Légère Reeds - Tenor Saxophone Reed, Signature, Strength 3.00 (TSG3.00) - Premium Synthetic Woodwind Reed

great range and tone

I can't even begin to describe how much I love these. I had tried synthetic reeds back in my High school days, but they were awful to use and sounded even worse. Hesitatingly, I decided to give these a shot on a friends recommendation. They're STELLAR.1. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WET THESE REEDS. If for nothing else, this is why they are the best. Wetting reeds before playing can be annoying when switching instruments during a gig, because if you spend too long on one instrument, the other's reed gets dry. NOPE. Not these. just pick up and play, and it plays as evenly and crisply as freshly saliva'd cane.2. They play just like cane. After playing for 30 years, I cannot tell the difference, except that I prefer the legere signature series. The attack is crisp EVERY TIME.The strength is even, and the response is perfect. It does slightly change the sound of the instrument - cane reeds are a bit more creamy dark where these add a little brightness, but I like it better, so your mileage may vary.3. It is easy to clean. you clean it, it's clean. Clean your mouthpieces, clean these reeds, it takes two seconds with light soap and warm water and they're like new again, except they were always like new, because they play exactly the same whenever you pick them up. These never even get that gross, but you should clean them anyway.4. They're not even that expensive. I picked up one for each of my saxes for about the price of a box of reeds. And where in a box I would be shaving, trimming, or throwing out the defects and finding maybe four to six good ones, with one or two being stellar, these are just stellar. Always.I can't recommend these enough. Legere Signatures are what I play all the time now.

Work well - easy play

First, I'll start with a bit of a snarky comment to all of those reed purists out there...if you are reading this review, give up on cane as your primary reed!...it's ok, only the stuffy symphonic reed players will frown and sneer...it's ok...really...you are reading these reviews for a reason!After giving up on even finding 1-3 good reeds in a box, and then the tragic sense of loss when one of those good reeds meets their respective end of life for any reason, I initially started using the Bari brand of synthetic reeds. With a decent setup...and I will only talk tenor at this point, I got a decent sound at most levels of playing. From funk, rock, jazz, to church worship music, where the cutting edge is, at times, necessary and a sub tone, sweet sound is also needed, the synthetic reed is a valid option.Since, having a difficult time finding the Bari, brand, I tried the signature version of the legere reed for tenor sax. Again, for purposes of comparison, the current reed was a Bari med strength. (Horn is a Selmer SBA...pre mark 6, with a rovner eagle 6* metal mouthpiece and rovner lig and usually amplified with a AMT wireless sax mic) and had been in use for about a month of 3 nights a week...3-4 hours a night. So, the Bari was developing those stress cracks, which signifies eventual failure...First impressions of the legere was the sound has a bit less edge and volume than the Bari. The sound, however, seems a bit closer to a cane reed sound. Not having a decent strength comparison, and not enough of a big name player to warrant free reeds of varying strengths, it is clear that the 2.5 strength legere is softer than then Bari medium and probably even the equivalent cane reed. If play testing, I would have opted for the 2.75 strength vs. the 2.5 as these seem a bit on the weak side.The response of the reed falls in the 5 star category in my humble opinion. I cannot yet allude to the longevity, nor the difference between the signature, studio and standard. It seems you can push the reed to get a decent volume as well as very soft tones...so, I will continue to use. Altissimo notes were ok...though the softer than anticipated reed leaves the Eb and E a bit flat...could be me or the horn.I am glad the reed is out there...wish retailers would carry (Sorry Amazon) for those of us who double a lot (Sop, alto, tenor, Bari, bass and clarinet), the synthetic reed is the only choice for instant sound the moment you pick up the instrument. I say, perfection is a 5 of 5...and the weaker than anticipated strength is the main reason for a 4 of 5 rating...closer to 4.5 of 5.

I will preface this by saying i’ve already had several upgrades to my setup throughout my now 9 years of playing saxophone. I’ve tried many mouthpieces, ligature setups and reed brands and had settled and a wood reed that made consistently good jazz reeds for my setup, specifically vandoren zz for those who care. also for those who care my mouthpiece is a rousseau jdx6 with a 70$ metal vandoren ligature, don’t remember the exact kind. I am a college student who tried to get my wood reeds to last long and would always get complaints from my teacher that my reeds are dead. the inconsistency and degradation of wooden reeds was affecting my embouchure and limiting my growth in tone production. Long and frequent practice sessions would make my wood reeds different/worse every day. I had always dismissed plastic reeds as being unprofessional until my teacher (an incredibly talented musician who has played with many famous musicians) told me he uses plastic reeds for every saxophone except bari. He noticed the issues I was having with wooden reeds and let me try his 2.25 strength legere signature. I was floored when the tone I was getting from the reed was actual better all around and more consistent across the range of my horn (including altissimo) than almost every wooden reed i’ve ever played on. not only that but it is the same price as a box of vandoren zz which would only last me a couple months or so if that while the plastic reed does not suffer from such degradation in quality over time. The fact that the reed plays the same has allowed my tone production to become incredibly consistent and significantly improved because I don’t have to constantly readjust to different reed qualities. I would absolutely recommend this reed to anyone that has doubts about wooden reeds or can’t put up with the hassle. I won’t have to buy another reed for a long time if ever and my sound has never been better.

Esta es la primera caña sintética que uso en mi vida, y superó completamente mis expectativas. El sonido es natural, cálido, y la caña vibra libremente, con suavidad y sin resistencia alguna. Quedé profundamente satisfecho con el desempeño, durabilidad, calidad de construcción, y facilidad de limpieza de esta caña.Sin duda la recomiendo y la compraría muchas veces más, no creo regresar a cañas orgánicas después de haber probado las cañas sintéticas Légère. 10/10

Parfaitement adapté pour mon saxophone et de bonne qualité

Le prix est celui d'une boîte de 10 anches bois, ok. Mais je peux la jouer pendant plusieurs mois, c'est stable, et très proche du rendu d'une anche bois classique. Plus besoin de me poser des questions sur mon embouchure. Si le son est laid c'est que je ne joue pas bien. En somme un bon outil pour stabiliser son embouchure sans devoir jouer avec des anches qui faiblissent et font perdre les repères.

La caña suena muy bien en todos los registros del grave al agudo, especialmente del re mas grave al mi mas agudo que es donde esta el máximo esplendor y belleza del sonido del saxo tenor (+ o -). Para mi la dureza de la caña es ideal pero eso depende de casa músico, yo usaba en madera la 3 y he elegido la 2,75 por si la 3 era demasiado dura en caña sintética, pero creo que la dureza 3 también hubiese sido correcta.

Ich liebe diese Plättchen. Der Sound ist richtig Super. Leider sind sie aber genauso empfindlich wie die Holzplättchen, aber halt 10x so teuer.