Santee>
02-18-2004, 01:13 PM
Hi guys, I tested a BBQ yesterday in a .125" opening ...here's my review.
First off, I really like how the mouthpiece looks and feels. It reminds me of a Guardala. The baffle is amazing! I had some photos taken of the inside of the mouthpiece at a photo shoot on Saturday, hopefully you'll post 'em on your website. The chamber is very similar to metal Yanagisawa mouthpieces - sorta a vertical rectangle. My only concern is the spoiler's staying put over time 'cause the baffle's second drop (step-down) has much less surface area as the Runyon mouthpieces...which is so perfect for use w/o the spoiler. I never thought a mouthpiece could have as much edge as the BBQ has when the spoiler is inserted! And I found the mouthpiece very easy to control. Even with the spoiler inserted, the mouthpiece is still controllable (and when U see how high that baffle gets with the spoiler insterted, you'll wonder how the BBQ can get any sound! But it certainly does!!!). Oh, and this is a very dynamic mouthpiece... it can get really loud! THE perfect mouthpiece for big band lead tenor players out there!!! Also perfect for fusion players and players who like the early Brecker and Lenny Pickett sound.
I know this mouthpiece will take off, and when it does, I hope you'll expand to a larger chamber model with the same baffle design, maybe narrow the rails a little too. That would be 100% the sound I've been looking for. It plays very similar to a mouthpiece I had Dave Guardala make me with the highest, longest baffle he would make, a bullet-hole drop-off, and a medium-large chamber. I switched to a Dukoff P9 though after a few years w/the Guardala just to get a bigger sound. If I could go back in time to 1996, I would have gone w/the BBQ and saved a thousand bucks and a 6 month wait for the Guardala!!!
First off, I really like how the mouthpiece looks and feels. It reminds me of a Guardala. The baffle is amazing! I had some photos taken of the inside of the mouthpiece at a photo shoot on Saturday, hopefully you'll post 'em on your website. The chamber is very similar to metal Yanagisawa mouthpieces - sorta a vertical rectangle. My only concern is the spoiler's staying put over time 'cause the baffle's second drop (step-down) has much less surface area as the Runyon mouthpieces...which is so perfect for use w/o the spoiler. I never thought a mouthpiece could have as much edge as the BBQ has when the spoiler is inserted! And I found the mouthpiece very easy to control. Even with the spoiler inserted, the mouthpiece is still controllable (and when U see how high that baffle gets with the spoiler insterted, you'll wonder how the BBQ can get any sound! But it certainly does!!!). Oh, and this is a very dynamic mouthpiece... it can get really loud! THE perfect mouthpiece for big band lead tenor players out there!!! Also perfect for fusion players and players who like the early Brecker and Lenny Pickett sound.
I know this mouthpiece will take off, and when it does, I hope you'll expand to a larger chamber model with the same baffle design, maybe narrow the rails a little too. That would be 100% the sound I've been looking for. It plays very similar to a mouthpiece I had Dave Guardala make me with the highest, longest baffle he would make, a bullet-hole drop-off, and a medium-large chamber. I switched to a Dukoff P9 though after a few years w/the Guardala just to get a bigger sound. If I could go back in time to 1996, I would have gone w/the BBQ and saved a thousand bucks and a 6 month wait for the Guardala!!!