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Re: Barrel and Mouthpiece questions

Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2018-04-05 20:22

Ken and Karl, with all due respect to both of you, I sense Ben is being pressured to reveal something that maybe he simply doesn't want to talk about. That's why, IMHO, he specifically asked about the Fobes synthetic barrel and the D'Addario 25E mouthpiece. To me, that should suffice.

I believe people make changes simply to find out how the change would affect their sound, response, playability, intonation, etc. In other words, sometimes people make changes simply to see "what happens" and in doing so, they learn something.

Maybe pressuring him is purely unintentional, however, I certainly sense it and, IMHO, Ben is simply under no obligation to explain to anybody why he feels like "upgrading". I sense that both of you are truly wanting to help him, however, it's the method or wordage being used that disturbs me and, perhaps, maybe me alone.

I sense that his non-explanation as to the reason of "why" might be frustrating to both of you, but, again, I simply don't see any reason as to why he has to explain himself.

Just my opinions...

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