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Your cart is empty.Launched in 1993 to answer the demand of some American jazz musicians (a JAVA with even more wood), the V16 has a thicker tip than the Traditional Vandoren reeds and a longer palette. The sound is more brilliant and more percussive and particularly well adapted to all new styles of music.
The Silver Owl
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2025
My old band director had a saying, "In a box of 10 reeds you get 3 or 4 good ones. In a box of five reeds you get two good ones." He was almost always right. I need a softer reed when I play tenor with my wider-open Guardala King mouthpiece. All five reeds were superb. I've been going through boxes of reeds like that for around 40 years on single-reed instruments. All the reeds being good never happened before I played through this box. These five reeds were all superb.
Lespect
Reviewed in France on November 17, 2024
Je ne suis pas un virtuose mais elles font le travail
darryl henry
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024
Great product!
Jeanne Foster
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2023
My husband usually buys reeds from this company, but I didn't know there were two or more sizes. He uses 2.5 reeds, and I bought size 3. He will try them out.
Holger
Reviewed in Germany on December 15, 2023
Sehr gute Qualität
やすくん
Reviewed in Japan on September 11, 2022
思ったような音でじゃなくてがっかりです。ですが、リードが悪いんではなくマウスピースとの相性が悪かったです。まさにリード沼。
Arushton
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2022
These have been my go-to cane reeds for over 10 years and they're still my favorite. For me they blow very naturally. I am able to produce more timbres with this reed than any I've played on, and that makes it feel very similar to singing for me. I use these for jazz, classical, rock, pop, and even the most experimental styles of playing.
Gustavo Miguel Zermeño Moreno
Reviewed in Mexico on May 17, 2022
Me encantó la calidez de su sonido, este modelo desde hoy ya será mi favorito, no puedo ya cambiarlo por otras, la medida y modelo es perfecto para mi por su versatilidad!
J.V
Reviewed in Spain on March 7, 2022
De momento estoy adaptandome a la caña con la boquilla v16 t7 pero vamos el resultado de la caña es el esperado
Ronald A King
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2016
It's funny how things work out. I tried the Vandoren Jazz Mix with my alto and ended up using the V16 reeds. So I tried another Jazz Mix when I switched to the tenor..... and ended up with the same reed! I guess there are certain reeds that lend themselves to our music selection, playing style, mouthpiece, and embouchure. I also like the Green Java reeds very much, but the V16 are just a tiny bit stronger for me especially up in the high range of the instrument. I use an Otto Link 5* mouthpiece on a Selmer Super Action 80 tenor and the #3 V16 work great!
Stephen B.
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2015
These have an amazing sound, very warm, very tame, and it's the perfect mix of jazz and concert. I'm definitely making these my new norm. No need to buy a size or two up from what you use on blue box reeds. I have 7 years on the Tenor and Alto Sax, this is the most perfect reed for the sound I want with my Selmer Series II Tenor. These are like blue box reeds except 100 times better.
SaraJaye
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2012
It's so hard to write a review on reeds that will help others, because how good a reed will be for each person depends so much on the mouthpiece you're using, and the saxophone on which you're playing, and of course, on your embouchoure, playing style, choice of music, etc. So, let me first say -just for a frame of reference - that I am using these reeds with a Runyon Custom Spoiler mouthpiece, on a Cannonball Big Bell Stone Series Tenor, I mostly play jazz and rock, and my general playing style and my embouchoure are both pretty relaxed.So I got a box of the V16s in the mail today, pulled one out of the box, soaked it and broke it in a little bit, and slipped it onto my runyon (without the spoiler inserted). After about 3 seconds of playing, i decided that I LOVE these reeds!! I played on that one reed for about an hour, and what I can say so far is this: On the Cannonball with the Runyon mouthpiece, the sound is pure and clean, centered, full, and warm. My note-bending even sounds better with these - more precisely in tune with the pitches in my head, and I can get a little buzz going when I want it, but I dont have to deal with any at all when I dont want it. At all volumes, every note across the whole standard range of the horn popped out smooth and easy. I havent messed with altissimo yet (I dont normally play up there). I'll update if i find any problems with that in the next couple of days. If I dont update, it means altissimo range was just as sweet as the rest of the horn.Im not sure how to explain it simply, but I think the best description would be that I felt really "at home" as soon as I blew the first note with the V16. I didnt have to force anything. I was able to focus completely on playing, without having to work hard to control the reed. Im so happy I found these!! I've been playing on ZZs until now, and I really loved them, but I was looking for something else - something more to my tone, that I just wasnt getting with the ZZs. Im glad I went looking! Also, this may very well have just been a fluke, as it is certainly not common in general, but ALL 5 of the reeds in the box I got look perfect! I havent played all 5 yet, so some of them may not play well after all, but none of them are chipped, cracked, split or warped. Oh, and the V16s run a bit stiffer than the ZZs. These run about like Java Reds. So a V16 #2 is between the strengths of ZZ #2 and ZZ #2 1/2, so keep that in mind if you're switching from ZZs.Like I said before, I cant definitively say that anyone else will have the same experience with these reeds as I did, as every setup/player is so different, but I would DEFINATELY recommend giving the V16s a try, to anyone who is still searching for their ideal reed. Fortunately, my search is officially over!
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