[daviddoria]

I just bought one of these guys, but the ligature it came with is one of those "leather-ish" ones.... and it is EXTREMELY tight with a standard vandoren reed, I mean i have to fight with it for 3 minutes to even get the reed on the mouthpiece - and forget about fine adjustments. Can anyone recommend a good replacement ligature for this mouthpiece? (Also, is it true that a metal ligature is better for a very very bright sound?)

Thanks,

David

 

[Ferret]

(Also, is it true that a metal ligature is better for a very very bright sound?)

I've never noticed much of a difference in sound changing from ligature to ligature, myself. I used a metal one for a long time through school, and now I have this one (below) and I use it because I think it looks cool. :]

Hopefully someone can suggest a ligature for you, I don't know enough about them to suggest a good one.

 

[Seasax]

i find Charles Bay and francouis louis ultimate ligs are the best on the market,
i find leather rovner style ligs really dull the sound after having played on these.

 

[Giles]

The Selmer lig for Metal Alto Mpcs is what I use on my SK. Works great.

 

[Andrew]

I use an Olegature ... works great.

 

[wersax]

The Selmer lig for Metal Alto Mpcs is what I use on my SK. Works great.

Yeah, the Selmer 402 is great on the Guardalas; Brecker used it and Guardala, (from what I've been told), recommended them........

 

[1saxman]

I use several different Rovners on my Guardalas, but the best one is the new EVO-5, E-2M for tenor/alto metal. I just got a Super King the other day because Music 123 put them on sale and that ligature really stinks. Maybe it's some Chinese copy of a Rovner. The big surprise - the Super King Laser-Trimmed is an exact replica of my original hand-finished one, and blows great. I no longer live in fear of something happening to my mouthpiece. BTW, there should be no need to try to make this piece brighter, but if you need to I would recommend the Lebayle 'Fusion' single-screw gold-plated ligature with nylon 'bumpers' for contact points. They are definitely brighter than any Rovner, but really, you shouldn't need it on a SK.

 

[Frank D]

I also reccomend the Selmer alto lig. They work great (I use one on my Studio) and are inexpensive, unlike the Francois Louis, Oleg, etc. Another plus is that they don't slip when you move the mouthpice for tuning purposes.

 

[daviddoria]

Cool - i got the Selmer 402 - seems perfect!