Grand Concert Selects

[badfella518]

Just wondering what you guys thought of Rico grand concert selects. I came across(box of 10) them on ebay for only 2.50$. How would you compare them to rico alto or vandoran alro in strengh. What about sound?
Thank you

[groovesax]

Hey for that price, you could could use them to shim the door if they don't work out as sax reeds.

[TMadness1013]

I've found w/ Rico GCS:

Similar in sound to Vandoren traditionals.

However, a little bit weaker in strength.

[singlereed]

I used to play the 2.5 ones and liked them very much. When I changed to a different set up and needed a harder reed, I didn't find the Rico GCS were as good as Vandoren or Alexander Classique in 3.0 and 3.5, they just seemed stuffy. Otherwise, yes they are in the same ball-park as Vandoren Trad.

[tenor562]

I really didn't like the box of ten I bought a year ago from WWBW. None of them seemed to have the response or tone quality that I got from the Alexander Superials. I also gave them some time, and picked them up later, and they still lacked what I wanted. It could've been a really bad box or a strength problem, but as long as Vandoren and Alexander are in the market, I'll keep away.