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Tootsall · 03-23-2007, 09:05 PM

"Yes".

Go to a place where they have a bunch of different sizes and are willing to let you try them all. Take someone with you to listen from the other side of the horn. Play them all. Select the one that sounds and feels best to you overall (range, effort, tone, intonation). Buy it. Hide your old one for at least a month (let your teacher or buddy put it in their safedeposit box with instructions not to open no matter how hard you cry. DO NOT get in the habit of thinking "Hey, I sounded better on my old one" and then trying to switch back... you'll find that you now suck on your old one too. Stick with it; it won't come overnight.

A tip if you will... if you can find someone with a Warburton dealer's kit that's the way to go; the mix and match allows you to customize everything from the end gap to the backbore to the throat to the cup size and rim diameter.

And remember... why work harder than you have to by purchasing something that's bigger than you can use or that you really need or that works for you?

03-23-2007, 09:05 PM	#20 (permalink)
Tootsall Fortissimo User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Yee HAW! Posts: 4,641	Re: time for a new mouthpiece "Yes". Go to a place where they have a bunch of different sizes and are willing to let you try them all. Take someone with you to listen from the other side of the horn. Play them all. Select the one that sounds and feels best to you overall (range, effort, tone, intonation). Buy it. Hide your old one for at least a month (let your teacher or buddy put it in their safedeposit box with instructions not to open no matter how hard you cry. DO NOT get in the habit of thinking "Hey, I sounded better on my old one" and then trying to switch back... you'll find that you now suck on your old one too. Stick with it; it won't come overnight. A tip if you will... if you can find someone with a Warburton dealer's kit that's the way to go; the mix and match allows you to customize everything from the end gap to the backbore to the throat to the cup size and rim diameter. And remember... why work harder than you have to by purchasing something that's bigger than you can use or that you really need or that works for you?