Hi everyone,
I recently sold my lakey 5*3 for a vintage florida link 7*
The lakey was just too bright for me, and I for me the mouthpiece was impossible to control.
So, after playing this link for a while I realized that it may not be enough projection for marching band. The Lakey with the high baffle and small chamber provided a VERY loud sound for me.
Now I'm looking for different alternative mouthpieces to math the projection of the lakey but have a slightly darker sound. Maybe a lower baffle would do it.
But, I've played several meyers at the store when I was trading mouthpieces. And the smaller tipped meyers had a very focused sound, which I like for marching band. Now, Would this focused sound come through in larger tipped pieces where I could pull out more projection? I'm thinking of trying a 7m or en 8m.
Also, what are other alternatives to what I'm looking for?
just a quick list of what I think I want, I'll prioritize it as well.
1. LOUD
2. Focused sound
3. slightly darker then the Lakey 5*3 (high baffle small chamber) so probably a larger chamber or a lower baffle is what I should look for.
4. hard rubber would be prefered
So I'm pretty sure a meyer is what I should look for. But I'm just posting here to see if there are other alternatives to what I want. And I understand how mouthpieces are highly subjective, so please just post what YOU think would work best if you were in this situation.
Thanks a lot!
-John
I recently sold my lakey 5*3 for a vintage florida link 7*
The lakey was just too bright for me, and I for me the mouthpiece was impossible to control.
So, after playing this link for a while I realized that it may not be enough projection for marching band. The Lakey with the high baffle and small chamber provided a VERY loud sound for me.
Now I'm looking for different alternative mouthpieces to math the projection of the lakey but have a slightly darker sound. Maybe a lower baffle would do it.
But, I've played several meyers at the store when I was trading mouthpieces. And the smaller tipped meyers had a very focused sound, which I like for marching band. Now, Would this focused sound come through in larger tipped pieces where I could pull out more projection? I'm thinking of trying a 7m or en 8m.
Also, what are other alternatives to what I'm looking for?
just a quick list of what I think I want, I'll prioritize it as well.
1. LOUD
2. Focused sound
3. slightly darker then the Lakey 5*3 (high baffle small chamber) so probably a larger chamber or a lower baffle is what I should look for.
4. hard rubber would be prefered
So I'm pretty sure a meyer is what I should look for. But I'm just posting here to see if there are other alternatives to what I want. And I understand how mouthpieces are highly subjective, so please just post what YOU think would work best if you were in this situation.
Thanks a lot!
-John