(mouthpiece) details matter

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Bob Reynolds

Күн бұрын

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@joelewis Ай бұрын

The conclusion of this arc is going to be so satisfying

@GetYourSaxTogether Ай бұрын

104,000 sax players sharing your journey through finding a mouthpiece! Feels like a soap opera to us Bob - equal measures of intrigue and anticipation but laced with a lot of compassion for your challenge. ❤

@sonicnap223 Ай бұрын

Eventually the rabbit hole comes for all of us. We are with you every step of the way Bob. I know you will find your new forever piece and you’ll be good until your 60s!

@GMiddleLast Ай бұрын

Loving this process man

@drake1636 Ай бұрын

sunglasses bob is a vibe

@matteur11 Ай бұрын

Man vlog should never end…

@beckyn9338 Ай бұрын

Your frustration is front and center is this video. Get new glasses ordered and being made (so something is coming) and continue the search. Funny how we go from glasses to mouthpieces. Glasses are how we see the world, that way we perceive it. And a mouthpiece is how we see the world through our saxophone. If the piece (or glasses) aren’t quite right, it alters that very comfortable view we used to have. (And worked hard to get!) And since they don’t make what you had before, it is a monumental search to recreate the comfortable place you once had, but lost. I feel for you, man. I am praying you don’t have any gigs come up that would be impossible with sunglasses. Anyway, Thank you for all you do. Keep searching. I have faith you will find it. And in the meantime, i don’t mean to say I enjoy your pain, but i do find your thoughts and experiences interesting. Sending more positive vibes your way. ❤

@bobreynolds Ай бұрын

Glasses already on order

@stevekeller4814 Ай бұрын

Does my heart good to see and hear a Rico 3 1/2. Best reed ever made.

@jeremyryannoel Ай бұрын

That had me intrigued also, mostly because I play whatever is available as a band director ha. In other words, orange box does fine because it vibrates!

@frankversteeg6843 Ай бұрын

would love to have a studio like yours, man

@jogazab Ай бұрын

Hello Bob, didn't watch all of your videos related to that problem of yours but to me it sounds like getting into refacing for yourself is the only way to solve the problem. I had similiar problems as a professional player and it took a couple of years to develop proper refacing skills ... but eventually it solved these problems. I can now alter mouthpieces that I basically like and make them fit perfectly to my needs and to my instruments. No other refacer or mouthpiece maker in the world is able to fully understand or know what you are looking for and how it should sound and how it feels right for you. You are the only one that has that competence, so you should be the only one to do that work. It takes time but it's worth the effort. Best regards Jo

@LLing218 Ай бұрын

No. Bob. Do NOT get over it. You have YOUR sound, and you want that sound that you hear! I comprehend that! Keep the faith man! You'll find it!!

@ewedude Ай бұрын

Funny. Timing is everything. I turned 71 a couple days ago. Still playing professionally after nearly 60 years at it. What you may be discovering, if you're anything like me, is that your body is changing. Our ears change too. And it's so subtle, these changes. You may find that those big open pieces, with stout reeds, begin to offer just too much physical resistance to keep up with. And your ears hear the result differently too. Especially in the upper end, where we lose our hearing first. Top gets brittle sounding. Kinda sucks. But we carry on. Don't mean to rain on your parade...just sayin'. Love the videos (and glasses!). May your journey through life continue to be a happy dance. (Sorry...just got back from seeing Wicked...loved it.)

@enriquemora-toro3195 Ай бұрын

Man i love the edge youre able to achieve from that piece while still being able to play dark in softer volumes 👍 👍

@RobertoManzoli Ай бұрын

Listening to you is always a pleasure to my ears ❤ whatever mouthpiece.... greetings from Italy

@bobreynolds Ай бұрын

🙏

@dangitdoodles Ай бұрын

The whole conversation about if a mouthpiece does or doesn’t matter is so nuanced - they matter to a degree. Like you shouldn’t be struggling to play on it, it should feel good to play on, and you should enjoy playing on it. Beyond that they don’t really matter. A new mouthpiece won’t magically make you better (unless you’re fighting the mouthpiece to play)

@zickyhart1348 Ай бұрын

Try a Ted Klum Tonamax, I think it would be in your lane

@sheskimusic Ай бұрын

lol love the videos Bob.

@thomascohen9924 Ай бұрын

I'm amazed that folks can get a sound out of a 9* and an orange box 3 1/2!

