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Looking for the right mouthpiece...
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:20 pm
by jon112780
What mouthpiece would you recommend that:
-Is the usual inner diameter (32.5mm-33.5mm)
-Is shallower than the average mouthpiece
-Has a larger-than-average throat
-Isn't a custom order job with a ~$175 price tag
-Has a rim that is somwhat flat and narrow (this one isn't that important)
Just something that has easy response, good volume, and can move more air in the $$$ register; I'm not concerned with extreme high or low playing on this particular mouthpiece.
I had an LM-10 w/helleberg rim several years ago that might have fit the specs, but it's long gone don't remember who I sold it too.
Any other ideas?
Re: Looking for the right mouthpiece...
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:37 am
by Donn
Marcinkiewicz H4 is fairly shallow, and is one of the few large, shallow mouthpieces I know of that isn't particularly `bowl shaped.' It's a hair wide of your upper limit (33.6 mm the way he measures it), with a pretty big throat (8.33 mm.) The rim of the H series is mildly rounded. I enjoy playing it, though I'd probably do better on a less demanding mouthpiece.
Re: Looking for the right mouthpiece...
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:48 am
by jon112780
Elephant- I laughed so hard I spilled my drink while seeing the Batman cartoon, now I have to go change my shirt...
Re: Looking for the right mouthpiece...
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:52 am
by cjk
The Sellmansberger Imperial is what I'd recommend. If you aren't satisfied with any of the optional screw rims, then you probably couldn't be satisfied.
If that isn't shallow enough, you could order a Sellmansberger Solo instead.
If the Sellmansberger Solo is too shallow, you could always add the delrin cup extender.
The throat size on both of these is 8.2 mm. I don't know what you would consider to be average. You could always buy a 21/64" (8.33mm) drill bit at pretty much any hardware store and open it up a little more. IIRC, 8.3mm was the size of the LM10 throat.
Joe offers a reasonable trial period as well.
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Looks like they are under $175 complete.
Re: Looking for the right mouthpiece...
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:09 pm
by MartyNeilan
cjk wrote:The Sellmansberger Imperial is what I'd recommend. If you aren't satisfied with any of the optional screw rims, then you probably couldn't be satisfied.
If that isn't shallow enough, you could order a Sellmansberger Solo instead.
If the Sellmansberger Solo is too shallow, you could always add the delrin cup extender.
The throat size on both of these is 8.2 mm. I don't know what you would consider to be average. You could always buy a 21/64" (8.33mm) drill bit at pretty much any hardware store and open it up a little more. IIRC, 8.3mm was the size of the LM10 throat.
Joe offers a reasonable trial period as well.
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=49022" target="_blank" target="_blank
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=40458" target="_blank" target="_blank
Looks like they are under $175 complete.
What he said.
Re: Looking for the right mouthpiece...
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:51 pm
by peter birch
perhaps a Bach 24AW
Re: Looking for the right mouthpiece...
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:59 pm
by pwhitaker
The new LOUD Tommy Johnson model fits your criteria. I used mine last Saturday in my 6/4 Holton for an outdoor gig and was very satisfied the flexibility, timbre and ease of articulation afforded by this mpc.