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Greg Wier GW Slant 7* Tenor Mouthpiece

August 14, 2009 by Steve 9 Comments

I received this on trial from another SOTW member.  There was a thread on it that has since been closed where there was quite a bit of disagreement about this mouthpiece.  I was intrigued and curious so when I saw one for sale I asked if I could try it. I have to say that I was very surprised by this piece.

It is a great tenor mouthpiece and in my opion plays just as advertised.  GW advertises it on ebay as a copy of a slant signature otto link but with a little more power and projection.   I don’t own a slant but I do have an Early Babbitt link that I have been told has the same body as the slants did.   The Early Babbitt  is one of my favorite tenor mouthpieces.  I played the GW side by side with the EB and I have to say it was pretty close which is a great compliment because the Early Babbitt cranks. The GW Slant piece is a tad warmer and darker to my ears. It has a nice roudness to the tone that I enjoyed. It is not stuffy at all and plays very easily throughout the range up into the altissimo. It does have a nice singing quality to the high notes that I really like when I push it without getting bright which some mouthpieces do. I could see myself getting use to this piece and playing tons of standards on it. Beautiful sounding. The beak of it is a tad higher than my EB link buts that’s really not that big a deal to get use to. I don’t know GW but I think this is great work by him. Take a listen for yourself and you can decide. Listen………

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Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: greg wier, GW Slant, tenor mouthpiece

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  1. AvatarJeroen Erkamp says

    October 6, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    Just bought one… couldn’t resist it!! 🙂

    Reply
  2. AvatarJeroen Erkamp says

    October 6, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    After reviewing so many mouthpieces… can you tell me what your favourite hardrubber mouthpiece is?

    Reply
    • stevesteve says

      October 7, 2009 at 9:04 am

      No, not really. I’ve played so many great ones that it’s impossible to pick one that is the best and even if I did it would be different for every person. My favorites over the years were:
      EB Otto Link 7*
      Lamberson J7
      Freddie Gregory 8*
      SP Otto Link

      The other HR pieces I’ve played were all very good and I could play any of them fine but the ones above had something a little special that I really dug! Good Luck on the search. steve

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  3. AvatarJeroen Erkamp says

    October 9, 2009 at 9:17 am

    thanks for your reply!! I hope I will get the Greg Wier next week. I will tell you what my experience is…

    Reply
  4. AvatarEric says

    August 30, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    I came back to this piece after quite a few months of playing my Master Link 8. I’m really impressed with how fat the upper register is and how much tone it has in the upper register. I do find it a little more cumbersome than my Morgan in the low register, but I think that’s just the degree of the slant of the beak. I asked Gregg to make it an 8 for me (.110) and it really does play well. I can put out plenty of sound and still retain a big round sound – doesn’t flatten out. I play LaVoz Med Soft reeds or Zonda 2.5 with my FL ultimate ligature. I’ve used a Marc Jean ligature on it too, but I think I like the FL better for this piece. I’m a mouthpiece junkie and I’m really pleased to find this piece again and work with it. I’ve been playing “My One and Only Love” over and over in different keys. If I could liken it’s sound to someone’s voice I’d say it makes me think of Johnny Hartman.

    Reply
  5. AvatarTyroneEwing says

    June 24, 2018 at 2:38 am

    hi I’m looking for a decent mouth piece for my tenor sax with out breaking my pocket book

    Reply
    • SteveSteve says

      June 24, 2018 at 5:57 am

      What’s your budget?

      Reply
  6. AvatarPaul says

    June 24, 2018 at 6:17 am

    Try a Saxscape mouthpiece by Ken Barry. He sells prototypes on ebay and you can find them on SOTW. Great mouthpieces for a bargain.

    Reply
  7. AvatarMario Malette says

    December 26, 2019 at 11:43 am

    Hi Steve
    I know that this is an old thread, but I will be getting a tenor Link copy by Greg Weir probably next week, that I got in a trade. It is a 7. Interesting piece and you sounded great on it.
    I did have an old HR Link from late 70’s, a fabulous HR mouthpiece. Can’t wait to compare them.
    All the best from Ontario, Canada.
    Mario Malette

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