Hi there,
I found out Alexander Superial #3 is perfect fit for my SR Tech Pro tenor sax mouthpiece (.108 tip opening). I bought a pack of Alexander Superial for my alto that was mostly not working well and heard from other people about consistency issues with Alexander reeds. I also heard Marca reeds have been consistent for them; not sure if it is still a true statement since a lot of reed manufacturers come up with consistent reeds for a while and then later not
But anyhow, I like to see if I can find a model of Marca reed that has the same tonal character of Alexander reeds. I found all my Alexander reeds #3 on my tenor behave pretty much the same to give a clear and brilliant (pronounced) high overtone frequencies which could be called buzz or edge, etc. but it is not whole lot of high frequency range to be perceived as shrill or too bright, and I think it has a good chunk in the heart and upper vamp area so I found it has enough warmth and low frequency presence to sound balance to my ears. I think they are very thin at the very tip, medium between heart and tip, and thicker in the upper heart area, perhaps with pronounced thinned out sides. These are just my rough impressions and a bit of experience with shaping reeds based on Larry Teal's saxophone handbook so please take it with a grain of salt
So I appreciate your feedback if you have lived with Alexander Superial for a while and now you are using Marca for the same tonal concept. I bought a pack of Marca Jazz 2.5 and to me the brilliance is not there. It sounds more mid-rangy rather than pronounced highs and lows. I found they are stiffer in character compared to Alexander Superial. Marca responded that he doesn't know the equivalent (or sort of) of his reed models compared to neither Alexander Superial nor Rigotti Gold. He recommends the new Marca unfiled reeds for tenor in strength #3 but I feel it could be too dark and hard if it's going to not have a thinned out tip. Most comparison charts either don't have Marca models or just put Marca (without model) which is useless because Marca's strength varies for different models, or I found they are not very accurate because they put Alexander Superial #3 being much stronger than Rigotti Gold 3 which I don't think it is true. So I'm hoping to find a live example of trying both reeds
Anyone has tried the new white box Marca unfiled reeds for tenor?
Thank you!
I found out Alexander Superial #3 is perfect fit for my SR Tech Pro tenor sax mouthpiece (.108 tip opening). I bought a pack of Alexander Superial for my alto that was mostly not working well and heard from other people about consistency issues with Alexander reeds. I also heard Marca reeds have been consistent for them; not sure if it is still a true statement since a lot of reed manufacturers come up with consistent reeds for a while and then later not
But anyhow, I like to see if I can find a model of Marca reed that has the same tonal character of Alexander reeds. I found all my Alexander reeds #3 on my tenor behave pretty much the same to give a clear and brilliant (pronounced) high overtone frequencies which could be called buzz or edge, etc. but it is not whole lot of high frequency range to be perceived as shrill or too bright, and I think it has a good chunk in the heart and upper vamp area so I found it has enough warmth and low frequency presence to sound balance to my ears. I think they are very thin at the very tip, medium between heart and tip, and thicker in the upper heart area, perhaps with pronounced thinned out sides. These are just my rough impressions and a bit of experience with shaping reeds based on Larry Teal's saxophone handbook so please take it with a grain of salt
So I appreciate your feedback if you have lived with Alexander Superial for a while and now you are using Marca for the same tonal concept. I bought a pack of Marca Jazz 2.5 and to me the brilliance is not there. It sounds more mid-rangy rather than pronounced highs and lows. I found they are stiffer in character compared to Alexander Superial. Marca responded that he doesn't know the equivalent (or sort of) of his reed models compared to neither Alexander Superial nor Rigotti Gold. He recommends the new Marca unfiled reeds for tenor in strength #3 but I feel it could be too dark and hard if it's going to not have a thinned out tip. Most comparison charts either don't have Marca models or just put Marca (without model) which is useless because Marca's strength varies for different models, or I found they are not very accurate because they put Alexander Superial #3 being much stronger than Rigotti Gold 3 which I don't think it is true. So I'm hoping to find a live example of trying both reeds
Anyone has tried the new white box Marca unfiled reeds for tenor?
Thank you!
