High Baffle Sax Mouthpieces - What makes the biggest difference in your Sound? 

yes for many years he did play a Guardala on alto. Jennifer Price (owner and maker of Vigilante Mouthpieces) used to work for Dave Guardala, she made the mouthpieces while Dave did about 30-45 mins worth of finishing work on them. Well after Guardala did his shady stuff and disappeared that left quite a hole in the mouthpiece community. About 8 years ago Paul Taylor talked Jennifer into making mouthpieces again and starting up her own business under a different name so as not to associate herself with Dave's dealings. She still makes each one by hand about 4 days worth of work for each piece and no two are exactly alike. Paul is playing one of hers now and has been for the last several years. Check them out at www.vigilantemouthpiece.com

hey so sorry for the delay, I wasn't getting notifications for this video. Here's Dave Jary's info: jarycustom.wordpress.com/

Vandoren has a lot to offer, I'd check out some of their mouthpieces!

Hi Fernado, sorry it's taken so long to respond. I didn't see this until now. Hopefully you found your answer by now, but just in case.....when I was starting out I was confused about this a well. Different mouthpieces can shape your sound and make it brighter or darker (warmer) sounding....some of this is the material the mouthpiece is made of, but mostly it is the internal parts of the mouthpiece, for example the camber small, medium or large and the baffle or no baffle. The overall sound concept still comes from you, the player, but a mouthpiece can help open up your sound some and your creativity for playing, though it will not magically make you a better player. Some of the people you hear playing tenor may well be playing in the upper register or the altissimo range which is beyond the natural range of the horn and is a practice of overtones. Thanks for watching!

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Sorry for the delay, I wasn't received notifications for this video here is Dave's contact jarycustom.wordpress.com/

The mouthpiece will make more of a difference than the saxophone itself. That's why I did this video series. Though the saxophone does play a role in the tone as some play warmer or brighter than others, it doesn't have as big of a change as your mouthpiece/ligature & reed set up. Are you playing alto or tenor? Try some brighter mouthpieces first, it will be much more affordable than changing your saxophone. There's a lot of bright high baffle mouthpieces, these are just a few that I'm showing here. Jody Jazz DV, Beechler, Dukoff, Theo Wanne to name a few. If you're playing alto also check out my other video reviewing the new Jody Jazz Super Jet Mouthpiece, it's very bright and may give you the sound you're looking for.

Sure, everyone will hear something different. This video isn't really about which piece sounds better as I like them all for different reasons. The main focus is to show that aside from the player, the mouthpiece / reed set up makes a bigger difference than the sax itself (video 3 compares saxophones) The biggest take away is that the equipment will only take you so far, the rest comes from you, the player. But if you like the Dukoff piece, you should check out my newer video playing the Jody Jazz Super Jet! It replaced my Dukoff as I liked it a lot better and it's been my main mouthpiece lately as it does it all really well!

Sorry for the delay I wasn't getting notifications on this video, I play size 2 on legere signature for alto which is a 2.5 for most cane reeds.

yea plastic mouthpieces are the cheap ones that usually come with a horn. Hard rubber is a much more common alternative to metal, a lot of players play hard rubber. Vandoren makes some great affordable mouthpieces made of hard rubber, I covered one in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3oNvQRWyYvM.html

yea they're pricey. I supposed though if I spent 3-4 days making each one by hand I'd have to charge a lot too haha. The closest thing I've found to the tenor Vigilante is the Theo Wanne Shiva, but Theo charges $750 for those as well which is a bit much for a CNC piece, even as good as it is. Keep your eyes out on ebay as used ones pop up occasionally.

You should try a vintage Brilhart Level Air in around a .080-.085 tip. They are way off what size is stamped on them, so you almost have to have the seller measure it to know for sure. If you get a good one, they are absolutely incredible. A lot like the Dukoff, but not as bright, and slightly less buzzy.

yea those are nice. I used to have one on tenor, very guardala like, but when I got my Vigilante it was no comparison. I have no idea what the tip opening was like you said I think they vary. Never tried one on alto, but I'm more of a tenor / soprano player so I haven't looked that hard. Will try to do a video of the Super Jet soon as I'm really liking that for the way I play. Once I get Dave to open up the JaryJazz DV though it'll probably dominate.