Today, I am reviewing a Macsax Queso 8* tenor saxophone mouthpiece (formerly the FJ IV model). I was contacted by Jeff Gjertsen at Macsax earlier this year and asked if I would be willing to review the brand new line of Macsax tenor saxophone mouthpieces. Of course, I was excited to try these beautiful mouthpieces Read More…
Buyer Beware! Counterfeit Vintage Saxophone Mouthpieces Galore
December 18, 2019 by 29 Comments
Disclaimer: If you bought a vintage mouthpiece in the last few years off of Ebay then this article might not be good news for you. If you would rather not know……then do not continue to read…… A friend of mine reached out to me a few weeks ago and was excited to share the good Read More…
Macsax Soco Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
December 17, 2019 by 4 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a Macsax Soco 8 tenor saxophone mouthpiece (formerly the FJ III model, I reviewed an original FJ III 8 years ago!). I was contacted by Jeff Gjertsen at Macsax earlier this year and asked if I would be willing to review the brand new line of Macsax tenor saxophone mouthpieces. Of Read More…
Saxscape Fat Cat Classic Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
December 11, 2019 by 13 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a Saxscape Fat Cat Classic 7* tenor saxophone mouthpiece that Ken Barry at Saxscape mouthpieces recently sent me to try out and perhaps review. Earlier this year, I reviewed a Saxscape Live model tenor sax mouthpiece that I thought was superb and when Ken asked if I would like to review Read More…
Morgan Excalibur Indiana Model Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
November 19, 2019 by 8 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a Morgan Excalibur Indiana model tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by Erik Greiffenhagen, at Morgan mouthpieces. Morgan mouthpieces used to be owned by Ralph Morgan who sadly passed away in 2007. Ralph worked designing instruments and mouthpieces for Selmer for many decades and in the early 80’s started his own mouthpiece company Read More…
RPC Gold Series 110B Ultem Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
November 1, 2019 by 15 Comments
I sadly found out that Ron Coelho passed away on 12/24/19. We had a long conversation in October before this review was posted. Even though I only talked to Ron a couple times over the years, this last conversation was like talking to a good friend. We talked about everything you could think of having Read More…
Can You Hear a Difference Poll? Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Comparison
September 27, 2019 by 21 Comments
This blog post is a follow up to my “Does the mouthpiece material make a difference? Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Comparison” post. I am purposefully not putting a link to that article because I don’t want anyone to cheat. In this poll, I am going to post the same 20 sound clips Read More…
Drake Phil Woods Master Series Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
September 25, 2019 by 16 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a Drake Master Series Phil Woods alto saxophone mouthpiece made by Aaron Drake at Drake mouthpieces. This alto mouthpiece is advertised as “a near identical replica of the mouthpiece that Phil Woods played for over 40 years.” Don’t worry about the wording of “near identical”, this does not mean it is Read More…
Does the mouthpiece material make a difference? Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Comparison
September 16, 2019 by 40 Comments
This blog post is about the age old question “Does the material a saxophone mouthpiece is made of make a difference?” I have read hundreds, if not thousands of discussions on this subject since my earliest days on the internet in the 90’s. Many of these online discussions would get quite heated with one side Read More…
SYOS Godwin Louis Signature Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
September 11, 2019 by 3 Comments
Today, I am reviewing the Godwin Louis 6* alto saxophone mouthpiece from a fairly new company called SYOS mouthpieces in France. This company hit the saxophone mouthpiece scene not too long ago and immediately caught the world’s attention by producing these really bright colored 3D printed saxophone mouthpieces made of plastic. I must admit, that Read More…
Retro Revival Tru-Slant Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
August 30, 2019 by 13 Comments
Today, I am reviewing another Retro Revival tenor saxophone mouthpiece called the Tru-Slant. This is a tenor sax mouthpiece modeled after the Otto Link Slant Signature hard rubber tenor saxophone mouthpieces from the 60’s. These tenor saxophone mouthpieces are made by Joel Peskin (iReedMan) and Bob Sheppard at Retro Revival. In the past I have Read More…
Gottsu Sepia Tone Jazz Metal Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
August 26, 2019 by 16 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a tenor saxophone mouthpiece from Gottsu mouthpieces in Japan. I had received some emails from a few different fans of my site who were impressed with the Gottsu sax mouthpieces they had played and I decided to reach out to the Gottsu company and see if I could review some of Read More…
SYOS Tivon Pennicott Signature Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
August 23, 2019 by 12 Comments
Today, I am reviewing another tenor saxophone mouthpiece from a fairly new company called SYOS mouthpieces in France. This company hit the saxophone mouthpiece scene not too long ago and immediately caught the world’s attention by producing these really bright colored 3D printed saxophone mouthpieces made of plastic. I remember thinking they were strange looking Read More…
10mFan Generation II Robusto Ultem Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
August 17, 2019 by 28 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a new tenor saxophone mouthpiece from 10mFan sax mouthpieces. This is a generation II Ultem Robusto 7** orange tenor saxophone mouthpiece. (Yes, I wrote “orange”!) I reviewed a first generation hard rubber Robusto 7** tenor sax mouthpiece a few years ago that I still have in my collection of favorite tenor Read More…
SYOS Chad Lefkowitz-Brown Signature Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
August 3, 2019 by 34 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a tenor saxophone mouthpiece from a fairly new company called SYOS mouthpieces in France. This company hit the saxophone mouthpiece scene not too long ago and immediately caught the world’s attention by producing these really bright colored 3D printed saxophone mouthpieces made of plastic. I remember thinking they were strange looking Read More…
Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Hard Rubber Tenor Mouthpiece Review
July 27, 2019 by 23 Comments
I was excited to hear that Theo Wanne was releasing a new tenor saxophone mouthpiece called the Gaia 3 a few months ago and asked Theo if I could review it. I had reviewed the original Gaia tenor saxophone mouthpiece back in 2009 and it was one of the best tenor saxophone mouthpieces I had Read More…
Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Metal Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
July 16, 2019 by 26 Comments
I was excited to hear that Theo Wanne was releasing a new tenor saxophone mouthpiece called the Gaia 3 a few months ago and asked Theo if I could review it. I had reviewed the original Gaia tenor saxophone mouthpiece back in 2009 and it was one of the best tenor saxophone mouthpieces I had Read More…
New NY Meyer Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Compared to a Vintage NY Meyer Alto Sax Mouthpiece Review
June 22, 2019 by 17 Comments
Since I recently wrote a review for a new NY Meyer (2019) alto saxophone mouthpiece as well as a vintage NY Meyer (1960’s) alto saxophone mouthpiece, I thought it would be interesting to do a side by side review of these two great alto saxophone mouthpieces side by side. These are from the “mouthpiece fun Read More…
Westcoast Sax High Roller Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
June 21, 2019 by 9 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a new alto saxophone mouthpiece called the High Roller from Westcoast Sax. Matt Lee at Westcoast Sax was nice enough to send me a sample High Roller alto sax mouthpiece to try out. This metal alto sax mouthpiece is a high baffle mouthpiece with an 8 tip opening which is a Read More…
Vintage New York Meyer USA 4M Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Refaced By Jimmy Jensen Review
June 15, 2019 by 18 Comments
Today, I’m lucky to be able to play and review a vintage New York Meyer medium chamber alto saxophone mouthpiece. Jimmy Jensen at Tenor Madness was nice enough to send me what he called a “mouthpiece funbox”. This was a box of special and unique mouthpieces that Jimmy thought I might find interesting. Among the Read More…
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