Mouthpieces opinion's jungle in the mouthpiece's jungle/ help me find a way out,please:-)

[juraj]

hi guys,
i've decided to buy a new mouthpiece only very recently and i'm already bit fed up with this affair.
as a responsible,understand low budget, guy i started with browsing net forums and online shops and read fair pile of advices, analysises and contribution to the topic "desirable sound". finaly i found that more boring than instructive, so i decided to write and ask something myself to get answer from someone genial and knowledgeable🙂

i ve been playing tenor sax for two years and clarinet for 13 years more.(maybe it is too late to start with instrument at 25)

my preferences are maybe much the same as preferences of majority. i want versatile money and response-friendly mouthpiece with thick tone, able to growl sometimes and sometimes able to play smoothly. a bit airy, but not necessary and with competence in altissimo.
i listen a lot of jubilation about jody jazz HR regarding the price and job that this piece can do for you, but on the jody website i listened some samples and found the tone bit thin. there is so little talk about jody here so i would like to read some opinion on jody jazz classic which i am targeted at but i dont trust the spoiler and the shape of that piece doesnt talk to me a lot, as well.Are my concerns legitimate or not? it seems to me that some people think of jody classic and HR as "champions of responsiveness".

so, my choice is jody jazz classic,but i would really appreciate,if somebody assure my choice as a good one or make me turn it down citing right arguments.(btw is that piece good without spoiler?)

next possibilities which i sorted out for me:

vandoren java T 75 or 95
selmer s8O or soloist
yamaha ebonite

or

some rubber otto link

most i tend to join it with dark(maybe light) rovner ligature

PS: please apologize the lenght of the text,but i haven t been writing or speaking in english for a long time🙂 and on the other hand a don t have a possibility to try mouthpiece in our country cuz the market is far more little than in uk, so i wanted to be precise before i take decision.

cheers

 

[Saxlicker]

Hi Juraj,
And welcome!

You already understand how difficult it is to narrow down the perfect mouthpiece because everyone is different.

I find Jody Jazz spoilers unappealling and like you I also find them a bit thinner sounding than the expectations on their website.

I have experimented a lot with mouthpieces (I am only an ameteur player) but top of my list for the sounds you describe is an RPC.
I bought one for alto sometime ago from the jubilation I read here and on sax on the web. Without question it was the best alto piece I ever tried.
Naturally I wanted to try one for tenor and recently aquired one. It is a 0.115B model and although I have only had it two weeks I have a feeling it will become my main piece. I am currently messing with reeds (reed placement seems to make quite a difference on it) and I want to try a normal cheap metal ligature to see if I favour it over the BG L13 it came with, then I will know!!!!
Previously I have played metal pieces in particular Guardala studio and MBII which are not of the sensible prices you desire.

Again from your post, I would think a 'roll over' version may appeal to you more.

 

[Bobby G]

RPC's seem to be very popular with their owners. Personally, for a mid-price mouthpiece I really like my Selmer Soloist on alto, which seems a little more bright than an S80 (which I use on my soprano). Also the Soloist is quite versatile and controllable, even for the more breathy tones. For a little more edge, but still with the versatility and control, you could try a Selmer Super Session.

Cheers, Bob

 

[Pete Thomas]

I of course agree with saxlicker as I use RPCs for their great sound and versatility, but a bit more expensive than the others you mention.

My preference other than that would be for a Vandoren Java.

 

[Linky Lee]

I've been playing various Ottolink's for two years now. I've found that I prefer my Selmer S80. It's standard sound is clean, crisp and rich (especially in harmonics which is good for Altissimo). The player can change it's sound to be breathy and soft or make it really loud and aggressive.

Overall it's just a nice versatile mouthpiece that you can't really go wrong with. If you have something more specific in mind you need to actually try the mouthpieces.

I like the others find jody jazz mouthpieces a bit thin, so I opt for a wider tip opening which improves them and makes them a very nice mouthpiece, especially for lead if you put the spoiler in (it doesn't need the spoiler, better without in my opinion).

 

[mfox]

if you got the cash go for a dukoff or a yanigasawa metal.. for power and versitillity i fine them the best...you can get most MPs on aproval.. try dawks.. they have always been good to me.