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James Bunte ARC (Allard Reso Chamber) Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

December 8, 2020 by Steve 13 Comments

It looks like December is “Reso” month here at Neffmusic as I have three reproductions of Otto Link Reso Chamber tenor saxophone mouthpieces sitting on my desk to review this week.   I have a Getasax Reso tenor mouthpiece that is a copy of an Otto Link Reso Chamber 5 mouthpiece with a Freddie Gregory Mark […]

Filed Under: Mouthpiece Reviews, Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: ARC, chamber, James Bunte, Joe Allard, Reso, review, sax mouthpiece, tenor saxophone

James Bunte 42 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

July 31, 2018 by Steve 5 Comments

This is embarrassing to admit, but here is a review that I worked on many years ago and just found on my site as a draft!  I had been working on it, got side tracked and then never posted it!  That’s embarrassing!  I actually still have this alto mouthpiece in a drawer here in my […]

Filed Under: Alto Medium Baffle Reviews Tagged With: 42, Alto Saxophone, James Bunte, mouthpiece, review

Vintage Selmer Soloist Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece

March 20, 2013 by Steve 29 Comments

Ever since the 1980’s I have been a big fan of Kenny Garrett.  I can’t remember the first time I  heard  him but I remember having a record in the 80’s entitled “Introducing Kenny Garrett” that I loved. (I was an alto sax player back then)  Soon after this, I remember also hearing Mr. Garrett […]

Filed Under: Alto Medium Baffle Reviews, Alto Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: alto sax.saxophone mouthpiece, James Bunte, Kenny Garrett, Selmer soloist, Vintage

Tenor Madness 42 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

September 7, 2011 by Steve 17 Comments

The new Tenor Madness 42 (TM 42) 7* tenor saxophone mouthpiece by James Bunte appeared out of nowhere.  I was browsing through Sax on the Web (SOTW) and I came across a discussion about the TM 42 mouthpieces by James Bunte that were being sold at Saxquest.  A couple of people were raving about them […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: 42, James Bunte, Saxquest, Tenor madness.tenor mouthpiece

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