Hi everyone,
I had a new student today who has been playing for 2 years (10 years old) and he is playing on a Jupiter 12C mouthpiece and Yamaha 321.
His tone has an very aggressive edge / bark to it, and I'm thinking it comes from the shallowness of the 12C mouthpiece.
I gave him my Bach 5G to try and his tone immediately improved but he's lost a lot of range. I think he is about 2 to 3 years from the 5G.
I then gave him a Wick 6BS to try and that took the edge away but still the tone wasn't all that great.
So I'm thinking for putting him onto the Faxx 6.5AL (small shank) for the next 2 years. Just wondering if anyone has tried both and can tell me if the difference is worth the trouble?
Regards
Ted