What's Your Tenor Setup?

[Jazz Is All]

Time To Update...

The Martin Tenor Sax
Saxscape SL .105
La Voz Medium

I leave my reeds in a jar with a bit of water to keep them wet and in playing condition anytime i need them. Works great so far!!

What do you do to avoid the growth of mold? Do you put anything in the water, like vodka or hydrogen peroxide, or do you leave the jar open or in the fridge? Or ? I tried putting some reeds in a closed container with a damp sponge in it, and even though the sponge had hydrogen peroxide on it, I got a great mold garden growing on my reeds because I couldn't play for a week and forgot to look at them.

[RCNELSON]

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A bit more detail...and this has changed some recently

TENOR mpc: Selmer Soloist E (one of the new ones but a good one); Rovner Dark Lig, Rico Jazz Select 3M filed (although I'm almost ready to move to 3H)
ALTO mpc: Selmer S80 C* with Rico Reserve Classic 3's; also have a vintage metal C* on which Hemke 3's play well; and also a Meyer 5M with Rico Jazz Select file 2H's
SOPRANO mpc: Selmer S80 G (came with the horn when I bought it), Rico Jazz Select 3S.

[Harvey]

Yanagisawa T880

New Yani mouthpiece (5)
Lig? I dunno, it's kinda honey gold like Selmers. 2 Screw
Rico 3s

Harv

[Joeywhat]

The Martin Tenor
Jody Jazz HR 8* mpc
Stock lig
Rigotti Gold 2.5 light's

[hgrail]

I've switched things around the last year - I'm now playing on a Selmer Serie III matte finish tenor (set up by TenorMadness) with an RPC 110B, Vandoren Java 2.5 reeds and an older than dirt Brillhart three ring lig that I got used back in college years ago.

Great combination. The Bois lig worked well with the RPC as well but tends to be a little boomy. The Brillhart seems to even out the response through the horn (somehow).

[BadMonk]

Tenor: King Tempo
MOC: Otto Link Tone Edge 7
Reed: Legere 2 with Selmer ligature

[Matt London Music]

1933 C.G. Conn New Wonder Transitional (silver) | Customised by Steve Crow
Brilhart Ebolin 4* mouthpiece
Vandoren MO ligature
Alexander DC 3.5 or 4 reeds

http://soundcloud.com/mattlondonmusi...freedom-finale

[Marlborough Man]

Reference 54 Tenor
Otto Link STM NY (with original lig--I mess around with others, but always come back)
Legere Studio cut reeds



http://marlboroughmanmusic.blogspot.com/

[SeanZ123]

Selmer Mark VII
Otto Link Vintage Tone Master 6*, stock ligature for now..
Vandoren Java Red Box 3 1/2's

[Zoot Suit]

Martin "Indiana" Tenor Saxophone
Beechler 7 "JazzMing Chameleon" mpc
VanDoren 2's (for the now...I'm still learning how to ride this Luscious Beast!)

[yliuk]

P.Mauriat System 76 2nd Edition w/ Dark Laquer

Otto Link NY STM 8* w/ stock ligature

Vandoren V16 3.5 strength

[ekdowlin]

Update:
45,xxx Selmer SBA
Handmade Guardala MBI
Vandoren Java 3

[PartyHatCentral]

'36 Conn 10M tenor silver / '68 Selmer MkVI tenor silver - handmade Guardala Super King / Rovner light lig / Vandoren V16

[Mustachio]

YTS-62 II
Modern HR Link - refaced by Phil-Tone
FL Lig
Rigotti Gold 3 light -medium.

[ekilgore]

YTS-82Z
Theo Wanne Brahma
Wanne Lig
Java 3

[EgilF.]

Keiwerth SX90R Vintage
Sugal SG II .107 - modified a lot; I have changed everything
Original Sugal lig.
Vandoren V16 reeds (2.5 or 3)

[jlima]

Borgani Vintage tenor
Freddie Gregory Mark VI 7* mouthpiece
Marc Jean ligature
Rigotti Gold 2 1/2 reeds

[SallyBari]

Since last week I am a tenor sax owner:
Buescher Aristocrat Big B 156 series, vintage 1949 - 1950
Otto Link 5* metal
A whole mixed bag of reeds to try out.

I needed a tenor sax quick and an old friend wanted rid of some of his collection, so I went along to try some. There was an old Selmer Mk 4 (I was expecting to choose the Selmer) and a Conn Ladyface and this battered old Buescher. The Selmer was nice but not special, the Conn was too hard to play with my short fingers, and the Buescher blew my socks off! He threw in the Otto Link MP and a gig bag, all for 1200 Euro, not bad I think. When I got it home I cleaned it and half of the spots turned out to be beer. It already gunged up two swabs - that thing is dirty - but the sound is knockout and gets better every day.

[SaxPlayah]

Selmer Mark VII
Otto Link STM 6
Vandoren Java 4-4.5
Pretty standard I suppose.

[prodigalsax]

Set ups certainly will depend upon type of music played; desired sound, etc., etc. After years of experimentation (which remains ongoing) I currently sitting on the following for playing smooth jazz and soft classics with electronic accompaniment:
Selmer Mark VI
Meyer G series #6
Rovner Dark Lig
Rico Select Jazz 2M

But, as mentioned, the search goes on.