Can anyone provide some form of objective comparison between the excellent SR Pro & the much vaunted & advertised Robusto?......strengths & weaknesses.
The Links I've tried (admittedly not many) didn't work for me either. I liked the sound I got out of a NY Link I had, but it took a lot of work to play and was extremely reed-picky (probably a poor facing). I also couldn't get enough volume out of it for my purposes.In my hands (mouth) they are thin at the top & not much woofier at the lower end than the sound I get from a Metalite.
I have several, including an 8* STM tweaked & perfected by Morgan Fry, but they just do not work for me.
The word can apply to both, with equal verisimilitude.Robusto refers to cigars, not coffee beans.
That's just part of it....apart from my misgivings about a salesman designing a better mouthpiece (according to some) than any of the specialists.So this is really about Mark personally and his marketing and has nothing to do with comparing mouthpieces.
That's just not true. He has his own website. Mark has been dealing and collecting vintage mouthpieces for many years and so has played most everything out there, is an accomplished player, and has worked hard tinkering with his pieces to get them how he wanted them. Just because he can market well should be irrelevant to the quality of his pieces. He has never cheated anyone.That's just part of it....apart from my misgivings about a salesman designing a better mouthpiece (according to some) than any of the specialists.
His boastful hype, at the expense of universally renowned pieces I find distasteful in the extreme....little short of a coster-monger....a barrow boy.
My sole reason for not trying a Boss is the fact that I might like it.....like you, I can well afford one.
He seems to be treated here in a manner accorded to no other, with the facility even of using this forum as the pitch for his wares...to the point where no-one dares mention the fact.
How can I make you understand the point of this thread?"You too have missed my point.
I have said many times that the Robusto is, without doubt, a very good mouthpiece."
So you've played one then?