![]() ![]() It was a huge leap, and all attributed to the Giant and to Jody's comments, teaching, and advice. I have never been as pleased as I am with the Giant sound with my expertly and recently overhauled Yanigasawa T991. It gave me the "Texas tenor" sound, great intonation across the range, the flexibility in dynamics, and I had to get accustomed to using more air through the horn. When I did this, I literally discovered my long sought after personal sound on the Giant. Remembering his saying that his own embouchure was relaxed across the range, and the importance of the facing curve, etc.I made a slight adjustment to my own embouchure. The night before, I had seen Jody's video about embouchure endurance, hours per week playing, and other factors as a means for Jody to help players find the right piece. Just today, I had enough energy to play for about 40 minutes, which was a wonderful feeling. Recently, I had to stop playing/practicing due to a moderately severe and long lasting bout of Covid. I also played a Vandoren mouthpiece for a time. "The JodyJazz Giant Tenor 7* was always my favorite, but I had to experiment with the DV CHI Tenor metal and the JET eventually, just to hear and feel the differences. These mouthpieces seem to deliver a lot for the price and are well made, made in America, and a good deal all around!" I am thinking of buying an HR* as well, just to compare and also so I have another nicely hand finished mouthpiece that can cover any of the genres or small combo stuff I may do that the Jet might just be a little bit much for. I am very happy with it and it is quite flexible in what it can do. It is pretty easy to play, but does require a little bit more skill in controlling it as it is very responsive and quite low resistance. It is pretty reed friendly but I've always played on medium-long facing curves with a bit higher reed strengths and some embouchure adjustment is expected with this piece along with softer reeds to better accommodate its shorter facing curve. I've had it about a month and am still experimenting a bit with slightly softer reeds and have gotten used to its lower beak profile. This thing ROCKS! Intonation is good, horn plays more easily and it can blend/play softly as well as punch through the TOP brass sound when I need it to. Decided on the JodyJazz JET 7 and use the Rico H-style ligature I ordered with it. I've also played Vandoren V16 B7 which gave me good projection but I didn't like the JK SX90R horn's sound with it in the upper register. I am playing in a horn band where we cover a lot of ground: jazz, funk, r&b, straight ahead, etc and was looking for more projection, less resistance, and a bit brighter sound than I was getting from my Otto Link STM 7. ![]() I play SATB in different/various groups and have played for over 40 years. "I contacted the customer service department at JodyJazz and answered theirĦ question survey, and asked about advice on either an HR* or JET for my next bari sax mouthpiece. ![]()
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