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<\/a><\/p>\nI’m not sure if you can make it out in the pictures below but this mouthpiece that I am reviewing today does have quite a bit of material in the first half inch of baffle.\u00a0 It does indeed look quite a bit like my Early Babbitt mouthpiece that I own.\u00a0 The chamber and bore looks to be very close in size and shape to my EB hard rubber link also.<\/p>\n
Here is the description that Tenor Madness has for this mouthpiece on their ebay ads:<\/p>\n “The TM Custom tenor sax mouthpiece is an early Babbitt blank with a large chamber and a long baffle.\u00a0 The beak radius is comparable to the original Slant Sig.\u00a0 The result is a big, gutsy tone unlike any current production mouthpiece.\u00a0 Here’s what NY jazz great Joel Frahm says about the piece, ” Randy Jones’ new line of Otto Link hard rubber mouthpieces is\u00a0 what saxophonists have been waiting for; a new production mouthpiece that responds as easily as the best vintage jazz mouthpieces, but with a profound depth and roundness of tone that I’ve never found in another modern mouthpiece.\u00a0 My tone is my biggest concern, and Randy has come up with a mouthpiece that\u00a0 completely fulfills my needs. I love it!”\u00a0 These are available in 7 & 7* tip openings.”<\/em><\/p>\n Sounds pretty good to me.\u00a0 I was pretty excited as I always am to try this mouthpiece.\u00a0 Before I even played it my first thought was that it was going to be brighter than I like.\u00a0 I’ve probably owned about 10 Early Babbitt mouthpieces and I always ended up selling them sooner or later because they played brighter than I had liked………………..<\/p>\n Tenor Madness “New” Early Babbitt HR Otto Link Remake Tenor Mouthpiece <\/p>\n This was a very reed friendly mouthpiece for me.\u00a0 I put a Vandoren Java 3 on it and it played perfectly.\u00a0 I was so happy I didn’t have to mess with reeds for an hour to find a good one.\u00a0 As you listen to the clip below you can hear that this mouthpiece is a bit brighter than other hard rubber links I have reviewed on here.\u00a0 I found it to have a nice focus and center to the sound that I really liked.\u00a0 Unlike many other bright mouthpieces I have played, I didn’t feel like this one was one dimensional or lacking character in the sound.\u00a0 It has a bit of graininess and air in the sound that adds to the character of it I think.\u00a0 The low notes are nice and round although not as fat and dark as some lower baffled mouthpieces I have played.\u00a0 You can hear a bit of edge in them when I go down low without subtoning. \u00a0\u00a0 In the first half of the clip I’m just messing around with the changes to Beautiful Love.\u00a0 In the last few seconds I play with more air and volume and try to make it a bit funkier so you can hear that type of style on it.\u00a0 This piece played very easy for me and was a joy for me to play.\u00a0 I’m going to play it some more today and compare it to my Gerber Slant,\u00a0 Early Babbitt Link and Lamberson J7 which have been my favorite hard rubber mouthpieces to date.\u00a0 Maybe I’ll be able to put up a battle post between all four so you can hear the differences………………I think I’d like to order one of these in the future to spend more time with it. Thanks for listening.\u00a0 Let me know what you think below.\u00a0 I love to hear what your opinions are. \u00a0 If you want try one of these out yourself visit the Tenor Madness<\/a> website. \u00a0\u00a0 Steve<\/p>\n This is a clip played with a brand new Vandoren Java #3 reed<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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