[Marc Daniel]

im trying to restore a martin c-melody handcraft, if been playing it with a vandoren alto mpc, its working, however im not convinced that this is the right mpc for it...what do you suggest?

 

[Marc Daniel]

someone here in manila told me that sound varies from person to person.. i have a friend who plays great jazz but bad pop, we have tried putting different mpcs in his alto but the quality of the sound is still jazzy and relaxing.

i play pop and gospel music with my sax (israel houghton and the new breed songs). it goes well with my other horn...mark VII but im thinking long and hard for the c-melody

my vandoren sounds pretty good but im still not satisfied. thanks for the tip, a friend also prescribed berg-larsen, im gona try that too. i hope i can find the right piece

 

[Marc Daniel]

the horn is still on the process of restoration. but once its finished (including the missing keys), ill be trying some of it out.

 

[Marc Daniel]

i have tried to put a berg-larsen (the metal one) into it.
judging from the sound, the horn gave a rather sharp, pop like sound,

the vandoren gave it a jazzy feel, more relaxing type,

when i borrowed a tenor mpc, it gave out a rather lower dark sound (i dont know the brand of that mpc)

thinking from what i experienced, the horn is really a hybrid of a tenor and an alto. it really depends on what i want to sound like or what i want to feel when i use the horn.

for now, since i have my mark VII as an alto horn, im going to try to put a tenor mpc, maybe a berg-larsen to the c-mel.

once again milandro, your advice really did help.

thanks guys, if you have any more advice, feel free to post it here... all your help will be deeply appreciated

 

[Marc Daniel]

milandro

i use a 2.5 vandoren or rico reed for the alto and for the tenor, i use 2
it gave me a low buzz but i had some problems on the growling part, any suggestions? is it the reed or the mpc?

 

[Marc Daniel]

when i started to learn how to play, my mentor prescribed 2.5 for tenor and alto, but as we were going deeper into the lessons, i had a problem with a bite on the tenor.
maybe i just got used to the 2.5 and 2 due to the practices and the lessons

i will try other thickness like 3 or 2.5 on the tenor, i ddnt really distinguish the difference on the types, mainly bacause the only reeds available here are vandoren and rico.
i havent tried to go to special shops like yamaha to browse their selection but i will try to find other brands...

what brand do you recommend?

 

[Marc Daniel]

i will first start to experiment on the thickness then move on to the brands..thanks d=)