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Author: super20dan
Date: 2021-12-05 08:02
this mpc isnt aval any where , whats the deal? seems to me a huge company like babbit could keep up with demand for this highly popular model mpc?
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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2021-12-05 11:31
I just found one at my local shop:
https://www.wwr.co.uk/hite-alto-clarinet-basset-horn-mouthpiece-outfit-with-lig-cap-dhac.html
I had to search quite strangely for it though. A google shopping search didn't find it. A mp search on their website didn't find it. I had to search their website for "Hite".
They're good people there. I'm sure they would ship it to you if you phone them and ask.
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2021-12-05 17:26
thanks sunny-i fear this mpc may be being discontuned. alto clarinet stuff is not very much in demand these days but everyone tells me these are the best mpc for it
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Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2021-12-05 18:51
It seems they often go through periods where they are out of stock everywhere. I tried to buy one last year but it took months before they became in stock again. They are worth the wait though, I highly prefer them to any other commercially available alto mouthpiece. The only mouthpiece I prefer over the Hite is my custom mouthpiece by Olav Bakke.
-JDbassplayer
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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2021-12-05 23:33
super20dan - if you are stuck, I can buy that one from the shop and post it.
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Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2021-12-06 00:47
They would be paying more than double the US price not even including shipping.
Dan, if you are desperate for a mouthpiece I would just get a Yamaha 4C with some 2.5 reeds to hold you over until they come in stock. With a 10% off coupon I got mine from WWBW for under $75 shipped. Even buying both together you are still saving money over buying it from that shop the UK.
-JDbassplayer.
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2021-12-06 01:21
thanks guys -no i am not stuck as i have an amazing vandy b44 but just wanted a xmas present for myself lol. just hoping babbit isnt discontinueing them . i have 2 altos and wanted to keep a mpc in each case . never played a hite i didnt like
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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2021-12-06 16:20
That's an amazingly big difference JDbassplayer, I had no idea. Thanks for stepping in.
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Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2021-12-06 19:50
The Hite is a nice mouthpiece so you have made a good choice. It gives a very full sound. If you want to go a little deeper in your pockets the Grabner mouthpiece is really nice too. It gives better high notes than the Hite too althuogh yu rarely see them on alto.
Eefer guy
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2021-12-07 06:30
i have a premium mpc allready . a bay and its really good but tip is a bit larger than i like . the hite comes in a comfortable size tip if its like the bass model
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2021-12-14 03:18
finally located a hite! all the way out in oregon. its on its way but wont get here by my xmas concert. i really fear the alto model is discontinued.
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2021-12-23 03:03
the hite arrived today! first impression is it has best tone of any of my mpcs . however there is good and bad here. the hite i found {and it took a lot of looking} is apparantly a NOS model from when david and jean made them themselves-before the company was sold to babbit. its got a narrow table and is desighned for only alto clarinet reeds. legere reeds dont fit right and the edges bite into my lip. reg alto clarinet reeds -no problem. however i am wanting to go all synthetic reeds now and the forestone reeds i have sound lousey on the new hite. same for bravo. rico plasticovers sound good so i may go this route or if i have to i will use real cane . it plays wonderfully and came with a hite lig which i like as well. i know its nos as david hites phone # is on the box. given he passed away in 2004 id say this mpc has been sitting unsold a long time. box is quite shopworn
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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2021-12-23 14:10
Wow! That's really interesting that that has been waiting to be sold for such a long time.
I'm really glad it works with cane and that the tone is so good.
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2021-12-23 17:20
tone is so good i be nuts not to use it. another + is most all my tenor sax ligs fit it so i have a vide variety of ligs to choose from.
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2022-01-05 19:34
finnally got to try out the hite at rehersal. it lives up to its numerous recommendations i got here. easy the best i have played except for my bay . for a mass produced mpc-i dont see how you can do better than this mpc. . the hite ligature is also pretty darn good . mine is old enough that it still came with a ligature.
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Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2022-01-05 20:05
They all come with ligatures an caps, even the new ones. One of many reasons they are one of the best values as far as alto clarinet mouthpieces go.
-JDbassplayer
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2022-01-06 02:53
yes this used to be the case but when i was looking for one all the big web stores like wwand brass and musicians friend said no lig included. the bass hite came with both cap and lig
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