Author: tylerleecutts
Date: 2015-02-17 08:52
I tried the V21s recently. I personally prefer the D'Addario reeds (Reserve Classic 3.5+), and the older Rico Reserve 3.5+ reeds (in the red box). A friend of mine said "If you play D'Addario/Rico mouthpieces, play their reeds. If you play Vandoren, you should probably play Vandoren reeds."
I think this is generally true, but I know several of my colleagues in school play the Reserve mouthpieces with Vandoren reeds, and vice versa and sound fine. I use the Reserve X0 and like the Reserve Classic reeds with it.
Overall, the V21 reed was pretty nice, and remarkably similar to my Reserve Classic reeds. However, I still think my Reserve reeds were a cut above. However, altogether a good reed. Definitely better than the other Vandoren cuts for me.
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