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New Morgan Jazz 6M (alto) - So Happy!

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Chip L.
Just got a new Morgan Jazz 6M the other day w/ a matching Marc Jean Gen 1 lig. I'm so happy!

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Any other 6M owners out there?
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reeddoubler
Morgan makes really good mouthpieces, I have several in different facings and chambers, you can’t beat their quality for the price, they don’t put out duds like some of the mass production companies, skilled hand facing is the way to go!
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i wish i had never sold my tenor morgans -still have my 5m alto and its a great piece also
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Chip L. said:
Just got a new Morgan Jazz 6M the other day w/ a matching Marc Jean Gen 1 lig. I'm so happy!

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Here's some blues - Burnin' Bb Blues | Morgan Jazz 6M @Morganmouthpieces

What do you think?

Any other 6M owners out there?
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Yes, I play a 6M on alto. It’s fantastic.
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Chip L. said:
Just got a new Morgan Jazz 6M the other day w/ a matching Marc Jean Gen 1 lig. I'm so happy!

Here's some blues - Burnin' Bb Blues | Morgan Jazz 6M @Morganmouthpieces

What do you think?

Any other 6M owners out there?
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I think you sound great…seem very comfortable on it already and you have a nice sound. Enjoy the new piece!
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Chip L.
Peter Wright said:
Yes, I play a 6M on alto. It’s fantastic.
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Curious - what reeds do you pair with yours?
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Chip L. said:
Curious - what reeds do you pair with yours?
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Vandoren red Java 2.5. I used to use the green ones but one time when I ordered a box, they sent me the red ones by mistake and I preferred them, so there you go :)
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Vandoren red Java 2.5. I used to use the green ones but one time when I ordered a box, they sent me the red ones by mistake and I preferred them, so there you go :)
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Ah, ok. I have a single red 2.5 lying in my case...I'm gonna try out some different reeds with it this week. I'll pop that one on and see how I do (y)
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Chip L.
swperry1 said:
I think you sound great…seem very comfortable on it already and you have a nice sound. Enjoy the new piece!
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Thank you kindly - I WILL be enjoying it :giggle:
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MarkIV70
I use the maxcalibur 7 with a 2.5 BSS reed and it is just amazing!
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JunkDude
Good to hear you are enjoying the mouthpiece. The Jazz 6M Model was one of Ralph's original designs and that mouthpiece has been in production around 40 years now. Up until the mid 1990s, various blanks were used. Morgan started making their own blanks in the mid-1990s and that piece has pretty much remained unchanged since then...same rubber, same production process, even the same craftsmen.

Quick note on the Marc Jean ligature...he will no longer make the Generation I Model with two screws. In the future, they will be single screw. I prefer two screws on a ligature and we were able to convince him to specially make two-screw ligs for us. However, it is too much work for them to continue to do so in the future. If you like that 2-screw lig, hang onto it.
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Chip L.
JunkDude said:
Good to hear you are enjoying the mouthpiece. The Jazz 6M Model was one of Ralph's original designs and that mouthpiece has been in production around 40 years now. Up until the mid 1990s, various blanks were used. Morgan started making their own blanks in the mid-1990s and that piece has pretty much remained unchanged since then...same rubber, same production process, even the same craftsmen.

Quick note on the Marc Jean ligature...he will no longer make the Generation I Model with two screws. In the future, they will be single screw. I prefer two screws on a ligature and we were able to convince him to specially make two-screw ligs for us. However, it is too much work for them to continue to do so in the future. If you like that 2-screw lig, hang onto it.
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Very cool - I'll definitely be holding onto it (y)
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sopsax
I used to have a Ralph-era Jazz 7M. Nice Meyer-type sound with just enough edge. I sold it on, & now wish I'd held onto it.
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sopsax said:
I used to have a Ralph-era Jazz 7M. Nice Meyer-type sound with just enough edge. I sold it on, & now wish I'd held onto it.
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Yeah, that was really dumb! But what's your main alto piece now?
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10Mfan alto mouthpieces: currently Showboat 7, sometimes Supernova 8, previously Daddy-O 6. My perennial backup pieces are a fabulous old trashed-&-rebuilt Berg & a great Lamberson Fmaj7. I use tenor reeds regardless -- synthetic for convenience, cane for tonal richness & nuance.

When I imagine a classic jazz alto sound, what I hear in my mind's ear is Meyer-ish. In real life, my favored pieces tend to be more Berg-like, with flat baffles & medium-large bullet or dropoff chambers.

I sound like myself no matter what, ranging at will from a lyrical Desmond/Getz-ish tone to a raunchy rhythm&blues honk. I'll choose one piece over another to suit the repertoire, the room, for resonance or volume or resistance -- or by whim. (Not meaning to derail the thread. You asked.)
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sopsax said:
10Mfan alto mouthpieces: currently Showboat 7, sometimes Supernova 8, previously Daddy-O 6. My perennial backup pieces are a fabulous old trashed-&-rebuilt Berg & a great Lamberson Fmaj7. I use tenor reeds regardless -- synthetic for convenience, cane for tonal richness & nuance.

When I imagine a classic jazz alto sound, what I hear in my mind's ear is Meyer-ish. In real life, my favored pieces tend to be more Berg-like, with flat baffles & medium-large bullet or dropoff chambers.

I sound like myself no matter what, ranging at will from a lyrical Desmond/Getz-ish tone to a raunchy rhythm&blues honk. I'll choose one piece over another to suit the repertoire, the room, for resonance or volume or resistance -- or by whim. (Not meaning to derail the thread. You asked.)
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So, you're spoiled? :LOL:
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I used to have a Ralph-era Jazz 7M. Nice Meyer-type sound with just enough edge. I sold it on, & now wish I'd held onto it.
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Just so you know...the Morgan Jazz 7M has been in production for 40+ years now. Ralph era 7M is really no different than a current one...same rubber, same production process, same craftsmen. All three craftsmen were trained by Ralph and combined experience is about 100 years. It sounds like you are probably set for mouthpieces, but if you ever miss the tone of the old Morgan...they are still available.
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ROC
JunkDude said:
Just so you know...the Morgan Jazz 7M has been in production for 40+ years now. Ralph era 7M is really no different than a current one...same rubber, same production process, same craftsmen. All three craftsmen were trained by Ralph and combined experience is about 100 years. It sounds like you are probably set for mouthpieces, but if you ever miss the tone of the old Morgan...they are still available.
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It's a weird form of necrophilia we sax players engage in.

Old seems to be consistently assumed to equal better. :rolleyes:
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Canadiain
I've nothing by good things to say about Morgan pieces. After several years of trial and error, playing some really great pieces I am settled now playing a Jazz 5M on Alto and an Excalibur 7E on Tenor. Both wonderful sounding, easy to play and flexible. In a world with $600+ mouthpiece, Morgans are just fantastic hand crafted value.
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It's a weird form of necrophilia we sax players engage in.

Old seems to be consistently assumed to equal better. :rolleyes:
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That's exactly why Ralph started the Morgan Company back in 1980. When he retired as Chief Woodwind Designer from Selmer, nobody was making pure rubber handcrafted mouthpieces. Long gone were the days of Meyer Bros, MC Gregory, Otto Link, Chedeville, Langenus, etc. Some of the names were still around, but the materials, production process and quality of the craftsmen had changed drastically. Ralph brought back the lost art of handcrafted pure rubber mouthpieces. To this day, we sill make all of Ralph's original designs using the same materials and processes that all those great companies from the 1930s-1960s used. Of course, we've added a lot of models since Ralph's era many of which are made using Ralph's pure rubber (no synthetics) and production process.
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