Steve Neff Music Blog » reface http://www.neffmusic.com/blog website of Steve Neff Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:49:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “Live” Jon Van Wie Otto Link 8 http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/2009/08/live-jon-van-wie-otto-link-8/ http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/2009/08/live-jon-van-wie-otto-link-8/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:15:43 +0000 steve http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/?p=502 Read More...]]> My Jon Van Wie refaced Super Tone Master Link is the Mouthpiece that I have played on the most over the last 10 years. Jon Van Wie was an incredible mouthpiece refacer (sad to say that he died a number of years ago).  I had the good fortune to have him work on a few of my mouthpiece before he died.  I actually had him work on a metal link 7* that turned out to be too bright for me.  I saw this 8 metal link on ebay and snatched it up as fast as I could. This 8 plays with the perfect balance of highs and lows. Jon would reface the mouthpiece but then put this magical baffle into it that made a dull dead link come alive. To this day I haven’t met anyone that can make a baffle like Jon did. The magical thing about this piece is that you can play a jazz standard on it and sound great and immediately go into a  “Respect” solo and sound equally as great. Here’s a sax solo on “Respect”and “I’m Coming Out” . It’s a little rough and not the best recording but you get an idea how the JVW metal link handles in those type of “live” situations. This is my go to gig piece when I have to play a multitude of styles.

Respect Solo

I’m Coming Out Solo


]]> http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/2009/08/live-jon-van-wie-otto-link-8/feed/ 5 Freddie Gregory Refaced Metal Otto Link 7 Alto Mouthpiece http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/2009/08/freddie-gregory-refaced-metal-otto-link-7-alto-mouthpiece/ http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/2009/08/freddie-gregory-refaced-metal-otto-link-7-alto-mouthpiece/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:38:39 +0000 steve http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/?p=472 Read More...]]> I just received this in the mail today.  It is a metal Otto Link that was refaced by Freddie Gregory. Like I mentioned on some other posts, you can’t go wrong with anything Freddie Gregory worked on.  I won it on ebay and the seller said it plays great with a huge fat warm sound!  It plays great and is very easy to blow but I don’t think I would describe it as fat and warm.  It makes me lean toward a Sanborn type style.  I use to have a piece like this years ago.  I might record another clip with more of a straight ahead sound and see how it sounds on that.  I think this piece would sound killer on a pop gig with some reverb added.  It has a nice resonance to the sound. I think it’s pretty cool.

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