[Rowka]

Is there any issue with NOS reeds as are often available cheap on eBay?
Do reeds have shelf life?

 

[hakukani]

Reeds, AFAIK, have no 'shelf life' or 'freshness date'. I have some perfectly good vandoren reeds from the late 70s--that is perfectly good if I still played on 3 1/2 and 4 reeds.

 

[Martinman]

Do they make you play faster?

 

[hakukani]

Do they make you play faster?

They just make it SEEM faster.

 

[Kareeser]

Do they make you play faster?

Excellent.

 

[littlemanbighorn]

Do they make you play faster?

No, but they make me giggle uncontrollably.