La Voz Reeds
Location: (Various retailers, Amazon, Ebay, etc.)
NOTE: APPARENTLY OUT OF BUSINESS AS OF 6/08
Web site: ??
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cokomo January 31, 2012: Lyn Davies I don’t know if the reed stock is different or what, but I have just purchased three reeds from Rush’s and the next day two of them were cracked. -
geekygeek January 28, 2012: Jones Double Reed Products Good for beginners, and the medium soft is quite easily to blow on. Pretty durable and consistent. They’re good beginner reeds but the sound quality isn’t so fantastic. I use just a regular knife (even though you should buy a... -
Billerbeck January 21, 2012: Billerbeck Oboe Reeds Thank you to many for your valuable feedback. It is much appreciated. -
Anonymous January 14, 2012: SUGGESTION BOX Thank you so much for this site. I have a limited # of manufacturers where I lived, and they all sound bad( Jones, Emerald, Richards). Anyway, you could improve the collected ratings page by sepeating them by area(USA, Asia, Australia, Canada,... - Anonymous January 14, 2012: The Reedmaker For me, these reeds are the best. I ordered three reeds from him and two of them were too hard, so I sent them back, and he scraped more and threw another one in! Every one of them were the best sounding reeds I have played so far, not that I have...
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Peter VandeBurgt January 14, 2012: SUGGESTION BOX The link to my eBay site has changed; here’s the new link. Thanks for good work! http://www.ebay.ca/itm/2807606 26694?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:I T&_trksid=p3984.m1586.l264 9 - Peter VandeBurgt January 14, 2012: SUGGESTION BOX http://www.ebay.ca/itm/2807606 26694?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:I T&_trksid=p3984.m1586.l264 9
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Klezmer January 4, 2012: Reed Expression Normall have made my own for years, but do not have the time. I purchased 5 medium-soft German scrape reeds. I just adjusted them to my own chops and all five play very well. They respond easy and have very good intonation. I am trying a couple EH...
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8 comments
La Voz oboe and bassoon reeds were also made by Jones
Most people say that reeds are good for a beginner, and bad for everything else. I respectfully disagree. I tried them as a beginner, and they sucked. Horribly. Don’t get them unless you’re way beyond desperate.
Good for beginner levels.
Not so hot for anything else.
Overall, not reliable.
La Voz reeds are off the market. Please remove from site.
aweful reed! I’ve bought several, just to see if it was just one, but they all were bad. Hard to break in, and break too easily. Will never buy again.
Took a very long time to break in. Not the best tone at all and wouldn’t reccomond them.
Not consistent in quality. Bought 5 Medium soft at once for my daughter. 2 wouldn’t blow from the beginning. 1 blew, but was difficult to get a good tone. The other two were OK. Probably won’t buy anymore.
They are decent reeds, not all the time though. Very very inconsistent quality. Sometimes they come out right, most of the time they don’t. Obviously adjustments are required most of the time. I never encourage, even beginners to play on untested and unadjusted store bought reeds, but under circumstances where it is necessary to do so, prefer them over Ricos. Don’t buy their softer reeds. And check the tip opening before purchasing. La Voz is basically under the Rico company. It is very very stupid, in their website (http://www.ricoreeds.com/products.aspx?productCategoryName=DoubleReeds&tabIndex=0), they claim their Rico reeds have wires because they can be used to adjust the opening, every reed maker knows, that is not true at all, the wire is there merely to maintain the opening. I must admit that the La Vozs come out better than the Ricos, almost all the time. But still….no…..i don’t consider them worth the money and long term effort.