I was excited to hear that Theo Wanne was releasing a new alto saxophone mouthpiece called the Gaia 3 a few months ago and asked Theo if I could review it. I had reviewed the original Gaia alto saxophone mouthpiece back in 2010 and it was one of the best alto saxophone mouthpieces I have 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…
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 12 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 14 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…
Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Hard Rubber Tenor Mouthpiece Review
July 27, 2019 by 19 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…
Phil Barone Hollywood 8 Tenor Sax Mouthpiece Refaced by MojoBari
January 27, 2019 by 13 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a unique Phil Barone Hollywood 8 tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I had Keith Bradbury (Mojobari) work on for me a number of years ago. I had originally bought this from a sax player who said it was his gigging mouthpiece for a number of years. The bite plate had some deep Read More…
Corry Bros Mesa Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
January 14, 2019 by 10 Comments
Today I am reviewing a new mouthpiece from Jim and Paul Corry over in the UK. They are the owners of Corry Bros Saxophone Mouthpieces. As happens regularly on my site, someone contacted me and asked if I could review some of the Corry Bros sax mouthpieces. I had never heard of them but after Read More…
Guardala Mouthpiece Informative Brochures From 1990
December 21, 2018 by 2 Comments
A friend of mine on Facebook, Adrian Chia, posted these pictures of hardcopy Guardala mouthpiece brochures that he received from Dave Guardala in the mail back in 1990. Dave was living in Hicksville NY at the time and working out of his garage from what I have heard. If only I had a time machine…………… Read More…
RPC 110B Red Letter Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
December 21, 2018 by 12 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a RPC 110B tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by Ron Coelho, at RPC mouthpieces. I used to own one of these 110B tenor sax mouthpieces back in the mid 2000’s before I started this website and remember gigging on it for about 6-8 months at the time. I was playing a lot of Read More…
Rico Metalite M7 and M9 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
August 28, 2018 by 40 Comments
Now for something completely different, a review of a tenor saxophone mouthpiece that only costs about 30 bucks! Yes, you read that right! Today, I am reviewing two Rico Metalite tenor saxophone mouthpieces. I have been intrigued by these sax mouthpieces for a few years because I have heard a bunch of people rave about Read More…
10mFan “The Classic” Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
February 12, 2018 by 18 Comments
Mark Sepinuck, 10mFan as he is known in the saxophone world, came out with a line of tenor saxophone mouthpieces five years ago that have been very popular with saxophone players. Mark, created a very detailed three category system of tenor saxophone mouthpieces and he designed what he considered to be the best tenor sax Read More…
Finding Sax Mouthpiece Gold Among the Rubble
November 14, 2017 by 16 Comments
I’m always amazed when saxophone player’s tell me that they can know within seconds if a sax mouthpiece is right for them or not. The reason that this amazes me, is that my experience has been so different from that. For example, I received a sax mouthpiece a few months ago that is an old Read More…
Phil-Tone Novella Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
October 30, 2017 by 10 Comments
Today I am reviewing another great alto saxophone mouthpiece made by Phil Engleman at Phil-Tone mouthpieces. I have reviewed quite a few Phil-Tone sax mouthpieces on the site already and am always interested when Phil announces a new mouthpiece model. A couple of months ago he announced that he had a new mouthpiece model called the Novella Read More…
Matt Marantz Slant Legacy Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
August 24, 2017 by 17 Comments
Today, I am reviewing a Matt Marantz Slant Legacy hard rubber tenor saxophone mouthpiece. I have wanted to try one of these ever since I heard Joel Frahm play one on Youtube last year. Matt Marantz was nice enough to send me one to try out for a few days and perhaps review, so here Read More…
Finding the “Holy Grail” of Sax Mouthpieces
August 19, 2017 by 46 Comments
Today, I’m going to write about an important subject that I haven’t addressed very often on my site here. This article is about the elusive search for the “Holy Grail” of saxophone mouthpieces. I have encountered thousands of sax players over the years who have been searching for their “Holy Grail” sax mouthpiece. They might Read More…
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