D'AddarioWoodwinds VENN G2 Synthetic Tenor Sax Reeds - Tenor Saxophone Reeds with Advanced Synthetic Reed Construction of Polymer Fibers, Resin, Natural Cane - Strength 3.0

Player of over 30 years. I have played cane nearly all of my time up until the past year. Sure, in the past I experimented with synthetic reeds and found that I wasn’t a huge fan of them because they either sounded too buzzy even for jazz, or they were to tough to control pitch wise requiring way more attention than cane. I decided to give them a shot again and looked at the current generation. I have a small selection of most of the major brands in various strengths on Tenor of this newest round of synthetics by established brands as well as newcomers. When I got around to trying the Venn generation 2 reeds on Tenor, I was floored. They immediately sounded great and they were very easy to control. I had no issues adapting to playing them over the course of an afternoon. I immediately bought a total of 4 in to have a rotation in the strength that worked best for me. They run about a half size or more too strong. For example I might normally be around a 2.5, 2-hard even a 3 or 3 soft on some reed brands, I found a 2.0 in the Venn worked perfectly. I read up on this before I bought and it turned out I was wise to do so. I have now been playing these exclusively for about 6 months, same rotation, no sign of wearing out. I couldn’t be more happy with these.

I have been a Woodwind Pro for over 40 years. During this time, I have tried practically every synthetic reed that has come down the pike. After playing on Legeres for about a year, I came across the Venn G2 reeds and was immediately impressed with how natural they feel and sound. But I have decided to stop using them on tenor and here is why. The last few tenors that I have bought started splitting within a couple of weeks of playing and at $32 a reed it is just not cost effective. I haven't noticed this problem on alto or clarinet but my main instrument is tenor.UPDATE: D'ADDARIO was gracious enough to send me replacements for the split reeds but one of them split after 3 gigs in 4 days and the other just lost it's life after about a week. I thought I really liked Venn Reeds but splitting after 3 gigs is just not cost effective. Going back to Legere.

Surprise @ How Well it Plays & Sounds Good Too, Ease of Playing on a 7*JJ 6Yany & 5c Yamaha

I have been playing Legere Signatures for as long as I can remember. Tried many other synthetic reeds, and none came close. Well… these reeds may be it. They combine all the attributes of a Legere reed with the projection of a cane reed. The high register has substantially more body as well. A joy to play.Note of caution: their strength is higher than the number may indicate. I play 2.75/3 Legeres, and a Venn 2.5 is just as stiff as a Legere 3.

Be warned, they are stiff!!! Great sound. And yes, they do break in, thank God. I'm not sure that they last longer then my Legere (also a great reed) but I prefer the sound of the Venn's.

Supposed to be a strength 2.0; played sax for over 35 years and this thing was closer to at LEAST a 3.0 or 4.0 cane reed. On a Selmer reference 54 tenor with 2 different Theo Wanne mouthpieces, it was obviously the reed, not the set up!

I've always used D'Addario stings on my guitars and thought a long lasting reed from them would be made better. A 2.5 is more like a 3.5 and it is not as durable as hoped. Like the company, not their reeds.

I play a 2.5 Signature on my Otto Link NY tenor mp and thought I would try a Venn 2 since I heard it is harder than normal. It is harder than my 2.5, maybe closer to a 2.75 or 3 Legere. I can play it but it takes more effort, especially the the low notes. It's also brighter than the Legere, not what I was looking for. The tip is very delicate too so you have to be careful with it.

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Excellent produit mais attention à l'echelle de rigidité, elle est très forte. force 2 est trop pour moi alors qu'en Legere American Cut c'est parfait. La tremper dans l'eau bouillante pendant 2 secondes et çà passe.J'ai un son moins brillant qu'avec ma légère. Je la garde comme seconde option.

Big thumbs up.! I’ve tried Legere Sig, American Cut, and Forestone reeds. I really wanted them to work but I just found them unnatural compared to cane, plus very dependent on mouthpiece. This reed is brilliant (after one day of playing). I’ve played it on both metal and hard rubber mouthpieces and they all sound really good. It feels like a slightly buzzier cane reed but there is a real depth of sounds which only cane reeds have been able to produce for me. I play a Venn tenor strength 2 which equates to a Select Jazz 2H or 3S. There’s a slight adjustment period when playing synthetics but this is the first one I felt was worth it. Reed placement is very important. The closer the reed is to the tip of the mouthpiece (or just over) will result in a slightly darker and harder reed. Really excited about these.

レジェールアメリカンカット2.75から移行。レジェールに慣れきってしまっていた為2.0でも当初はリードが硬く感じた。慣れてくるとレジェールには出せない自然な音色が出せるようになったと思います。レジェールは少々ペラつくというか、硬いというか…ただ耐久性はレジェールに軍配かと。VENNはある時先端を見ると縦に割れが入っていました。そのまま使用していますが…メタルにもラバーにも合わせやすいかと。

Délai de livraison un peu long mais ça va, l'anche est vraiment au top le son est bon et sonne pas du tout comme de plastique ça ressemble vraiment des anches en roseaux, tout simplement magnifique. J'ai pris la 2.0 car j'ai joué avec une anche roseau 2,5 Java Red. Malheureusement je retourne 2 fois car trop fragile l'anche fini par fissuré tout seul.