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Great reed, but...
After many years I decided to get back to D'Addario reeds.
At first I got me the non organic Select Jazz and was once again happy with these reeds. Been playing on Rico blue box since before 2000, so I am concidering myself as a huge D'Addario fan, but the reeds after Rico were just terrible.
Next batch I ordered came in the Organic packaging, and sadly, once again I have to say that D'Addario is not doing that great. I was playing on the 3S SJ Filed and the organics are way too soft in comparison to the previous ones. Durability is also terrible, one reed died on me while breaking it in, and the rest are not much better.
As it comes to sound, yes, you do get this nice warm and full sound you expect from these reeds, but only for a few hours. After that you got yourself a dead piece on the mouthpiece.
Maybe, just maybe, I try next time going up a strength and order the 3M to see if it does any good, but I will consider other options before that.
Just for the record my main Saxophone is the Selmer SA2 Tenor with Theo Wanne Gaia2 8 and the Selmer 404 lig.
At first I got me the non organic Select Jazz and was once again happy with these reeds. Been playing on Rico blue box since before 2000, so I am concidering myself as a huge D'Addario fan, but the reeds after Rico were just terrible.
Next batch I ordered came in the Organic packaging, and sadly, once again I have to say that D'Addario is not doing that great. I was playing on the 3S SJ Filed and the organics are way too soft in comparison to the previous ones. Durability is also terrible, one reed died on me while breaking it in, and the rest are not much better.
As it comes to sound, yes, you do get this nice warm and full sound you expect from these reeds, but only for a few hours. After that you got yourself a dead piece on the mouthpiece.
Maybe, just maybe, I try next time going up a strength and order the 3M to see if it does any good, but I will consider other options before that.
Just for the record my main Saxophone is the Selmer SA2 Tenor with Theo Wanne Gaia2 8 and the Selmer 404 lig.
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New Packaging, same great Reed
They decided to get rid of plastic covers to be more Eco friendly. Also the reed strength Stamp is now on the face of reed. Great brand would recommend these series of reeds.
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