国人骄傲 美国Steve Neff最新Liu Shizhao Pilgrimage“朝圣”次中音笛头测评(二)
2021-03-05 20:02:12
Liu Shizhao Pilgrimage MB Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review刘诗钊Pilgrimage“朝圣”次中音萨克斯笛头测评查看原版文章及试听音频请参考Steve Neff的网站链接http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/2016/06/liu-shizhao-pilgrimage-mb-tenor-saxophone-mouthpiece-review/A month or two ago, I posted a review of a couple new saxophone mouthpiece from Liu Shizhao out of China. He sent me a tenor saxophone mouthpiece prototype MB Prototype and an alto prototype that I was very impressed with and wrote reviews on. Recently, he has sent me two more saxophone mouthpieces to review that I am equally impressed with if not more impressed. This review is on his new tenor sax mouthpiece called the Pilgrimage MB model (MB stands for Michael Brecker).![]()
一两个月前，我发表了来自中国刘诗钊的两款新笛头的测评。我对他寄给我的MB Prototype和中音笛头印象非常深刻并且写下了测评。前不久，他又寄来了两款新的笛头来测评，也给我留下同样甚至更加深刻的印象。下面这篇是关于他的新款Pilgrimage“朝圣”MB次中音笛头的（MB代表Michael Brecker）![]()
The Pilgrimage MB model is a copy of an original Guardala traditional model tenor saxophone mouthpiece. The main difference between the MBI, MBII, Studio model and the traditional model is that the shelf baffle in the Studio, MBI & MBII is rounded off to descend smoothly into the large chamber.Pilgrimage MB笛头是原版Guardala传统型号笛头的复刻。DG笛头中传统（Traditional）型号区别于MB、MBII、Studio的主要特点在于他的反射板不是阶梯型的，而是圆滑下降并过渡到一个大内堂的结构。
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（本人解释，此款笛头主要模仿对象是DG最早期的Traditional产品，据说此款笛头被Michael Brecker本人选用，在这之后才有了阶梯挡板的MB，且后期的Traditonal型变成了几乎和MB一样的结构，也与这款笛头的结构不同。但此说法一直没有得到具体证实，下文Steve Neff也会提到。）![]()
The Pilgrimage MB model tenor saxophone mouthpiece is exceptionally well made in my opinion. The rails and tip are even and thin. The baffle rolls over smoothly and evenly all the way down to the chamber. The side rails are slightly scooped out near the chamber but they are straight until they reach that point. I would consider the Pilgrimage MB to have a large chamber as it looks as big as most of my Otto Link chambers as I compare them side to side. The bite plate has a beautiful green design on it although it is hard to make out in the picture above.Pilgrimage在我看来做工异常的好。顶轨和边轨做的非常的平整和细致。反射板一直非常顺滑的过渡到后部腔体。笛头的侧壁在到达腔体之前是平直的，而到了腔体部分被微微挖成了圆形。通过对比我认为Pilgrimage的内堂看起来和我的大多数Otto Link一样大。笛头的牙垫部分是非常漂亮的绿色花纹设计，可能在图中不太容易看明显。The Shizhao Pilgrimage model has a tip opening of .114 which I have heard is right around the tip that Michael Brecker played on. Mr. Shizhao believes this is the style of mouthpiece that Michael Brecker actually played on as opposed to the MBI and MBII style mouthpiece baffles that WWBW has reproduced but I have heard many differing and competing opinions and statements regarding that fact from many sax players over the years so I will leave that for a different blog post and discussion perhaps………刘诗钊的Pilgrimage笛头的风口是0.114，与我所听说的Michael Brecker本人使用的一样。刘诗钊认为这个款式的内堂才是Michael Brecker真正使用的，而不是MB版本或WWBW生产的MBII，但我这些年也听说好多乐手关于Michael Brecker所用笛头的各种不同争论，因此我也许还会在今后讨论这个。。。![]()
I have to admit that I had high hopes for this sax mouthpiece because every other Brecker style mouthpiece I have owned and reviewed has always been too bright for my personal tastes at the end of the day. My first original Guardala Studio model I bought 13 years ago sounded killer in a big room with natural reverb or on a gig, but in the practice room I was always struggling with my sound being too bright and edgy. I was really hoping that this baffle design would be a change in the right direction for me…………我不得不承认，我对于这款笛头寄予厚望，因为我所拥有的和测评过的所有Brecker类型的笛头对于我的口味来讲声音都太亮。我13年前买的第一个原版Guardala Studio在拥有自然混响的大房间或演出的时候声音都极好，但在练习房的时候我却一直挣扎于我的声音实在太亮、太躁。我真的非常期待这款笛头的反射板设计可以对我来说是一个正确的转变方向。I first tried the Shizhao Pilgrimage mouthpiece with Rigotti Gold saxophone reeds which played pretty well but I found them a bit too edgy for my tastes. Vandoren Java 2 1/2 reeds were amazing on this mouthpiece and I felt like they played with less edge and had a fatter sound to my ear. I had a Rovner fabric ligature that fit the Pilgrimage well but I felt it muted the tone a bit too much as Rovner ligatures can do sometimes (IMHO) so I actually ordered a new Selmer 402 alto ligature from WWBW to use on it. When I received the 402, I felt like it was perfect for this mouthpiece and livened up the sound perfectly as compared to the Rovner. I believe Michael Brecker used one of these Selmer 402 ligatures also.我开始使用Rigotti Gold哨片试了这款笛头，虽然用起来很好但对我来说声音还是棱角太明显。Vandoren的Java二号半在这笛头上很惊人，声音少了一些棱角而且更肥。我有一个Rovner Light卡子配在Pilgrimage上很尺寸合适，但我觉得它抑制了声音太多。我从网上订购了一个Selmer 402卡子，我认为这款卡子与Pilgrimage搭配很完美，相比Rovner是一个提升。我相信Michael Brecker使用的也是一个Selmer的402卡子。![]()
