JPSaxMan
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VandorenEither ya love them or hate them.
I use ZZ's on my alto and love them.
Gonna try a box of V16's on my tenor (when I get it back) and see how they sound.
Gonna also try the Traditionals on my bari and see how that works (the Rico's I'm using now might be a little low-rate).
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CMelodyMan
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VandorenPersonally I don't like Vandoren reeds. There is usually only one or two playable reeds in a box of 10. Maybe you should try Rico Royal, they're Rico reeds but better quality than regular Ricos.
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altosaxgeek5
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Hmm.I play Vandoren traditional 3's and find that I can usually play the whole box... though some do play better than others.
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CMelodyMan
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Here's a story to explain why I don't like Vandoren reeds. Yesterday I went to the store and bought some Vandorens, because my private lesson teacher had been pressuring me into getting some. Later that day, my Yani came in. I hurriedly opened the box up, and ripped the sax out of its case. I put a Vandoren reed on that I had been playing on for about an hour before my new sax came in, and started to play. Every note played great, except normal low A and middle C. I wondered why they weren't playing right. I looked, and saw that they had brand new pads right there. I thought that maybe the pad hadn't "formed" around the tonehole because it was so new. I just gave up finding out what tje problem was and just kept on blowin. After awhile, my reed was really wet, and it needed to be changed. I knew that I wasn't getting a very good sound out of that Vandoren, so I slapped on a good ol' Rico, and EVERY note played perfectly, with a wonderful sound, including low A and mid C.
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altosaxgeek5
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Well, to each his own, I guess. I once had a regular, orange box Rico that gave the fattest, smoothest sound I'd probably ever had, but now, I get that sound all the time with my refaced 4C and Vandoren 3's or 2.5's
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