Author: GBK
Date: 2002-07-09 22:08
With the recent talk about the tip change (flatter) of the Vandoren V-12 reed (specifically the 3½) I thought I would try them and compare the difference to the old style.
(I have played the V-12 3½ as my primary reed for many, many years, with the Gonzalez FOF (recently) as a very formidable alternative.)
I must now say that until Vandoren reshapes the tip back to way it previously was, I will no longer be using the newer V-12 3½, as this new change to a "flatter" tip shape is totally unsatisfactory.
Even with my reed adjusting skills (which I consider quite good) these are very difficult to work with, and now require a different balancing than before.
How has everyone else fared with the newer V-12's?
Does anyone know if this new "flatter" tip is only on the V-12 3½, or on all V-12's?
Thankfully, I still have a very large cache of the "older" V-12's, and a good supply of Gonzalez FOF's...GBK
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