Which bari mouthpiece?

[adnan]

Which bari mouthpiece, from your experience, will produce a sound closest to Mulligan's.

[Little Sax]

Gale Hollywood 5M

(...if only a mpc were all that it took...)

[hakukani]

Beat me to it....

[Dr_sax]

I´ve got a Charles Bay "Mulligan" edition that comes pretty close.

[sycc]

I really like my new S-90 200 facing. A little darker than the S-80s.

[Bob M]

I actually play a Greiffenhagen Vandoren V5 with a .105" tip opening. Junkdude sells these pieces, which Erik turns into a double chamber piece like the no longer available Morgan Double Chamber bari piece. It works great on my vintage Martin bari.

[ansyf125]

Gale Hollywood 5M

(...if only a mpc were all that it took...)

its actually possible..if you naturally play on like a Vandoren 3 reed, take out a Vandoren 5 reed and a mouthpiece with a really small opening. The combination of a free blowing mouthpiece and a smooth, but hard reed will give you a great tone for cool jazz, close to the great Mulligan.

[jmathesonjr]

I can get a pretty good Mulligan-ish sound on my Berg Larsen 130. Isn't less about the mouthpiece and more about the amount of transcribing the player does?

[BarrySachs]

Sound is all about concept. But If you've got the right concept, playing Mulligan's set-up couldn't hurt. The 50's/60's era Mulligan mouthpiece was an MC Gregory. He later played a Hollywood Gale which was also made by MC Gregory. Apparently, Gale was Mr. Gergory's daughter's name.

I think a garden-variety Meyer could be good too, and even a rubber Link.

[JoAnnPeeler]

As someone who has only recently started to play Bari sax, I've got to say that the Yanagisawa 7 HR mouthpiece I'm using is really nice. I've gotten compliments on my tone from my band mates and I have to say that listening to myself in recording I like the sound I am able to get as well. Its facing curve allows low notes to come our really easy; however, notes above palm key D seem to be a little harder, but are reasonably voiced. Having said that, I would like to try some other pieces so I have a Meyer 6M and a Otto Link 6 on order. Based on a previous poll about Bari setups, I would have to say that a lot of people seem to play Berg Larsons; however, I hear that the quality control on these pieces is often not up to snuff. Would love to try one after it has been looked at by a refacer though.