SaxscapeSelect Saxscape mouthpieces are available for sale! Visit the sales page for more information.
SOLID MOUTHPIECES AT GREAT PRICES... DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED BY PERFECTIONIST PLAYERS
Saxscape mouthpieces are inspired by the most popular designs of the last 100 years, including Selmer, Otto Link, Meyer, Berg Larsen, Dukoff, and Guardala, and influenced by the top refacers in the business. We make use of the most modern machining techniques for very consistent quality control, and optimize the designs so that we can offer the pieces at musician-friendly prices. The pieces are available in a wide variety of tip openings, and two outer profiles (for tenor) so you can get the best fit without having to get used to a new-fangled design.Saxscape mouthpieces are designed to maximize your expression,
whether you play straightahead jazz, smooth jazz, R&B, fusion, or big band music.
The baffle, facing, and chamber are made to be reed-friendly and let you play
evenly up and down the horn, with maximum projection and flexible tone. Read
what my customers have said about Saxscape pieces!
Until the Saxscape online store is completed please check out my ebay
auctions.
About the Prototypes
3/25/12: About the prototypes: Prototypes were a way for me to make adjustments
to the machining process, without spending the time in doing a lot of finish
hand work. I only made tenor prototypes in .102 sizes and a limited
set of models (Slant, Downtown, Hudson, Fat Cat, and Xtra Dark). I
fully finish and check all other models and sizes for quality in hand finishing
and extra polishing. I should be finished with selling prototypes by the end
of April. After that, there may still be b-stock pieces with blemishes, but
the plan is to only sell the fully finished pieces, at full retail price, of
course with a wider selection. I will be selling
through brick-and-mortar shops in a few months where you can go in and test
the piece before purchasing. It's been my way of optimizing my systems and still
making some pieces available for sale.
The prototypes have a plain shank, whereas the finished pieces have the Saxscape logo on a ring on the shank as in the photo above.
To everyone who's bought a prototype or b-stock on eBay -- you've gotten a hell of a deal!
Please check back here for updates, or via Twitter or Facebook on my contact page.
11/20/11: Added some new videos, Bob Franceschini playing on tour in Europe and Asia with Mike Stern and Dave Weckl
6/14/11: Saxscape is setting up shop in its new location in Southern Arizona!
2/21/11: Reviews of SL (Slant), Xtra Dark, and Fat Cat from Ben Britton's Everything Saxophone blog
2/11/11: Nice review of Naima by Ben Britton (has recorded with Chris Potter)
My thoughts on reed maintenance
My guitar pick invention, the Wirething, from 15 years ago
