Posts by toasty1
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you were just trying to be helpful, and i appreciate it. but, the reason i want to reface my boring ordinary sop mouthpiece
is because i own it already. so, i'd be able to send it off with a reed, and the refacer would be able to match the tip to the reed. on the other hand, i could buy several mouthpieces of varying sizes, and try to find the one that matches my reeds, or buy a new mouthpiece and try to find reeds to match it. either way, i'd spend just as much if not more money, but i'd have to deal with the stress of waiting by the mailbox thinking "is this the one, or have i wasted my money again?", which is more stressful then dealing with cane reeds, legeres, or fibracells, which is why i'm switching to plastic.
i've also heard that super sessions were great on sop.. just like the 20+ other mouthpieces that i've heard were great, and bought, only to get a defective one and have to return it. then i went back to what i had already and practiced.
besides, it's my money.
is because i own it already. so, i'd be able to send it off with a reed, and the refacer would be able to match the tip to the reed. on the other hand, i could buy several mouthpieces of varying sizes, and try to find the one that matches my reeds, or buy a new mouthpiece and try to find reeds to match it. either way, i'd spend just as much if not more money, but i'd have to deal with the stress of waiting by the mailbox thinking "is this the one, or have i wasted my money again?", which is more stressful then dealing with cane reeds, legeres, or fibracells, which is why i'm switching to plastic.
i've also heard that super sessions were great on sop.. just like the 20+ other mouthpieces that i've heard were great, and bought, only to get a defective one and have to return it. then i went back to what i had already and practiced.
besides, it's my money.
it's really easy to sound snobbish and judgemental posting on the web (i have a real gift for this, so i cut everyone else some slack 
).
i appreciate your taking the time to offer advice, and it's good advice, and actually takes into account some variables i hadn't considered. it would probably be better to say, "make it feel with this reed the way it does now with a rico 3.5" (and include a few rico 3.5's, of course).
i might also shop around. there are no music shops in the area (by which i mean the lower half of the state... i've never been looking past boise, so there might be something good up north, but i doubt it.. i hear they're even LESS civilized up there :shock who stock anything interesting. you couldn't even get alto s80's locally until the school district started requiring them for begining band students (ugh.. and i actually like c*'s)
there's a pretty good music shop in salt lake that i may be visiting soon (need to get some work done on by bass clari, so i'll be in the area), so i could take my sop along and try a few. i recall them having a variety of s80 sizes but i can't remember if they'll let you blow before you buy. anyway, that way i'll know for sure how much i want carved off mine... or maybe i'll find one that's special enough to justify shelling out $150+ for (maybe they'll take a trade in plus cash for my horn..).
).i appreciate your taking the time to offer advice, and it's good advice, and actually takes into account some variables i hadn't considered. it would probably be better to say, "make it feel with this reed the way it does now with a rico 3.5" (and include a few rico 3.5's, of course).
i might also shop around. there are no music shops in the area (by which i mean the lower half of the state... i've never been looking past boise, so there might be something good up north, but i doubt it.. i hear they're even LESS civilized up there :shock
who stock anything interesting. you couldn't even get alto s80's locally until the school district started requiring them for begining band students (ugh.. and i actually like c*'s)there's a pretty good music shop in salt lake that i may be visiting soon (need to get some work done on by bass clari, so i'll be in the area), so i could take my sop along and try a few. i recall them having a variety of s80 sizes but i can't remember if they'll let you blow before you buy. anyway, that way i'll know for sure how much i want carved off mine... or maybe i'll find one that's special enough to justify shelling out $150+ for (maybe they'll take a trade in plus cash for my horn..).
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