Fiber carbon reeds, hemp and Onyx. My personal comments

[Pete]

Johnny
Any news on the Fiber Onyx reeds availability and
what strength will be available if any.
They are not available here in UK only the hemp
and carbon fiber available, not the onyx.

[Rick]

Just received my new hemp tenor Reed (M) in the mail yesterday and Have been trying it out on the different mouthpieces that I currently have.
I have noticed that the reed takes bit more air to get it to play. Also it sounds a bit flat compared to my regular #2.5 Vandoren reeds. Not sure if these reeds need to be worked in a bit before they play better. I have used Fibrecell reed 2.75 and have found that they play brighter off the bat. I also ordered the Onyx fiber carbon alto reed and have founf it to be brighter right from first playing it.

[Pete]

Rick
I found the med hemp to play “straight” off from low Bb
no problem, only thing I find sometimes a little buzzy
the onyx is the one I waiting for, Johnny played one on
demo and Imo it sounded really great and I think he
was using the carbon m/p, I didn’t find it flat with my
10M MERLOT HR M/P.

[john]

wow, Rick, it’s quite the opposite for me…I find my hemp M really easy to play and brighter sounding than the onyx.
Flat? I guess if you’re having a hard time blowing it that could cause you to play flat. keep experimenting a bit, and don’t forget that you can work on them by shaving em down slightly.

[William Cingolani]

Hemp reed and Onyx reed;
To day I played my MS hemp reed and my soft Onyx reed. Both reeds played well from low Bb to high F#. I still have a bit trouble with the fork. I prefer the hemp reed. Both reeds had a soft mellow sounding low Bb which is what I want.I was blowing “You’ve lost that loving’ feeling” in E flat. The first note is low Bb. The hemp reed gave me a nice soft sounding Bb. I recorded a few lines in garage band just to hear what it sounded like.I might be liking this MS hemp reed better than my java 2.5 reeds. I think I might order a spare Fiber HEMP REED MS. I NEED TO FIND THE PLACE on this site where I can order another hemp reed.

[William Cingolani]

I found the order page and I just now ordered a spare fiber hemp reed

[Pete]

William
Do you know if the onyx reed is available yet
I have asked Johnny but not had any reply yet,
I like the hemp reed ( medium) but find it a
tad to buzzy. William I think fiber reeds are the way forward
and a lot cheaper.

[Pete]

William
When I say ” cheaper” I mean long term.

[William Cingolani]

Peter,
I did get my Onyx reed so they must be available. I like the buzz I get from the hemp reed. I ordered a spare hemp reed today, size MS.

[Mel]

I have been playing my Black Onyx medium soft reed and I do like it. My Java Red 2 1/2 gives me a more deep bellow on the Bb. I would never hesitate to use the Black Onyx but for now I am going to stick with the Javas.

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