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<\/a><\/p>\nMacSax FJIII Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece If you look at the pictures here of the FJIII and compare them to the pictures of my Warburton LA tenor mouthpiece review<\/a> (also made by Eric Falcon), you can see some similarities between the two mouthpiece designs.\u00a0 Both have a similar body and long elongated window.\u00a0 The baffles seem to be a similar length but if you look closely you can see that there are some differences.\u00a0 The baffle in the FJIII is lower than the LA mouthpiece.\u00a0 It also has a straight edge at the end of the baffle where the LA model has a little trench or pit.<\/p>\n Although, I loved the LA models volume and fatness, in the end I thought it was a bit too bright for what I’m looking for in a tenor mouthpiece.\u00a0\u00a0 I was very interested in trying the FJIII because it has the lower baffle which I knew would give it a darker sound. MacSax FJIII Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Boy was I right,\u00a0 the MacSax FJIII is a much darker mouthpiece than the Warburton LA model.\u00a0 Besides how incredibly free blowing it is,\u00a0 I didn’t find much in common with it and the LA.\u00a0 I don’t know what Eric does with these mouthpiece to get them to blow so easily but they are incredibly freeblowing. Personally, I\u00a0 like a bit of resistance when I play the sax so playing this mouthpiece was a bit of an adjustment for me.\u00a0 It is an 8 (.110) tip opening.\u00a0 Usually when I play .110 tips,\u00a0 a 2 1\/2 reed works great.\u00a0 The first 2 1\/2 I put on blew like a wet noodle.\u00a0\u00a0 There was nothing to it.\u00a0 I tried a few other 2 1\/2’s and experienced the same thing.\u00a0 When I moved up to a 3 I expected it to be too hard but even the 3’s were too free blowing for me.\u00a0 What I really wanted was a 3 1\/2 but I didn’t have any so I had to make due with the Rigotti 3 that I played on this clip.\u00a0 It was slightly harder than the others in the box and I thought it was a good match for this mouthpiece.<\/p>\n The tone of this mouthpiece is very dark in my opinion.\u00a0 It does have a bit of kick and guts to it when you really blow but the overall tone is thick, rich and dark.\u00a0 The response and intonation were good.\u00a0 The volume was ok for me.\u00a0 I couldn’t get as much as I would like but it was certainly enough to play a smokin’ jazz gig with.\u00a0 The lack of brightness in the tone would make it hard to play a loud R&B or rock gig on this piece in my opinion.<\/p>\n The free blowing aspect of the mouthpiece was the hardest thing for me to wrestle with.\u00a0 I feel like a certain bit of resistance lets me push against the sound and mold it easier.\u00a0 In that way, I can be more expressive.\u00a0 I did gain some resistance with the harder Rigotti 3 reed but still wasn’t feeling the resistance that I normally like when I play.\u00a0 I would think that over time, I could get used to the way the mouthpiece blew and be able to adjust to it.<\/p>\n MacSax FJIII Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n The mouthpiece comes with a neat looking Rovner Platinum ligature that looks cool and hip.\u00a0 I’m not a big fan of ligatures that clamp on the outside edges of the reed.\u00a0 This is what the Rovner did.\u00a0 To me, it made the tone more hollow sounding.\u00a0 When I put on the Rovner Eddie Daniels ligature the tone was much more centered and focused sounding for me.\u00a0\u00a0 This is just my opinion so you guys that think ligatures don’t matter can do what you want with this opinion.<\/p>\n Overall,\u00a0 I believe this is a very good mouthpiece if you like free blowing and dark.\u00a0 This would be an especially good choice for any of you who have tried the Warburton LA model but found it too bright for your tastes.\u00a0 This has the same free blowing feel of the LA mouthpiece but is quite a bit darker and lusher sounding.\u00a0 If your interested in trying one of these mouthpieces yourself, visit MacSax.com.<\/a>\u00a0 and talk to Eric Falcon yourself.\u00a0 Thanks so much to Eric and MacSax for sending me this FJIII tenor mouthpiece to review.<\/p>\n
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