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Re: String Ligature

Author: sfalexi
Date: 2008-08-02 02:42

It certainly does take a little bit to put the string on, but one minute? I can sacrifice that for a good sound and comfort in playing. I used to use the BOIS ligature and that's pretty easy to use.

A good compromise (mentioned above) would be a velcro ligature. You wrap it a little snug around the mouthpiece without the reed, then take it off and put the reed against the mouthpiece. Then you slip the velcro loop over the reed and mouthpiece and it should be MUCH more snug.

This (IMO) gives you pretty darned close representation of how a string lig would sound, while at the same time makes it REAL easy to put on and off (just like the BOIS lig).

Alexi - who keeps a piece of velcro in his gig bag for those emergencies where someone's ligature might break or otherwise fail.

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