{"id":67237,"date":"2019-09-27T10:45:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T14:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=67237"},"modified":"2025-03-08T12:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T17:48:39","slug":"can-you-hear-a-difference-poll-theo-wanne-gaia-3-tenor-saxophone-mouthpiece-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/can-you-hear-a-difference-poll-theo-wanne-gaia-3-tenor-saxophone-mouthpiece-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Hear a Difference Poll? Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog post is a follow up to my “Does the mouthpiece material make a difference? Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Comparison” post.\u00a0 I am purposefully not putting a link to that article because I don’t want anyone to cheat.<\/p>\n

I will write it again, please do not cheat!<\/strong>\u00a0 The purpose of this is to see if we can actually tell the difference between the metal and hard rubber mouthpieces.\u00a0 When we are told which mouthpiece is metal and which mouthpiece is hard rubber, many of us feel like we can hear a difference but can we hear this difference when it is a blind??\u00a0 \u00a0Good Luck,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Steve<\/p>\n

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Theo Wanne Gaia 3 7* Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Comparison<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is in no way a scientific comparison but will be a subjective comparison to you the reader as you listen to each of the clips below and decided what differences if any you can hear between the two mouthpiece. I would suggest listening to the sound clips on good\u00a0 speakers rather than on your iPhone or iPad speakers.<\/p>\n

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Theo Wanne Gaia 3 7* Hard Rubber Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n

I will be using the same Rigotti Gold 3 medium tenor saxophone reed on both Gaia 3 tenor saxophone mouthpieces with the same Selmer 404 silver metal ligature.\u00a0 I wanted to use the same ligature for this comparison and since the hard rubber Gaia 3 mouthpiece and the metal Gaia 3 mouthpiece come with different ligatures, I thought it would be best if I used the same Selmer 404 silver ligature for both mouthpieces.<\/p>\n

I will play one sound clip and then without moving my feet or body position at all in relation to the microphone, I will take the mouthpiece off, change the reed and ligature to the new mouthpiece and attempt to record the same clip again with the next mouthpiece.\u00a0 I will do my best to position the reed and ligature in the same position each time.<\/p>\n

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Theo Wanne Gaia 3 7* Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Comparison<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you like the sound and look of the new Gaia 3 tenor sax mouthpiece by Theo Wanne, you can find them at Theowanne.com (save 15% by using this link)<\/a>. I have agreed to be an affiliate for Theo Wanne as of this review so if you purchase a Gaia 3 tenor saxophone mouthpiece from this link, neffmusic.com will receive a small commission on the sale. (This helps to support my site and keep the saxophone related reviews and articles coming to you…..)<\/p>\n

If you are lucky enough to play a Gaia 3 tenor saxophone mouthpiece or have any other thoughts or comments on these comparison sound clips below, I would love to hear what you think in the comments below.\u00a0 \u00a0Thanks,\u00a0 \u00a0Steve<\/p>\n

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Theo Wanne Gaia 3 7* Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece-Clip 10B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Disclosure:\u00a0 I received the two mouthpieces reviewed above in the hope that I would try them and perhaps review them on my blog.\u00a0 I was allowed to keep one mouthpiece and pay the dealer cost for the second mouthpiece.\u00a0 If you purchase a mouthpiece through the link (save 15% by using this link)<\/a> I provided in the review, I will also receive a small commission on any Theo Wanne mouthpieces sold through the link provided.\u00a0 Regardless, I only review mouthpieces that I enjoy playing and believe will be good for other saxophone players to try also.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Steve<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This blog post is a follow up to my “Does the mouthpiece material make a difference? Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Comparison” post.\u00a0 I am purposefully not putting a link to that article because I don’t want anyone to cheat. I will write it again, please do not cheat!\u00a0 The purpose of this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":82084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[487,1120,45],"tags":[1229,1869,658,239,1230,72,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-67237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mouthpiece-reviews","8":"category-tenor-medium-baffle-reviews","9":"category-tenor-mouthpieces","10":"tag-comparison","11":"tag-gaia-3","12":"tag-review","13":"tag-saxophone-mouthpiece","14":"tag-sound-clips","15":"tag-tenor-sax","16":"tag-theo-wanne","17":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}