Kevin, J&D Hite make some quality mouthpieces. I am at the point where the mpc doesn’t make that much difference, as long as they are designed in the same basic style. I sound like me. Sure my HR Berg might be a tad brighter than my Custom Link, but it’s still me. these days I am more concerned, as I said, with mouth feel. I prefer a smaller feel. I played Jumbo javas and they were fine, but a big bite and it wore out my chops, I found myself slipping toward the tip as my chops tired on a gig. the Link is very comfortable. My SS Berg is as well, though a bit slimmer, and its only a .90 which is too small, I prefer .110.
My advice is to work with the Hite, do the mpc and reed alone, you should blow a concert G on tenor, that will help you with embochure pressure and reed strength. When you get to a point that the mouthpiece doesn’t do it for you anymore, that you have gotten everything out of it you can, then you can go trying new ones with a clearer vision of what you want/need.
Ralph Morgan was a bright guy, if you can find old issues of Saxophone Journal they are worth reading. he was all about MEDIUM, nothing too extreme, that way the mouthpiece was flexible in the players hands. I play mostly cover and R&R stuff, and my horn has a dark, rich sound that responds well to brighter mouthpieces, it balances it out. Put a bright mouthpiece on a bright sounding horn and you can peel paint. LOL
most of all, have fun with it.
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