Author: sylvangale
Date: 2006-10-08 02:36
CJ, Did you mean the last reed maker I stumbled across, Kestrel? I kinda liked Meg Cassell's.
I feel your pain Dutchy. Once I started sampling reeds outside the $8 price range I realised how much better reeds were available and I went out there. However I think those $8 reeds are very much worthwhile over stuff on the shelf. One can even just thin the tip a bit and get a very nice reed.
I used to use and love European scrape reeds. You may find switching from American to Euro scrape reeds make the Euro reeds sound like crap, when really they don't sound bad at all. It takes a few days of getting used to the sound and then you can make it your own and judge the reeds. I prefer Euro players, but the easy big booming presence you can get on an American scrape is kinda nice sometimes.
Regards,
Stephen
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