OK, so i have been in new Tenor equipment mode for some time corresponding to practice mode.
I have tried lots and lots of horns and mouthpieces so i thought I'd share what i came up with here.
Info and soundclips both wheeeeee.
to help others skip the trouble and also expose myself to more ridicule as the SOTW village idiot.
I love that so keep the flames coming ! NO i don't have GAS sorry. These are the mouthpieces i pick out and i will play them for the next 20 years. BUT it took me a couple of years to decide what to use.
These are easy setups that can be reproduced with stock equipment.
The only thing not stock is the superial DC reeds 3.5 i made flat with a reed knife and shaped the tip with fine sandpaper.
I was looking for a straight ahead type sound.
First clip:
http://patriot.net/~gary/hollywood.zip
Selmer MK VI Tenor 97xxx and a phil barone hollywood 9*
this is a very singing setup.
Second clip:
http://patriot.net/~gary/link.zip
Reference 36 tenor with a gloger reference 54 copper neck and an Early Florida short body Otto Link Super Tone Master 8 "no USA" with a serial number on it (very similar to a two line).
This setup is a little more intellectual than the other one and less singing but still real good in a different way.
These recordings were made on my little shuttle computer running Debian etch Linux with a cheapo SB Live soundcard.
Music is just doodles to an ambersold cd, not intended as well recorded or good.
I know it sucks i was just trying to hear the tone.
I made a point not to warm up alot or be playing really well so i could hear worst case.
sound is further degraded by lossy mp3 comression.
download , listen, then ridicule !
yea i know i could sound just like this using a new otto link if i could really play.
i'll check that out that same day in the future when pigs can fly and all other myths come true.
now that i have good setups all i have to do is learn to play -- uh oh.
I have tried lots and lots of horns and mouthpieces so i thought I'd share what i came up with here.
Info and soundclips both wheeeeee.
to help others skip the trouble and also expose myself to more ridicule as the SOTW village idiot.
I love that so keep the flames coming ! NO i don't have GAS sorry. These are the mouthpieces i pick out and i will play them for the next 20 years. BUT it took me a couple of years to decide what to use.
These are easy setups that can be reproduced with stock equipment.
The only thing not stock is the superial DC reeds 3.5 i made flat with a reed knife and shaped the tip with fine sandpaper.
I was looking for a straight ahead type sound.
First clip:
http://patriot.net/~gary/hollywood.zip
Selmer MK VI Tenor 97xxx and a phil barone hollywood 9*
this is a very singing setup.
Second clip:
http://patriot.net/~gary/link.zip
Reference 36 tenor with a gloger reference 54 copper neck and an Early Florida short body Otto Link Super Tone Master 8 "no USA" with a serial number on it (very similar to a two line).
This setup is a little more intellectual than the other one and less singing but still real good in a different way.
These recordings were made on my little shuttle computer running Debian etch Linux with a cheapo SB Live soundcard.
Music is just doodles to an ambersold cd, not intended as well recorded or good.
I know it sucks i was just trying to hear the tone.
I made a point not to warm up alot or be playing really well so i could hear worst case.
sound is further degraded by lossy mp3 comression.
download , listen, then ridicule !
yea i know i could sound just like this using a new otto link if i could really play.
i'll check that out that same day in the future when pigs can fly and all other myths come true.
now that i have good setups all i have to do is learn to play -- uh oh.