Ligatures are such a personal thing that one has to choose to "bring a setup together." However, one must be cognizant to maximize the range and control of a setup; also, to bring out the best qualities in your reeds. To quote Bonade, many problems of reeds start with the ligature.

For me this video shows that your vintage Bonade ligature has priceless value for supporting your performance. In my understanding, it can make your sound more resonant, more condenced, and more controllable.

@DaleFedele

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! I wish that I could recommend a ligature today that is similar, but I have to admit it is unique. I do like Bonade ligatures from the 70's that do sometimes pop up on eBay. Have you seen my video about the ages of Bonade ligatures? I do like the solid silver Ishimori ligature! I also think some (not all) old german silver ligatures can be excellent. I'd like to experiment with some by soldering rails on them in the style of Bonade. I actually tried a Selmer ligature once that someone had soldered on rails! By the way, if you have a facebook, contact me, Dale Fedele. Maybe I can send you some to try sometime.

@kojicho

4 жыл бұрын

Dale Fedele Thank you so much, too! Later I will contact you in Facebook!

Love what you said about the "danger" in the sound! What a cool concept

Man I really love your vids. Always some new and good information

@DaleFedele

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very very much!! I really appreciate that! Let me know if you have any questions or things you might like me to cover.

@squiddyjamzzz

4 жыл бұрын

@@DaleFedele oh for sure thank you will do

Welp... I have every ligature you mentioned except the Gigliotti, and I always come back to the Bonade. The screws on mine stripped last week, so I think I’ll check eBay for the old ones and see what those are about. Nice video!

@DaleFedele

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your comment! If you search in my channel for Bonade ligatures, I have a video that might help with discerning the older Bonades from the newer ones! :-)

I notice a bass clarinet and a tenor in the background! I play those too as well as flute, alto clarinet, soprano, alto and bari sax and some oboe and recorders. Used to have an Eb Clarinet, but I don't any more

I miss the gigliotti ligature...

You should reveiw the new LIBRE clarinet ligature sold on ebay

Dale - can you tell us what kind of facing you have on your mouthpiece? I ask because a mouthpiece like a Vandoren has a concave table that interacts massively with Ligature design. Ligatures that bind at the top and the bottom of this concavity will result in a far different sound than a ligature that uses rails like an inverted bonade. I personally don't like concave tables for this reason. You have to tweak tension etc to get the sound you like.

I hear a little Klezmer in there !

Do you like AK ligature?

Why you didn't compare them with the Brancher? You also told that you will sell the Brancher?

Just yesterday got my Luyben ligature and It has some instructions, do you recommend following them???

@DaleFedele

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, definitely! It will help greatly

@jimis3167

4 жыл бұрын

@@DaleFedele Probably, because screws now are really tight, maybe I should follow the instructions.. It's ok now I played like this?

@DaleFedele

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimis3167 Yes of course! I also know someone that played one for 30-40 years with a bunch of different mouthpieces, reeds...they are flexible! Just don't over-tighten the screws.

please review the hite ligature

@DaleFedele

3 жыл бұрын

I briefly mentioned it in another video. I'll do another one about it, but it's in my "metric ton of ligatures" video

Do you like Robert Vinson ligature??

@DaleFedele

3 жыл бұрын

I need to add that to my list! I prefer it to a few other plastic ligs!

@jimis3167

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaleFedele Please! answer also to my other comments!

At Min 6:00 throat boats sound amazing!!!!!

@jimis3167

2 жыл бұрын

You mean 5:48 😉

For me, best ligature of all time is the original Harrison. Depending on what you want, either the gold or silver plate work. The current Rico H is a faint imitation and should be avoided