fballatore said:
Robeal -
Take a listen to itspman's post here -
http://www.saxontheweb.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=21814&page=220. He's using a new JJ Classic on that. That prompted me to pull out my blue JJ Classic 7 and play it at band rehearsal tonight. I forgot how nice the piece is. It screams if you push it, and has a very nice tone at lower volumes. Overall, a very versatile piece.
Frank
Robeal
I have only just got my JJ classic number 6 the link Frank pointed you too is the first tune I have played on it and I have to say I am blown away with it.
I have the following points to mention:
1. Its really easy to play and not to difficult to keep control off (I used to play a Jumbo Java and that was a little wild and difficult to tame sometimes)
2. As you may know it comes with a spoiler which can be removed or inserted at will, the recording above was done with spoiler in - it makes the mouthpiece almost sound like a metal one with pleanty of punch and grunt. Take out the spoiler and you have a nice well rounded mellower sounding mouthpiece (it really is like having two mouthpiece's in one)
3. On the Jumbo Java and also the Otto Link I used to play hitting the high notes was sometimes an effort - the JJ makes playing these effortless.
4. On the down side the mouthpiece is very narrow compared to the Jumbo Java I was playing so it takes a little adjustment to get used to it, also its a fairly long mouthpiece which meant that my playing position needed to alter a little. Having said that it only took me a couple of mins to adjust
5. Because the mouthpiece is so narrow it needs a smaller ligature than the one I had but luckly they supply you with a rovner dark ligature in the box.
So to sum up if you like a mouthpiece to give you punch, to be loud and proud but also have a softer edge when needed, I dont think you can go wrong with the JJ Classic. I only wish I had bought one ages ago.
