it’s interesting and sometimes quite funny…
some people search and eventually find and stay with that combo.
some people search, find a perfect combo but later start searching again. this could be mouthpieces, reeds horns.
my friend changes mp’s often (not sure about his reeds). he’s a great player but is always needing to have a different mp.
I bought my Guardal MBI after he let me try his. this was around 1989-90. I still have and use mine. he’s gone thru dozens since then.
I think we feel a need to change something if there’s something that does not feel right. so if everything’s good except the high notes, then we figure out what it is that might help that. sounds to me like Jackie may be quite happy for some time…hope so!
i have had many MPs myself, just had to see what was out there, my favorite so far is my refaced Otto links, they never get old, also have Gerbers, and a few theo wanne