It still works well, so not that big of a deal really. My only criticism of the ligature is that the screws are so close together that they can be hard to grab on to and turn because the other screw is in the way. The mouthpiece came with a nice silver ligature that fits the mouthpiece well. None of the other JX Custom mouthpiece seem to have this roughness that I can see.
I would be concerned that this roughness might deteriorate a cork over time. The inside of the bore and of the mouthpiece looks a little bit rough and I can feel some divots and texture when I twirled my pinky around in the bore. The baffle looks to be high in height and gently curves down to the chamber opening. The side walls are straight and I would call the chamber a “small” chamber. (*I found out after the review that the tip opening is. 078-.083 tip openings on the alto sax and this feels like it is somewhere in the. I’m not sure what that measures to, but I am comfortable at. The mouthpiece I am reviewing today is an 8 tip opening. The mouthpiece tip rail is the exact shape of the Rigotti Gold alto reeds I am using. This doesn’t seem to be an issue though since the reeds seem to seal fine for me. The table is narrower at the rear of the table and the reed overhangs the sides a little bit on each side at the back. The width of the mouthpiece tip and rails look to be exactly the width of the reed up near the tip. The JX Custom JXRO 8 alto saxophone mouthpiece rails and tip look thin, even and precise. JX Custom JXRO 8 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece All the sax reeds I used on it sealed perfectly so I think the mouthpiece table is well crafted. The rear of the table is flat according to the Reedgeek. This is quite normal and a lot of saxophone mouthpiece makers use concave tables from what I understand. The table looks to have a concavity to it in the middle when I hold my Reedgeek up to the table.
The facing of 8 is stamped into the rear of the table. The JX Custom JXRO 8 alto saxophone mouthpiece looks nice to the eye. Li if he works on these by himself as I have heard that working with stainless steel can be incredibly brutal on the hands. I am told that all of these mouthpieces are made of stainless steel. The only exception to this was the Francois Louis mouthpiece which he could only find one of, as they are quite rare. Li bought quite a few original examples of each saxophone mouthpiece to study before he made his own line of sax mouthpieces. I want to make that clear in case any of you disagree with how they are described or portrayed in this review. The descriptions of the designs of these saxophone mouthpieces were given to me by Zhu Haiming who sent them to me to try out. JX Custom Line of Mouthpieces (from top to bottom: JXKM similar yo Kenny G’s Dukoff Soprano Mouthpiece, JXRO-similar to Dave Sanborn’s Dukoff Alto Mouthpiece, JXDR-similar to a Double Ring Florida Link, JXDG-Similar to a Guardala Studio Model, JXFL-Similar to Bob Berg’s Francois Louis Mouthpiece
They look to be quite the arsenal of saxophone mouthpieces and I couldn’t resist at least trying them out. A number of months ago, I was contacted and asked if I would consider reviewing the sax mouthpieces in the photo below for Mr. This is made by Jianxing Li in Guangzhou, China. Today, I am reviewing the JX Custom JXRO 8 alto saxophone mouthpiece.
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