@benhostetler268 Ай бұрын

It sounds like to me what you’re really looking for is a custom piece. There are any number of mouthpiece gurus I’m sure that would love to work with you to create such a piece.

@murky9554 Ай бұрын

Question: I like this "series" :D and I even do not play sax, I am a guitarist...1) Am I mad? 2) Should I start playin?

@Martoox1 Ай бұрын

Hey Bob! Love the vibes🙌 Do you have a mouthpiece that you come back to, if you get frustrated from searching? Always feel like coming back to a stable(ish) set-up helps me ground my sound and reminds me what im looking for.

@seandennis3148 Ай бұрын

I totally understand Bob. I've played a variety of set ups and I've finally found a brilliant one for my playing situation. Yay! I'm the tenor sax player in a heavy metal jazz band though. I've just recently bought a JodyJazz super jet 7*, plus a gold plated power ring, with Boston Sax Shop 2.5 silver box reeds. I'm now getting the sound I always wanted! Huzzah! Now I can really focus on putting in more work. 🎈⭐🌈🎶🎷 Maybe try a JodyJazz Giant mouthpiece?

@robstevens9590 Ай бұрын

You have more mouthpieces than my local sax store! Your old mouthpiece baffle looks like my 7 Tone Edge.

@timwhalen3840 Ай бұрын

If you’ve always played Links you’ll never be happy with anything but a Link. Even an average Link is better than anything you’ll find out there.

@YoungWilliamO Ай бұрын

My man is DEEP in the rabbit hole…might be the deepest hole I have ever seen based on sheer options

@Chris-zc8jg Ай бұрын

Time to get back to the overtone grind, good queue 😅

@BobDoherty Ай бұрын

Those New Vintage Otto Links are not going to sound the same as your old piece. I know you have tried a lot of pieces but I think since you are used to the standard tone edge, you should trial more of those pieces. One of them has to sound close to your old one and then you can have the facing cleaned up if need be. Just my 2 cents after going down the mpc rabbit hole.

@KMerrells Ай бұрын

Yeah, I mean, mouthpieces (and gear, in general) is never going to do any work for you - ideally the best it can do is "get out of your way" - allow you to sound the way you want to sound with the least amount of fighting against your gear. I don't think you have to eat your words - practice gets you 95% of the way there, but once you're there, and it's time to take care of that last 5%, then yeah, gear is going to matter for that. So I don't think you're contradicting yourself, I just think that most of us enjoying your channel have to take care of a lot more of that 95% that comes from practicing, so our time and efforts are best spent in the shed instead of the store!

@sarahsaxplayer9988 10 күн бұрын

Could a company scan in your mouthpiece and 3D print it or a manufacturer take measurement and hand 'clone' your mouthpiece ? x

@kwootamuckbear9294 Ай бұрын

🤔I don’t know what I want, but I want more of it☮️🎵🎶🎷

@iksajotien Ай бұрын

It's really frustraiting with the instruments and their physically. I sometimes think that yeah, classical guitarists have it easy, it's only a guitar and nylon strings. But then you need to take into account the humidity, the changes of the temperature, strings getting broken, oh damn it, it just sometimes really hard. Keeping my fingers crossed for you! I recent;ly got back to your live recording with OGwizdala and the rest of the squad, beautiful music, I simply love it, thank you a lot! Come to Poland!

@tpark89 Ай бұрын

This is a common problem I see as a repair technician, from people who play their set up to the ground. They just can't find something to replace it because there's nothing that feels and sounds like their set up that just bit the dust. Mental/ emotional/ sentimental and physical attachment is hard to break. I think playing a couple different mpcs is fine, couple instruments is also fine. Just don't put it on yourself to find "The One" in your set up. There's no such thing, YOU are the one.

@Robyo12121 Ай бұрын

Would be cool to hear your thoughts, 10 years later, on your iconic sax solo from We Like It Here now that the alternate take of Outlier was released on KZbin.

@sebastianverduzco3215 Ай бұрын

I would highly recommend Matt Marantz’s pieces, they’re truly great

@Craig2760 Ай бұрын

Why the wide opening 9* with a thick 3.5 reed? Given thought to a narrower opening? Either way, your sound is great with this setup. ps. Been there, done that with the Rx shades.

@jazzer2514 Ай бұрын

First mp sounded pretty nice but its missing that "sizzle" that i associate with your sound

@Roman8883 Ай бұрын

Yeah Bob,it is brighter....did you put that IKEA thing together yourself? Always good to hear from you Bob

@LA-hx9tx Ай бұрын

Seems like the Tone Edge you had was ether the norm at the time, or a variation for some reason. I know, and I'm sure this isn't news, but classical pieces tend to have less rollover baffle like your looking for. But they probably lack in other ways.

