Battle of the Slants - Jim's Blindfold Challenge
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- čas přidán 26. 03. 2019
- Welcome to the first in a series of blindfold challenges! In this video Jim and Michael put 6 of the most popular Slant style mouthpieces up against each other.
Theo Wanne Slant Sig - bit.ly/2UVEDRH
Otto Link "Vintage" - bit.ly/2FsSvMW
Drake Son Of Slant - bit.ly/2HH3UfG
Retro Revival Tru Slant - bit.ly/2Ot9fYn
Marmaduke - bit.ly/2YmM0DU
Aizen LS - bit.ly/2JI7J67 - Hudba
The Link was my favorite. Strong and solid but always classy.
First time I've ever heard a sax player ask, "Hey, man, what's MY setup?"
Timestamps for quick comparison:
5:10 Slant Sig
10:36 Otto Link "Vintage"
16:40 Drake SOS
22:05 Retro Revival Tru Slant
27:42 Marmaduke
34:17 Aizen
The saxophone is?
great reviews! why not doing that with the Meyer NY copies as well? Would be interesting!
I really like his insight and description of what he’s hearing/feeling. Very eloquent in his use of adjectives
I quite enjoyed that. I'm a slant style player myself, love the sound. But these mouthpieces sounded so different!
An excellent review of several high quality classic slant pieces. A genuine attempt was made here to objectively showcase only the sonic qualities of each of the contenders. I was unfamiliar with a couple of the brands in this challenge and was pleasantly surprised at their performance. After carefully listening to this video three times, I found several of these mouthpieces sounded quite muffled. With some, the dark vintage characteristics came across as though a rag had been left in the bell. In contrast, the Marmaduke and the Theo Wanne seemed by my ear to display very similar sonic qualities and offered a balance of richness, evenness, and clear articulation. I would give the "Blue Ribbon" to the Theo Wanne Slant Sig 2 due to its slightly superior balance of tonal qualities, even intonation and precise articulation.
I have been lucky enough to play three of these six pieces and ultimately decided that the best Slant sig I have ever tried is a Kanee Florida Lg chamber. It is a nice case where the best piece is not the most expensive.
Great video. The New Vintage Link scored highest. Its the mouthpiece I have at the moment in 5*. It is the cheapest one , too - I think.
I play one of those new vintage tone edges. I ordered four in 7* and they all played differently, one being clearly superior to the others. I am very happy with it and nice to see that it can hold up to those more expensive alternatives one sometimes is intrigued to buy :)
This is fun . Please do this again. Thank you. Interestingly enough , my scores were the same as yours.
Retro Revival Tru Slant sounded really nice to me with that fullness and extra edge, sad it played a little tough for him.
While it’s nice to see the rankings of six tenor mouthpieces, it’s even better to hear how Jim describes the characteristics of each. This will help me when I compare and buy a new mouthpiece. I hope these times help:
05:09 Theo Wanne Slant Sig
10:38 Otto Link Vintage Tone Edge
16:40 Drake SOS 8L
22:08 Retro Revival Tru Slant
27:42 Marmaduke 8ML
34:18 Aizen LS
this duo should do more videos in future
You guys are too funny!
Y’all set me right with this Jody jazz
love the Retro Revival Tru Slant most
Amazing
Thanks for this. Any chance of doing the same for STM style metal pieces?
Budget daredevil, lmao
It is interesting and kind of cool to know that the best vintage otto links are made by otto link hahahaa
You could tell if the mouthpiece feels right to you right away. I think the drake suited him best because it was the most musical. His point about the reed being able to make a big difference is true. Even though this video was an hour long it was an enjoyable watch for me because I love everything about saxophones and the dialog was cool.
great stuff
Could you do a video like this but over classical tenor mouthpieces?
Selmer concept and s80 mouthpieces are just both too dominant. Other mouthpieces have their strengths, but the selmer mouthpieces just play with a superior sound while being well rounded in other areas.
What saxophone is he playing?
Can you please tell me what's the neck strap Jim is using?
I'm very happy with my Otto Link Tone Edge on alto.
Great video, I just wish the sound quality was better, i feel like the sound of the saxophone was at times too distant. A mic specifically for the saxophone would sound better and provide a better comparison between the specific nuances of each piece.
Just put the mic in the right place!
Nice
We get the message😂
What is the difference between a slant style and a regular style mouthpiece
So a "slant" type mouthpiece means it is based on the design of the original Otto link "slant signature" mouthpiece, called this because the words Otto link were written diagonally (hence the slant) across the back of the mouthpiece. So any mouthpiece based on the old hard rubber links are called slant style pieces, in the same way that a lot of Alto pieces like the vandoren v16, Jody jazz hr*, or Theo wanna NY Bros are Meyer style pieces.
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Are they all 8 openings?
if you did a random 2nd round in the same sitting without letting Jim know - eg: I have 10 mouthpieces for you and in reality there are only 6 there, likely would have some variation in the observations. BTW I think you meant 2kHz or 2000Hz and not 2000k. Good review overall - thanks!!
The aim isn't to test the method of testing, the aim is to listen to Jim's opinions.
Otto link all tw
Yes .the first two mouthpieces were the best
some of the mouthpieces would probably have performed better with another ligature and/or reed... The otto link vintage sounds stuffy with this ligature...
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I didn’t know this video was 50 minutes dang
We may have drifted a little bit in this. We're going to ensure our next ones are a little more condensed!
Please don't shorten Jim's video. Many of us have a much longer attention span than youngsters and can fully appreciate and enjoy listening to Jim play and talk.
Sax .co.uk I watched the whole thing I enjoyed it was very good
It interesting that Jim gave the Aizen LS a 7.7 but to me it was not very good at all. To my ear the Theo sounded very close to the vintage Otto Link. Thanks for this review.
Well, to me Aizen was rather brilliant. Perhaps the best of the lot.
Please
Is the otto link he played a true vintage slant or a "new vintage"?
"New Vintage" for sure.
What is a Slant style anyway? 37:25 "cracked altissimo" and "cracked my altissimo" Sounds like a good name for a band and their first album, haha. Out of all the mouthpieces I liked the sound of the Otto Link the best and then the Aizen next. You have done videos on alto and tenor mouthpieces, but not soprano and baritone mouthpieces, so could you make videos on those?
I believe in the '50s, the Otto Link Tone Edge mouthpieces had "Otto Link" written on them at a 45 degree angle across the back of the mouthpiece, so they had a "slant signature" or a slant sig.
@@BHound1981 Thanks. I have seen old Otto Link mouthpieces with that signature and makes sense then. I was just on the Theo Wann website which mentions the same thing.
For me Marmaduke cut it, than Link...
Don't this guy remind you of Faze Rain?
Cringing cuz i thought Jim was gonna knock all da mouthpieces
drake sos was my favorite
Justin N. mine too
Yes, Drake SOS has such a great sultry jazz sound that you just want to curl up within it!
please the recording quality of the sax is so bad you cant tell much. why not use a proper close mic.
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This video does not have to be this long :/ I mean really
Contrary, it is great it is so long, I love it. So many useful information!
Bit long!
Omg. Bla bla bla bla.....