Silverstein AMBIPOLY Soprano Saxophone Reed - Jazz

Service from Dawkes is excellent as usual! The reed itself plays well but hasn’t quite nailed the sound I’m looking for which is a personal thing so I’ve reverted to what I usually use. Everything else about the reed is great and I’m certain it would suit others. They come up a little stronger than a lot of other reeds so I’d suggest having a quick online live chat with Silverstein and they’ll happily advise what strength will likely correspond closest to what you’re already playing. A challenge with these reeds is accessibility in the UK because I’d like to try the classic cut instead (soprano) but it looks as if I’d need to order from overseas due to so few UK dealers stocking them, and those which do don’t usually have enough strength options in stock. As such, ordering overseas with delivery etc becomes expensive and although Silverstein offer a return (if purchased from them), returns to USA aren’t really viable because it seems consumers pay postage (Legere offer a much better return’s option). For me (and I already play S Ambipoly on Tenor), once correct strength and sound have been identified, and you spend time getting used to them, the playability and consistency of the reeds are hard to beat, but I haven’t managed to do that for my soprano setup yet and doubt I’ll be changing from current reeds anytime soon due to reasons given.