@danon668 Ай бұрын

Hey Bob What pads and resonators are installed on your horn? I guess Music Medic, their red ones + domed metal resonators? Cheers,

@bobreynolds Ай бұрын

plastic resonators

@trevorhogg Ай бұрын

I feel like you’re going about this like it’s 1990. You don’t need to do this anymore! Buy an old link of the vintage your old one is and take it to one of the many fantastic mouthpiece people around now. Or take a shot at something new like the Ted Klum Florida or Sebastian Knox Traditional, where you can work with them to dial things in the way you want. ❤

@bobreynolds Ай бұрын

unfortunately, i have sent to people and the results are not there (yet). and all the new mouthpiece makers put way too much baffle in their pieces. i have custom pieces from several of them and the baffles are crazy high. they do this to satisfy a market that has demanded ever easier to play (less resistant) mouthpieces.

@trevorhogg Ай бұрын

@ Oh man, that’s disappointing. Sorry to hear that. I hope you find the right fit!

@trevorhogg Ай бұрын

@@bobreynolds This is my personal bias obviously but I think we share a similar taste in sound clarity and center… have you ventured into Sebastian’s options? They both have a much more gradual slope away from the tip rather than the high short baffle.

@veeps1817 Ай бұрын

Exactly @@bobreynolds

@chelillingworth9466 Ай бұрын

You just need to talk to Mark at 10mfan mouthpieces and you won't have to mess around with this stuff anymore.

@JensWeyrich Ай бұрын

You are looking for a new mouthpiece. I watched your videos. It is not easy, I guess. Are you able to do your gigs and saxophon-work nevertheless? Does the compromize-mpc block your genious? Can you still work or do you have to pause your work/gigs until you find the perfect mpc? Greetings from Germany. (hope you understand my english)

@bobreynolds Ай бұрын

Each gig is a different shade of pain (bc of mpc frustration)

@XavierJordanMusic Ай бұрын

Can you link the ikea piece?

@colinstevens7657 Ай бұрын

What’s the song @ 2:27??

@Esax_ Ай бұрын

Moanin

@MadeWithSwitches Ай бұрын

Really? I thought bags groove

@kaligillen8211 18 күн бұрын

I have this fear with my odd box mouthpiece my teacher gave me in my first year of University, it's so old and he made a plasticine baffle for it it's a one of a kind, and you'll find that needle in the haystack!!!!! (also not sure if you've tried any of the Ted Klum Tonamax mouthpieces modelled off the HR Otto Links but another avenue if you haven't gone down it yet????)

@marcvandeneynden Ай бұрын

Did you talk to Ted Klum? Your sound concept is in the same league as Seamus Blake IMO.

@user-pc3fs1tv9w Ай бұрын

Man, That high F tone hole looks pretty jagged. (Unless it’s just the camera angle).

@codfather6583 Ай бұрын

So many online battles discussing GAS and why it doesnt matter using your arguments, and this truth-bomb! - Fuck it, i'm also going to get sunglasses with subscription lenses and a friggin hat to go with them! 😂🙃 Edit; What sunlasses tho?

@Radjammin Ай бұрын

Just remember kids, start on a 2 and go up. If you're not practicing all the time you are not going to want to play 4s. Also if your playing second tenor making your altissimo pop is not your top priority.

@bobreynolds Ай бұрын

True

@kwootamuckbear9294 Ай бұрын

😎🎵🎶🎷

@jakejuhl2441 Ай бұрын

Casey Nisetat said he wears sunglasses on camera so he can stare at the screen and not camera lenses

@sonholee5769 Ай бұрын

Bob Reynolds and Corey Hart

@marcellonoia9418 Ай бұрын

How is it possible to play on a 9* with 3,5 reeds? I would need an oxygen refill after 10 minutes 😮

@It.wasnt_me Ай бұрын

I think you should look at Drake mouthpieces.

@felipemendozar Ай бұрын

I think hard work doesn’t mean being able to play a 9* with reed 4. You certainly did the hard work, but the conclusión shouldn’t be being able to play certain equipment . Some pro players play softer reeds and that doesn’t mean they didn’t do the hard work. They also sound great.

@bobreynolds Ай бұрын

Not the size/opening but rather the work to develop tone (and not expect that a particular mouthpiece or piece of gear “delivers” tone)