SMUltraX cup depth: Baritone use?
Hi, I’m a euph player who has a cheap JP 4 valve (non compensating) euph but with a gold SM4U mouthpiece that I like playing, especially because I feel my tone is okay on it.
Have changed seats in the brass band to first baritone and am playing on an old Sterling model (like a Besson Soverign). I’ve been using an SM6 as a “starter baritone mouthpiece” but find the tone is far less pleasant, obviously some of this is me getting used to the instrument, but in the 1st Bari parts there’s a lot of above-stave playing and I just don’t think I can make such a nice sound even though the baritone horn is a better quality compensating one. I want to sound better and do intend to practice, this isn’t just a quick fix!
I’m thinking about getting a larger cup, and was looking at the Baritone SM4UX.... but if it has a shallower cup, will that make the tone less full? the lower number is larger cup diameter, right?
does anyone have experience of whether the tone richness is compromised in the baritone SM4uX?
I really like the gold euph SM4U (no issues with the rim) and could just buy an identical smaller SM4U for the bari, but am
intrigued by whether the X model would give me a better play time while still letting me build up my tone. is deeper always better?
thanks!