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Jack Howell's New Bass Mouthpiece

Author: kilo
Date: 2026-03-03 05:46

I hadn't heard of Jack Howell before, but a few of his videos came up in my YouTube sidebar and I thought they were well-presented and instructive. In this one he discusses his preference for close tips, hard reeds, and longer facings. He prefers his bass sound to be an extension of his sound on soprano and most new bass pieces, like the popular Vandoren B50, are moving away from that approach. He discusses the process Wes Rice used to develop a mouthpiece copied from a 1960's Selmer C and how the design was tweaked repeatedly until Jack was satisfied with the result. Hope you find it as interesting as I did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knn8FWBs30Q

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