Hey thanks, this mouthiece is a nightmare lol, but i love it. I have to contact adhesive a patch on without it, they just pop off..ive never seen such marketing drivel from bg. Stops parasites, extends the life of a reed, lol. But it my do the job, hmm roll of tape it is..lolTake it easy Eddy.
You can put some gaffa tape, or what ever you have in your too box, on the plastic reed reed. Maybe this is a too easy solution for big spender like you.😉 You can try some BG reed performers as well. I have a Forestone baritone reed that is too thick. Good luck.
Reed performer - Bass Clar, Tenor & Baritone sax
Avoids metallic and nasal sounds on bad reeds. It preserves good reeds for longer at the end of their life.bgfrance.com
HI..without wanting to start a lig debate..lol..I have so many..I like this lig as it stops the legere moving side to side. With a link theres not so many ligs that fit. I'll try tape and see how that goes. The BG things look ideal but at £10 for three it will work out better/ cheaper in the long run to sort the lig out..
It is a problem when the Legere reed is thinner and you have the ridge on the top of the OL but there are plenty of ligature options these days and not all are expensive, it will be cheaper if the tape works.
I have some BG stuff and I like them. And I have a mouthpiece I really like. Thin, high baffle, heavy (lots of mass,), straight beak ...... but it was hard to get the nice BG "FL" ligature to hold the reed in a good way. So what to do? Buy new stuff or try get the pieces to work together. The lig is a little bit too big for the mouthpiece. Even the thicker Vandoren V16 reed didn't fit. I put 3 layers of gaffa (silver tape) on the stock and "Bingo! The lig holds the reed perfect. Even better than without silver tape on the reed. The rubber on the lig gets hard over the years so silvertape is better against the rubber than the cane.
Which one lol
Why have it right at the end?
I use a shim of cork, leather or card. In fact I picked quite a few business cards when I was at Namm. Even got a couple of Theo’s which work great. Rovner lig with Wanne shim.
On the Lig Mr Thomas? I have it on the end as its not far from the vamp..
Lol i use the stock lig on lasticovers or the woodstone..I didn't realise the woodstone comes in 3 sizes..for link..I like the pm(s) l 3 the best but when used the lig can move from side to side a bit..
Thank you good call
It does hold it but at max tightness. Its the best lig as it runs up the reed stopping the side to side.movement. I only use the lig on plastic reeds. I am trying to use plasticovers as the cost of legere is twice as much. No2 sounds a bit tinny 2.5 is nice sounding but just to much resistance wise. I have noticed it seems harder to blow with the p3ml than with the stock lig or the woodstone.
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