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advice needed on reeds

Author: Plonk
Date: 2010-06-23 08:24

After a 3 year break I'm now playing every day again and loving it, but and struggling to find the right reed - would welcome some suggestions.

My setup: Yamaha ycl34 with vandoren b45 mouthpiece

At the peak of my playing ability I played Vandoren 3.5's - but I reverted to 3s after I graduated and wasn't playing so much (about 10 years ago), then I stopped completely 3 years ago.

Now I'm playing again, I assumed I'd need to use 3s and I bought a box of Mitchell Lurie but every single one is far too soft to play on. I have tried butchering with a knife but I'm not very skilled. I do get the impression that they are nice reeds though, with only 2-3 out of the box sounding like duffers.

At the same time I bought 5 Zonda no.3s. The first one I tried was beautiful but only lasted about 3 days. The others haven't been nice at all and I'm at a loss as to whether they are hard or soft for me - just very duff.

I also got two free reeds from www.internetreeds.com a new company doing freebies at the mo. A 3 which was so soft it practically melted and a 3.5 which was so hard it broke my jaw!

So, I want to buy another box of 10, but really don't want to waste any more money if possible. I have thought of either getting Mitchell Lurie 3.5s or trying something different. I don't mind paying a bit more if it's worth it - but not if I end up throwing half a packet of reeds away.

Any suggestions?

Post Edited (2010-06-23 08:25)

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