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<\/a><\/p>\nBarone Hollywood Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n I have played many Barone’s over the past 10 years but this Barone Hollywood caught my attention because it was being sold by a gigging musician who said he had been playing it on gigs for many years and it had been his main mouthpiece.\u00a0 Personally,\u00a0 I don’t want a mouthpiece that has been sitting in a drawer for 50 years and is brand new,\u00a0 I would rather buy a mouthpiece that has been played because it plays great.\u00a0 This Barone fit that description so I snatched it up……….<\/p>\n Barone Hollywood Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n It didn’t look great when I opened the packaging but I didn’t care about that.\u00a0 I knew that the worse it looked,\u00a0 the better it was likely to play.\u00a0 This Barone Hollywood had a pretty beat up bite plate and the plating was totally trashed.\u00a0 I wasn’t discouraged though because I knew that it was in this state because it had been played to death. The most likely reason was that it was a killer mouthpiece!\u00a0 (If a mouthpiece is 50 years old and looks brand new , you have to wonder………..did it suck so bad that no one wanted to play it?)<\/p>\n Barone Hollywood Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n When I first looked at the mouthpiece, I noticed that it had a pretty high roll over baffle……….very high compared to an Otto Link that is for sure.\u00a0 I knew this would be\u00a0 brighter and more powerful than your average Otto Link\u00a0 that is for sure.\u00a0 Baffles can have a profound impact on how a mouthpiece plays.\u00a0 Usually, the higher the baffle the brighter the tone. The height of the rollover on this Hollywood was somewhere in the middle between an Otto Link and a Guardala.\u00a0 The curve of it reminds me a bit of the curve of the baffles on the metal Vandoren V16s.\u00a0 The Vandoren mouthpieces can be great but I’ve always felt that the smaller chamber and straight sidewalls don’t allow it to have a fat sound with character.\u00a0 This Hollywood has a similar baffle but scooped sidewalls and a bigger chamber which is what I always thought the V16’s should have.\u00a0 I was very curious to play it and see what it sounded like………….. Barone Hollywood Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n This mouthpiece played great with the first Rigotti Gold 2 1\/2 reed that I tried.\u00a0 It has a brighter edgier sound to it than other Otto Link type mouthpieces like I thought it would.\u00a0 Loads of power and edge when pushed but if you laid back it was nice and tame sounding.\u00a0 Right in the middle of bright and dark.\u00a0 At 1:43 in the clip I play a little of “Softly as a Morning Sunrise” at a softer volume.\u00a0 You can hear how the edge and brightness is less……..<\/p>\n This would be a great mouthpiece for R&B or funk playing as it gives you the edge and power you need but if you lay back you can play a jazz gig on it.\u00a0\u00a0 When you lay back on it,\u00a0 it gives you more of a mid-range sound that can be used for straight ahead jazz.\u00a0 I love mouthpieces like this for everyday gig playing as it covers all the bases gig wise. \u00a0 Although it is brighter and edgier when pushed,\u00a0 that tone can sound great on a live gig with some reverb and other effects on it. \u00a0 If you like the sound of this Barone Hollywood check out Phil Barones website<\/a> to order one.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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