Tenor sax mouthpieces @jodyjazzofficial and Otto Link - sound test - which one would you choose?

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This video shows one of the stages of the search for a mouthpiece to replace the JodyJazz WSP 90, which I bought in 2007. The first mouthpiece to join the JodyJazz WSP 90 was the JodyJazz HR CUSTOM DARK 6* (bought online). I played it for a few weeks and we liked each other very much????.
I kept wondering if the 6* was too small a deviation for me, so I arrived at the Sam Ash store where I found several other mouthpieces worth testing. Among them, unfortunately, there were neither François Louis nor Theo Wanne mouthpieces. Nor did I find Meyer, Dukoff, or Berg Larsen mouthpieces on the shelf. So, I tested mainly Otto Link and JodyJazz.
Each of these mouthpieces was interesting in its own way, and I would have gladly taken them all home to play for a long time and test them for years, but... I decided to leave the store with only one of them – Otto Link Rubber Tone Edge 7*. Now I have on my shelf quite an interesting and quite diverse set of mouthpieces, to which François Louis T 260 ML Signature has also joined:

- François Louis T 260 ML Signature
- JodyJazz HR CUSTOM DARK 6*
- JodyJazz ESP 90
- Otto Link TONE EDGE 7*

I hope to check out some other mouthpieces later this year. This experience has been extremely enlightening, and I recommend every saxophonist – try what you can and whenever you can. Nothing, of course, can replace wise practice, which I'm still learning and rediscovering every day, but fitting yourself a mouthpiece, ligature and reed is MEGA important. For me, it is still an interesting process, and I'll probably (even when I find my favorite set) continue (given the opportunity) to test whatever is available to me, because it's both a very enjoyable, and very informative experience ????

1. JodyJazz HR CUSTOM DARK Tenor 6* - https://jodyjazz.com/hr-custom-dark-tenor/
2. JodyJazz JET Tenor - https://jodyjazz.com/jet-tenor/
3. JodyJazz HR* Tenor 8 - https://jodyjazz.com/hr-tenor/
4. Otto Link Rubber Tone Edge 7 - https://www.samash.com/otto-link-tone-edge-rubber-tenor-saxophone-mouthpiece-ltsr
5. Otto Link Metal Super Tone Master NY 8 - https://a.co/d/aggHawJ
6. Otto Link Metal Tone Master 8*- https://www.samash.com/otto-link-tone-master-metal-tenor-saxophone-mouthpiece-ltsm
7. Otto Link Metal Super Tone Master 6* - https://a.co/d/bCi8zM4

0:00 - JodyJazz HR CUSTOM DARK Tenor 6*
1:33 - JodyJazz JET Tenor
9:48 - JodyJazz HR* Tenor 8
21:19 - Otto Link Rubber Tone Edge 7
29:15 - Otto Link Metal Super Tone Master NY 8
38:45 - Otto Link Metal Tone Master 8*
42:30 - JodyJazz HR CUSTOM DARK Tenor 6*
43:02 - Otto Link ???
46:04 - JodyJazz JET Tenor
48:10 - Otto Link ???
50:25 - Otto Link Metal Tone Master 8*
53:01 - Otto Link Metal Super Tone Master 6*
55:28 - Otto Link Tone Master 1023 8
58:24 - Otto Link Tone Master 8430 8*
1:00:25 - Otto Link Metal Super Tone Master NY 8
1:02:33 - Otto Link ???
1:05:53 - JodyJazz HR CUSTOM DARK Tenor 6*
1:07:04 - JodyJazz HR* Tenor 8
1:07:46 - Otto Link Rubber Tone Edge 7
1:10:03 - JodyJazz HR CUSTOM DARK Tenor 6*
1:10:56 - Otto Link Metal Tone Edge
1:11:16 - Otto Link Metal Super Tone
1:11:37 - Otto Link ???
1:11:52 - ???
1:12:31 - Otto Link Rubber Tone Edge 7
1:13:54 - JodyJazz HR* Tenor 8
1:14:56 - Otto Link Rubber Tone Edge 7
1:16:09 - JodyJazz HR CUSTOM DARK Tenor 6*
1:16:20 - Otto Link Rubber Tone Edge 7

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