was that mouthpieces are very personal. What works for one person may not work for another because your physiology, technique and experience level is different.