[Rick Adams]

There was a thread a monthish ago about the difference between filed and unfiled - might be worth a search to find it if you're interested.

 

[Rick Adams]

Has anyone gone through the hassle of ordering reeds online?

Do they come intact without cracked tips etc? If so, which site offers best prices?

By the the rumor may pertain to the fact that Rico's putting out something new. The new box reads that Rico Jazz Select has a new reed holder. I'm not sure if the reed is new but the former black writing on the reed's is now a brown color.

Yes but I'm not sure it's going to be any use to you as I'm in the UK.

I've ordered from www.reedsdirect.co.uk and also from good old www.sax.co.uk and I've always had everything arrive very quickly and with no damage whatsoever from both shops.

Incidentally I discussed the difference between the RJS filed and unfiled with the sax.co.uk guys and they said they'd asked themselves the same question so they'd done a lot of empirical testing to see if they could tell any difference and the only thing they noticed was that the filed reeds were slightly easier to subtone with.

 

[Rick Adams]

Yea Rick. It's like sanding a reed's vamp to one's suit one's personal feel!

My next question is this before I go out and spend money for the next RJS strength higher.

Is the 3M filed harder to play than the 3S filed. Currently, I'm ok with 3S but sometimes they tend to feel and little soft.

Funny, I've just gone in the other direction from 3S to 2H because my new mouthpiece had a chamber the size of a football stadium and hence takes a lot more chops than my previous piece. I'm hoping to get back up to the 3S soon though, because I can feel the thinner reed bowing inwards as I blow and it doesn't feel right at all like that, plus I'm pretty sure the tone will be more what I'm after.

Actually let me just check... yes I have a couple of unused 3M filed reeds still in the box from a while back when I used piece with a smaller tip opening. I'd like to keep one just in case, but I'll happily post you the other one if you want it, then you can try for yourself without spending anything.

 

[Rick Adams]

Wailin, your email address is bouncing back as "unkown address", so just to let you know they're packaged up and I'll post them next time I go to the post office.

 

[Rick Adams]

I recently switched to LaVoz Mediums from RJS 2H. The LaVoz have a thicker sound, a little less focused, with a tendency towards "woofiness" that, when I can get it under control, makes for an amazing low end.

Sounds interesting, which would you say is less buzzy?

 

[Rick Adams]

Thanks Dirty

 

[Rick Adams]

Rick, I sent you an email about the reeds. Sometimes my RJS 3S tends to close meaning that that size may be a wee bit too soft. If the 3M is too hard then I'll have to lessen my emboucher bite.

Did you get the reeds I sent you? Were they any good to you?