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Hello,
I am primarily an alto player, and play primarily jazz (a lot of straight-ahead, bop, latin) with occasional funk and pop mixed in. I enjoy an overall bright/lead sound on alto (I play a Beechler hard rubber s6s with a Selmer Paris Serie III alto).
I have been dabbling a bit on tenor and am interested in picking it up as a secondary option for gigging. I want a tenor sound that really contrasts my alto sound, and am aiming for a dark, husky sound (think Dexter Gordon). At the moment I am renting a student-level Yamaha to get a feel for tenor and build some basic chops and quickly threw on an Otto Link STM 6 metal mouthpiece as a starting point. I am pretty satisfied with my results so far, and would like to buy a tenor, but probably a step up from the current horn I am renting, and perhaps play around with the mouthpiece as well (no pun intended).
I am looking for any suggestions regarding setups I should consider for tenor (both horn and mouthpiece). For a horn, I do not think I quite need a top-of-the-line professional model at this point (they are so much more expensive than altos!), but I would certainly like a decent intermediate-level horn, or perhaps a used professional-level. For a mouthpiece, I quickly got the STM Link because it was readily available and I knew it's a flagship piece for a traditional tenor sound. I do like it and think it guides my tone in the direction I want it to, but I also would like to play around and see what other mouthpieces around can help give a nice dark tenor sound. Especially if I do not pay top dollar for the horn, I'd be happy to play around with different mouthpiece options.
All guidance and/or suggestions very welcome - thank you!
I am primarily an alto player, and play primarily jazz (a lot of straight-ahead, bop, latin) with occasional funk and pop mixed in. I enjoy an overall bright/lead sound on alto (I play a Beechler hard rubber s6s with a Selmer Paris Serie III alto).
I have been dabbling a bit on tenor and am interested in picking it up as a secondary option for gigging. I want a tenor sound that really contrasts my alto sound, and am aiming for a dark, husky sound (think Dexter Gordon). At the moment I am renting a student-level Yamaha to get a feel for tenor and build some basic chops and quickly threw on an Otto Link STM 6 metal mouthpiece as a starting point. I am pretty satisfied with my results so far, and would like to buy a tenor, but probably a step up from the current horn I am renting, and perhaps play around with the mouthpiece as well (no pun intended).
I am looking for any suggestions regarding setups I should consider for tenor (both horn and mouthpiece). For a horn, I do not think I quite need a top-of-the-line professional model at this point (they are so much more expensive than altos!), but I would certainly like a decent intermediate-level horn, or perhaps a used professional-level. For a mouthpiece, I quickly got the STM Link because it was readily available and I knew it's a flagship piece for a traditional tenor sound. I do like it and think it guides my tone in the direction I want it to, but I also would like to play around and see what other mouthpieces around can help give a nice dark tenor sound. Especially if I do not pay top dollar for the horn, I'd be happy to play around with different mouthpiece options.
All guidance and/or suggestions very welcome - thank you!