What ligature do you use?

HG · What ligature do you use?

Right now i use an FF ligature. www.ff-fortissimo.com It's a great lig. But before I used a vandoren lig, and a bay lig. I think the Bay lig is great.

JPSaxMan

I use a Rovner Dark on alto.

I use a Rovner Dark for classical tenor and the metal lig with my Dukoff for jazz tenor.

I use metal lig for bari

And I use a metal lig for clarinet

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Bariman

Rovner Dark lig for bari, sometimes the stock metal lig that came with my Link.

Bariman

Louis Scuderi

Alto- Rovner dark
Tenor- Rovner light

altosaxgeek5

I use a Rovner Dark for alto and clarinet. Awesome ligs, the Rovners are.

HG

I'm suprised everyone uses Rovner. To me, I think the rovner deadens your sound. That's why I prefer something more free blowing and more vibrations like the FF lig or the FL lig. I think the Vandoren Optimum is a great Ligature too. it has 3 interchangable plates, 1 lig for all styles~

altosaxgeek5

Rovners don't deaden the sound if you follow the instructions, and grease the metal parts. I regrease mine weekly with cork grease.

Louis Scuderi

Oh yea, I use a Luyben ligature on clarinet now. Fish

Tully

soprano: Rovner Dark (but the previous owner basically turned it into a Light)--for whatever reason, it helps my intonation, and makes the upper register as un-shrill as possible

alto and tenor: generic cheap metal lig--works well enough, so why change?

reisio

Rovner dark for nonjazz with a Selmer S80. Metal Selmer C** has its own fitted metal ligature - for jazz.