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<\/a><\/p>\nMacsax Bob Sheppard Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Here is what is said about the Bob Sheppard Alto Saxophone mouthpiece on the Macsax website:<\/p>\n The Bob Sheppard Signature alto mouthpiece is the result of a collaboration between Bob Sheppard and Eric Falcon of MACSAX \u00ae.<\/em><\/p>\n Drawing inspiration from the classic New York Meyer Bros., this mouthpiece adds many custom features to meet Bob’s artistic demands. Made from pure hard rubber, the mouthpiece features a classic medium round chamber and an very gentle roll over baffle. The facing curve was designed to allow the player to have great control and flexibility even at the extreme ranges of dynamics.<\/em><\/p>\n The result is a mouthpiece with a thick, rich, and vibrant sound at any dynamic.<\/em><\/p>\n Available in these facings:<\/em><\/p>\n Macsax Bob Sheppard Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n The Macsax Bob Sheppard model (I typed BS model at first but that just didn’t sound right………)\u00a0 looks great.\u00a0 The facing , tip and rails look perfect.\u00a0 The baffle has a long and gentle slope\u00a0 through the chamber to the bore of the mouthpiece.\u00a0 The mouthpiece has that smell that genuine hard rubber has which is a good sign as I love how “real” hard rubber mouthpiece play usually.<\/p>\n Macsax Bob Sheppard Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Now to the playing of the piece…………\u00a0\u00a0 I will say first off that all of Eric’s mouthpieces that I have played have been pretty freeblowing.\u00a0 This mouthpiece is the same.\u00a0\u00a0 It is advertized as having a .078 tip opening.\u00a0 Usually on that tip I will use a 2 1\/2 or 3 reed.\u00a0 Which one I use depends on the curve that is being used.\u00a0 On this mouthpiece,\u00a0 I tried a 2 1\/2 and it was way too soft.\u00a0 I then tried a 3 and that still felt too soft.\u00a0\u00a0 I then tried a 3 1\/2 which are usually too hard on .078 tips for me and that felt just a little soft.\u00a0 Needless to say, I could tell it is a very efficient facing curve.\u00a0\u00a0 If I had a 4 reed I would have tried one of those.\u00a0 I ended up using the 3 light Rigotti Gold because I liked how that one responded for me.<\/p>\n Macsax Bob Sheppard Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n The mouthpiece played great for me.\u00a0 After doing so many mouthpiece reviews, I feel like I’m repeating myself with all the praise but the truth is that there are a ton of great mouthpieces out there today.<\/p>\n The Bob Sheppard mouthpiece leaned towards the brighter side of things for me.\u00a0 When I first started playing it the first thing that popped into my head was the tone of David Binney.\u00a0\u00a0 I have most of Dave Binney’s\u00a0 recordings and when I was playing this mouthpiece the tone and character of the sound reminded me of his tone and sound.\u00a0 The high register and a bright singing quality to it.\u00a0 The low register was fat and thick sounding.\u00a0 It has beautiful character to the sound.\u00a0 Lots of projection and power with this mouthpiece.\u00a0\u00a0 The intonation was very good also.\u00a0\u00a0 I felt like I could be very expressive on the mouthpiece also.<\/p>\n If you like the sound clip and would like to give one of these a try, you can order one on the Macsax website<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is also a Youtube clip there of Bob Sheppard himself sounding great playing this alto mouthpiece.\u00a0\u00a0 Congratulation to Eric Falcon, Macsax and Bob Sheppard for coming up with another great alto mouthpiece.<\/p>\n
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