| I used to play on Bach mouthpieces, so I'll chime in here.
When I originally switched from my Bach 2 to a megatone 2, I was very pleased with what I thought was a more stable response. I played on that megatone for a year (assuming that it must be better than the standard Bach 2!)
One day, just for fun I put in my standard Bach 2 and I was blown away with its ease of playing. My flexibility was improved, the higher range felt more relaxed and stable, and my sound was more resonant. I couldn't believe how much I liked my standard mouthpiece more than my megatone. Well, that was pretty much it for my megatone. I sold it on eBay.
I think that the megatone mouthpieces are not very well designed. They really do make things difficult in the upper register and deaden the tone. Bach tried to compensate for this by opening up the throat but I don't think that really did much good.
That's just my take.
Joe Lewis
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