A nice selection of Links here. The No USA 5* that is held up and described as 'refaced beautifully', may play great but the refacer has cut through the brass and into the black bite plate. I've owned nice playing refaced Links by BP and TK that were cut through to the bite plate in this way, their early work perhaps, but the blanks might have been worked or damaged already? Bending the tip open and cutting less brass from the baffle avoids this problem of opening up tips, but bending can change how the pieces sound.
Good stuff! I stumbled on this video and found it very informative. It would've been nice if you would have play tested each mp to show what they sound like.
I did but unfortunately the subtleties of mics and saxophone escape me. I barely understand voiceover mics, let alone clarinet, let alone saxophone. In the future I will have some examples of these!
Nice, looking forward to watching/listening to them! I'm curious how each mp plays.. are those your top four Otto Link's in your rotation? I'm digging your other videos you have posted.
