Say blowhard curious did you personally measure one ? Liu Shizhao on his site claims the orig DG studio alto mpc to be 0.096. I am simply trying to double check the orig DG tip size before ordering a custom alto mpc.
I played an orig DG alto studio for yrs but never measured it. Whatever size tip it was, it felt great. In a fit of stupid I sold it.. Recently I tried a new boutique mpc at 0.085 and found it too small of a tip, I couldn't play it.
Before that I had bought a big tip metal berg alto mpc to try out..but at 0.110 it was too wide. So perhaps the 0.096 is a sweet spot..!!
**update** ..one of of our very kind fellow sotwers measured his orig DG alto studio and claims it's 0.090 at the tip..I need more info. We got a mystery going on.
Hi mojo nice to talk, been awhile..we do have mystery. I don't know if Dave himself made all his alto models tip sizes consistant.
So that being said so far here's what I do know.Liu Shizao makes a copy of the DG alto studio and he makes an .85 and a .96, he states the .96 is exact to the orig DG studio alto mpc.
..Mojo that is very interesting that you have seen such a spectrum of sizes in the DG models. Not much info on the orig Guardala alto mpcs out there.
Anyway whatever I had it was easily the best alto mpc I ever played..must confess I never paid much attention to my alto tip openings, first mpc of note I remember was a 6* Lakey, 45yrs later I play an 8* CL...
So there we have it... Mojo you have probably seen more DG's than anyone except DG himself, and I Thank you for giving me the info I need to make a choice.
well I'll never know what my handmade was since I never had it measured, my guess on a sweet spot for me would be somewhere between 0.090-0.100..Mojo you are truly the fountain of mpc knowledge
Sorry, checking my records I must make some corrections.
-The Studio at .090 is more around .092 actually.
-My Sakshama is at .090.
And as said: The Sakshama works very nicely, very, very close to the originals. Not better or worse, just SLIGHTLY different (as you can expect from any hand made stuff). Really close I would say.
I also have a tenor Sakshama MBI and I can say it is superb, in live situations I prefer it over some of my originals.
I would get any Sakshama's G mpc with NO doubts at all. Mines have proved to be amazing mpcs to me.
Cheers,
Anselmo
PD: I have no interests or connections with Sakshama.
Hi Anselmo, On alto I still regularly play a Lakey hard rubber 8*3 that measures .095 and I could go up a Tip size easily, (actually considering a 9*3)
So I recently bought (and sold) a Berg metal .110 alto mpc that just felt way too wide open, also I keep in my case as a backup spare an old Rico Metalite M11 that measures .110, but unlike the Berg I can actually play the Brilhart.
OK here's the story.....so I ordered a Alto G model from Sakshama, we settled on a .100 tip opening should be fine for me.Needless to say very excited, going to take around a month to have it made.
Have decided to have it plated as the bare bronze is not for me.
First live gig today, WOW what a pleasure, even with a dodgy reed this Mpc is so fresh and so much depth. I am just starting my perfect reed quest, any suggestions welcome, I prefer synthetic for the dry vegas atmosphere..
I should mention..before the gig this morning I was digging in my alto stash for a decent reed for the show.. then warming up at one point I thought for a minute the #100 tip felt too small, then while messing with a handful of my different strength reeds I started feeling like the custom #100 tip was too big... !!
anyway...What I finally realized is this thing is right on. It's perfect, I think it's a bit more open than my original Guardala studio was. I just need to spend some time and money to find the right reed combo. I'm living with a cardboard padded Rovner lig for now. not my all time favorite but it holds the reed.
Mojo I've had reed trimmers since I was kid, I used a .50 piece and a match before that..I use a simple straight edge razorblade for shaving or notching a reed if necessary. But I'm not usually happy with a doctored reed, of course occasionally I will resort to "adjusting" one that's too stiff.
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