Today, I am reviewing the new Otto Link Early Babbitt remake connoisseur series tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by JJ Babbitt. The Connoisseur EB (Early Babbitt) tenor saxophone mouthpieces are advertised as being from the same molds as the original hard rubber Otto Link Early Babbitt tenor sax mouthpieces as described in this quote from the Read More…
Otto Link Tone Edge Early Babbitt Connoisseur Series Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
July 30, 2022 by 16 Comments
Saxquest “The Bridge” Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
March 4, 2016 by 12 Comments
Today, I am reviewing the new “The Bridge” hard rubber tenor saxophone mouthpiece from Saxquest. Mark Overton over at Saxquest came out with two new hard rubber tenor sax mouthpieces a few months ago called “The Bridge” and “The Core”. Mark said that the purpose behind making these two mouthpieces was to try to recapture the sound and Read More…
Tenor Madness New EBII Tenor Mouthpiece Review
January 1, 2016 by 15 Comments
Today, I am reviewing the new Tenor Madness EBII hard rubber tenor mouthpiece. Randy Jones over at Tenor Madness caused quite a stir in the saxophone world when he came out with a “new” EB (Early Babbitt) version of the Otto Link tenor mouthpiece a number of years ago which I reviewed here. At the time, Read More…
Early Babbitt HR Otto Link Remake Tenor Mouthpiece
January 4, 2011 by 25 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a mouthpiece that is being sold by Tenor Madness. A big “Thank You” to Dr. James Romain who serves as Associate Professor of Saxophone and Assistant Director of Jazz Studies at Drake University. He was kind enough to offer to send me his mouthpiece that he picked out personally at Read More…
Early Babbitt Otto Link .110 Tenor Mouthpiece
August 14, 2009 by 3 Comments
This is the Early Babbitt Otto Link I have posted about before. The last SP otto link I got that Brian Powell had worked on was a .110 and I loved it. I t just felt like the tip opening was where I felt the most comfortable. I sent this Early Babbitt Otto Link (.105) Read More…
Early Babbitt HR Otto Link 7* Tenor Mouthpiece
August 13, 2009 by 8 Comments
Holy Cow! This piece is great. I just got four pieces back today from Brian Powell. This is the Jon Van Wie refaced link that has a clip posted of it last year. This piece always played nice but didn’t have any guts to it. I really couldn’t dig in with it. I played another Read More…
Florida/Early Babbitt HR Link 7* Tenor Mouthpiece
August 13, 2009 by 2 Comments
This is a piece I bought about 4 years ago. I got caught up in the whole “slant” hard rubber link thing and I emailed a guy who had a slant. He had just sold it but said he had this piece that was as good or better than any slant he had ever played. Read More…
Freddie Gregory Early Babbitt Otto Link 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
August 13, 2009 by 2 Comments
This is an old hard rubber Otto Link alto saxophone mouthpiece that was refaced by Freddie Gregory. When ever I see Freddie Gregory’s name on a mouthpiece, I have to take a look. I have played so many great mouthpieces and I know his incredible work firsthand. I just bought this alto saxophone mouthpiece Read More…
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