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<\/a><\/p>\nMacsax Bob Sheppard Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Here is what is said about the Bob Sheppard Tenor Saxophone mouthpiece on the Macsax website:<\/p>\n The Bob Sheppard Signature mouthpiece is the result of a collaboration between Bob Sheppard and Eric Falcon of MACSAX.<\/em><\/p>\n Drawing inspiration from the classic Slant Links, this mouthpiece adds many custom features to meet Bob’s artistic demands.\u00a0Made from pure hard rubber, the mouthpiece features a large round chamber, open throat, and an extremely gentle roll over baffle. The facing curve was designed to allow the player to have great control even at the extreme ranges of dynamics.<\/em><\/p>\n The result is a mouthpiece with a thick, rich, and colorful sound at any dynamic.<\/em><\/p>\n Macsax Bob Sheppard Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n The Macsax Bob Sheppard model looks great. The facing , tip and rails look excellent. The baffle has a slight roll over to a long and gentle slope through the chamber to the bore of the mouthpiece. 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. The tip rail matched the shape of my reeds exactly.<\/p>\n Macsax Bob Sheppard Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Now to the playing of the piece………… I will say first off that this mouthpiece is said to be inspired from Slant Links.\u00a0 I can hear and feel that when I play this mouthpiece.\u00a0 It had a warm, thick, hearty sound that can be huge when you really blow.\u00a0 I have felt this way about the great HR links I have played in the past also.\u00a0 The sound can be gigantic and fill the room but you really have to have a lot of air and support to drive it.<\/p>\n As with Slant Links, the Sheppard Mouthpiece has more of a spread full sound than a focused\u00a0 sound.\u00a0 I relate a focused sound to the idea of the sound coming out of my bell and shooting straight across the room to the far wall.\u00a0 A spread sound is more like the sound comes out of the bell and spreads in every direction from the bell of the horn.\u00a0\u00a0 You get this big wash of tone and sound.\u00a0 (I know that imagery might not be perfect but that is how I think about it)<\/p>\n I would consider this a great “jazz” mouthpiece.\u00a0 I felt it was leaning more to the darker side of the spectrum with it’s thick, warm and rich sound.\u00a0 Like my HR link………I wouldn’t choose this mouthpiece to bring on a loud R@B gig but on a jazz gig it would perform nicely.<\/p>\n Macsax Bob Sheppard Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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>. There is also a Youtube clip there of Bob Sheppard himself sounding great playing this tenor mouthpiece. Congratulation to Eric Falcon, Macsax and Bob Sheppard for coming up with a great tenor mouthpiece.<\/p>\n
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