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Author: Max S-D
Date: 2020-03-19 20:03
I bought the close facing Prescott on sale and received it yesterday. I've only spent a few hours on it, so I'm not going to give a detailed review, but I will say that I am very intrigued by it so far.
First impressions are that it is a cosmetically very nice-looking item, with clean machined lines and engravings and even-looking rails, to the extent that that can be assessed with the naked eye.
Intonation is quite good for me. About the same as my Fobes CF. Nothing unexpected there, which is about the most I can hope for, I'd say.
I found it to be a little bit more resistant than the Fobes, which is one of the least-resistant mouthpieces I've ever liked. I am using about a half strength softer reed on the Prescott than on the Fobes. For me, it takes about the same strength reed as a Vandoren 5RV.
Tonally, it's a bit mellower than my Fobes, which has a lot of color that can sometimes veer a bit into brightness. Compared to the B40 and Backun Vocalise, other mouthpieces I've spent time on in the last couple of years that have a mellower tone for me, I find it has a little more clarity and doesn't get as pillowy-dark as either of those. Notes feel well-defined and response is a bit quicker for me on the Prescott.
I am going to give it a shot over the next week or two (or longer) to see how it goes as my main mouthpiece. It certainly seems to have the potential. My only fear is that, since I will not be playing out for the foreseeable future, I'm going to choose an overly dark setup that sounds good in my room.
But maybe that's not a bad thing if I'm just going to be playing at home for a while!
I would say that, at a minimum, this is a great option to have at a reasonable price point. Vandoren has been dominant in this range for longer than I've been alive, so it's nice to see more options on the market now from D'Addario, Backun and now Epic. It's particularly interesting to me that these all are made with totally unique interior designs thanks to the availability of CNC machining at a price that it seems like manufacturers can swallow, rather than almost everyone having to use one of a small handful of available blanks.
What an interesting time to be a clarinetist!
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seabreeze |
2020-03-18 21:35 |
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Dan Shusta |
2020-03-18 21:57 |
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Ed |
2020-03-19 01:12 |
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Dan Shusta |
2020-03-19 05:04 |
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Djudy |
2020-03-19 17:14 |
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Re: Brad Behn Prescott Mouthpiece new |
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Max S-D |
2020-03-19 20:03 |
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Max S-D |
2020-03-19 20:08 |
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Gene |
2020-03-20 01:34 |
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seabreeze |
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Dan Shusta |
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vintschevski |
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Brad Behn |
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vintschevski |
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seabreeze |
2020-03-20 05:27 |
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Dan Shusta |
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Max S-D |
2020-03-20 10:39 |
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gwie |
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Dan Shusta |
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seabreeze |
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Chris Di Santo |
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Dan Oberlin |
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TomA |
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Anonymoose |
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J. J. |
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TomA |
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gwie |
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fernie121 |
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Chris Di Santo |
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TomA |
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donald |
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Ed |
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fernie121 |
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Ed |
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RDS |
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vintschevski |
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RDS |
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vintschevski |
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RDS |
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vintschevski |
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Djudy |
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Patrick |
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seabreeze |
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DAVE |
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Patrick |
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Ed |
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Patrick |
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Dan Shusta |
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gwie |
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Ed |
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Patrick |
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kj2008 |
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Robert N. |
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Max S-D |
2020-07-10 07:39 |
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