Originally Posted by
miketeachesclass
I know you weren’t asking me, but I’ll interject.
I play on the K&G 3.5, and I came from both a SM3X and SM4X.
I find the K&G 3.5 to feel similar in size to the SM4X, with the same openness, but with a much more comfortable rim contour that allows me similar flexibility and articulation without the loss of endurance I sometimes felt on the SMX series.
I also have the K&G3 and I find that comparable to the SM3X with the same differences described above.
I tried it because I kept going between the alliance DC series (which I liked the rim contour on), and the SMX series because of its open throat. The K&G piece is exactly what I was looking for to bridge the features of both pieces I liked.
I play with a K&G 3D and I fully agree with what was said above. K&G great mouthpieces.
2007 Besson Prestige 2052, 3D+ K&G mouthpiece; JP373 baritone, 4B modified K&G mouthpiece; Bach 42GO trombone, T4C K&G mouthpiece; 1973 Besson New Standard 3 compensated valves, 3D+ K&G modified mouthpiece; Wessex French C tuba, 3D+ K&G modified mouthpiece.