Reed hunt

[themacintrasher]

I have been using plasticovers on my berg for a while now, and like them, except for the painfuly bright upper register. I slapped a ZZ 2 on it today, and the upper register sings and it plays better, except f0or the lower register. I love La Voz on alto, but not as much on tenor. I'm looking for a cane reed that has a similar sound to the plassticovers but still plays like the ZZs in the high register.

[cjmdsax]

"Painfully bright upper register . . ." Isn't that also called projection? :D

Sorry, not much help here but Plasticovers have always struck me as being similar to coated Rico Royals. I don't play Royals or Bergs though I do play Plasticovers and other cane reeds. I remember trying Alexander Superials quite a while ago on alto and thought they compared well with Plasticovers in terms of liveliness. Good luck in your search.

[nachoman]

I've been using plasticovers on my berg for thel ast year or so and have just gone back to a mixed bag of Javas and V16s... they work well for me and I've certainly not compromised the power of plasticovers....