Happiness is a wet Rico reed

[vonbraig]

After months of reed hell I picked up a box of regular Ricos and found three out of ten that I could work up to use on my recital Sunday. Go figure. The notes are popping on the Parker heads and I'm not ghosting stuff I don't mean to ghost. Hazaaa....!

[ZenBen]

there is a quote from dexter gordon that goes something like "happiness is a wet rico."

[Mike Ruhl]

there is a quote from dexter gordon that goes something like "happiness is a wet rico."I think it was "Happiness is a #3 Rico".

[Alto Giant]

I think it was "Happiness is a #3 Rico".

Zen Ben is quiet right. It was a Gordon quote which he said in "Round Midnight". The thing with the #3 Rico was that he quarreld amoung with his manager who didn't want him( the person Gordon acted) to buy a Rico #3 because Bean plays a different reed.

AG;)

[dirty]

After months of reed hell I picked up a box of regular Ricos and found three out of ten that I could work up to use on my recital Sunday. Go figure. The notes are popping on the Parker heads and I'm not ghosting stuff I don't mean to ghost. Hazaaa....!

Do they last though? That's always been my problem with Rico and Rico Royal, some of them sound great for the first 10-20 minutes, then they die, leaving me with a soggy, unresponsive strip of wood strapped to my mouthpiece.

[vonbraig]

I've been playing one for about four days now and it seems pretty stable to me. I'm really happy with my setup at the moment.

[Mike Ruhl]

I've been playing one for about four days now...Wow, aren't your chops tired yet? :yikes!: