The battle of the New York Meyer jazz alto mouthpiece!?!? Connoisseur, Marantz, Morgan, Meyer NY
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I have been wanting to make a video like this for YEARS!
Please listen to 4 short one-minute recordings of four of my favorite alto saxophone mouthpieces.
Timescodes
0:00 - Intro
0:10 - Mouthpieces and backstories
2:10 - Matt Marantz New York Bros Legacy
3:11 - Meyer NY USA (vintage) Ted Klum reface
4:15 - J. J. Babbitt Meyer Bros Connoisseur mouthpiece
5:17 - Morgan Jazz
6:26 - Conclusions and comparisons
7:33 - Outro music (On Morgan Jazz)
Matt Marantz New York Bros Legacy
www.marantzcustommouthpieces....
Meyer New York USA (vintage) refaced by Ted Klum
Here is a link to Ted Klum's refacing work
www.tedklum.com/refacing/
J. J. Babbitt Connoisseur alto saxophone mouthpiece (Meyer Bros remake)
jjbabbitt.com/meyer-bros-new-...
Morgan Jazz M (I wish I had a NY for this comparison)
www.morganmouthpieces.com/pro...
All recordings were done using the same Venn 2.5 reed
Venn New Design 2.5 reeds
www.daddario.com/venn/
All recordings were done on my Yanagisawa WO-2 with 66 neck.
www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/our...
I am a Conn-Selmer artist and STRONGLY endorse Yanagisawa saxophones!!
Interface -UR-22c
Microphone- AKG P220
I used direct microphone to interface to garageband audio and made no changes to the sound post production. This is as clean and fair as it gets for a play test!
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Now this is the content I love. Good stuff bro
You sound great on all of them ! 😊
the old meyers feel like they have have a soft edge to them. surprised by how much the marantz sounded the same as the old meyer!
Nice comparison! I think they are all in the same tonal ballpark, I’m curious which you prefer for different settings as well as the feedback you get from each mpc? (As in, which is easiest to play, more or less resistant, etc). I’ve found my best match in an alto mpc that I like in terms of ease of blowing resistance, tone and ability to carry over a section in an Aizen jazzmaster mark II, fwiw.
@AcevedoDMA
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The Meyer NY USA is my favorite to play live, particularly with big band. The Marantz has the most warmth of tone and flexibility of tone. If I played small group acoustic I would like to use this the most. Realistically I use the vintage Meyer for everything. It doesn’t have as many tonal options, but for what it does, I think it does it the best.
BEST morgan
All sound great, but the Marantz had the warmth and projection. Too bad he doesn't make the Bros model anymore.. I've been trying to find one to purchase. Great review!!!!
@AcevedoDMA
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Matt always improves on his craft. I bet his current offering today is just as good or better.
@pbnj4lyfe298
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Yes, he does and It's a great mp, don't get me wrong, I played on one. But the bros has a fullness that the newer model lacks (IMHO). I've posted on SOTW in the wanted section but no luck as of yet. No hurry, my main is a vintage Meyer usa, but always regretted selling the marantz bros. Thank you for responding!
@pbnj4lyfe298
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If you ever consider selling you bros, let me know, I'm definitely interested.
@AcevedoDMA
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@@pbnj4lyfe298, hey, are you still interested?
@pbnj4lyfe298
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@@AcevedoDMA Yes sir, I'm still interested!
All were amazing except the new meyer. It lacked the depth and projection. The Matt Marantz piece was sooooo close to the original meyer; I had no idea. The Marantz definitely has the upper hand
I have a Meyer Connoisseur 5, it doesn't really fit my Yas 62 and I don't have an old instrument, but it sounds interesting, try the ligature that was included with mouthpiece, it really changes the direction of the sound.
@AcevedoDMA
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It comes with a decent ligature, but I wanted to use the same ligature on this video for the purposes of the comparison.
@AlexVolkhin13
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@@AcevedoDMA I think the Vandoren ligature is not the best option. It makes the sound almost square and not natural. The ligature that is included makes the sound exquisite, it seems to me that this is part of the concept of the sound of this mouthpiece.
@AcevedoDMA
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@@AlexVolkhin13 I will make sure to give it a try!