The Shizhao Pilgrimage mouthpiece played absolutely great for me. I’ve played a number of handmade Guardala tenor mouthpieces as well as laser trimmed Guardalas over the years and in my opinion this mouthpiece is in a similar category as those BUT the big difference for me is in the high end of the horn. I felt like the higher register of the horn had a definite fatter and smoother sound to it than many of the Guardala mouthpieces with a straight baffle and ridge inside. I mentioned in my last Shizhao MB protoype review how my opinion was that that mouthpiece had a fatter, less edgy tone than many Guardala originals and copies because of the smoothed over ridge on the baffle. This “Pilgrimage” mouthpiece takes that even farther and has an even fatter and warmer sound because the ridge is totally gone! The baffle just curves down evenly and smoothly until it reaches the bottom of the chamber.刘诗钊Pilgrimage笛头对我来说绝对是极好的。这些年我吹过太多原版手工制的Guardala和后来的机制版，在我看来这款笛头拥有和他们类似的声线，但是，最大的区别在于演奏到高音区。我感觉在演奏到高音区时，这款笛头的声音相比内堂有阶梯型反射板的Guardala更肥和顺滑。我想起我上一篇对于刘诗钊MB型笛头的测评，我认为那款笛头有着比很多原版和仿Guardala更肥并且少一些声音棱角是因为他把反射板做了圆滑的过渡。而Pilgrimage做得更好，他有着更平缓肥厚且温暖的声音，因为反射板的“坎儿”已经完全不在了。反射板从头到尾过渡的非常平缓而顺滑。Even though it is fatter and a tad warmer, I believe it still has that Guardala core sound and power that these designs are known for. The question for most gigging players is “Does this fatter warmer sound affect the ability for the player to cut through in a live playing gig?” That is the eternal question for us sax players. I can’t tell you how many mouthpiece I have played that sound killer on the gig through the sound system but in the practice room are overly loud, bright and edgy. I then find a mouthpiece more pleasant in the practice room with a fatter warmer sound and then when I get out on the gig I find it not cutting through the mix and I can’t hear myself!即使他的声音更肥厚和温暖，我认为Pilgrimage仍然具有Guardala笛头一直以来闻名的“内核音”和力量。对于大多数干活儿（演出）的乐手来讲的普遍问题在于这种更肥厚温暖的声音会不会影响他们在现场乐队演出时声音让别人听到。（往往这种演奏都是和大音量且声音明亮的电声乐器一起，萨克斯如果声音太温暖会影响声音的穿透力。）这是我们萨克斯演奏者的永恒问题。我不能告诉你我演奏了多少在演出时声音牛逼的笛头在练习房演奏时声音是那么吵、太亮和尖锐。现在我找到一款在练习房吹起来很温暖时，在演出的时候又不至于让声音埋进去而又也听不到我自己的声音的笛头。Although I haven’t taken the Pilgrimage out on a gig as of yet, I believe strongly that this mouthpiece is a good mix of the legendary Guardala properties and more of a traditional fat saxophone sound. It can definitely play loud and wail. It leans to the right side of bright that is for sure but for me it is not over the top at all. It can be controlled and manipulated for a variety of styles.尽管我还没有带着Pilgrimage去演出，我强烈的认为这款笛头是融合了传奇的Guardala笛头性能和传统萨克斯音色。他绝对可以吹的很大声而咆哮。他趋向于正确的亮的声音，但又没有到顶，它很可控，以适应各种音乐风格。I made this statement in the Shizhao MB protoype review but it is still true for this mouthpiece as well so I will include it here also:我在刘诗钊的MB笛头中提到了这个观点，但也仍然是用于这款笛头，以下是引用上一篇：“I found that making my lower lip fatter and more pillowy really helped fatten up the tone and take some of the brightness away. I’ve also found that the way I blow and focus my air has to be different than playing on a Link style sax mouthpiece. It usually takes me some time to readjust to a high baffle piece but once I do they can play and sound great!”“我发现让我的下嘴唇更松弛确实对于让声音增加肥厚度并且减小亮度有很大帮助。我也发现我在演奏时一定要用和演奏Otto Link类型笛头不同的气息。这需要进行一段时间的调整和适应，一旦我适应了之后，笛头就能很好听、好用！”I’ve only played this mouthpiece for a couple of hours, but for me the key to getting closer to a Michael Brecker type sound concept on it is playing at at least 80% air and a full air column supported with the diaphragm. The mouthpiece can take all the air you give it because of the large chamber and I feel like the more air you give it the fatter and more powerful it sounds.我只吹了这个笛头几个小时，但我发现想要让声音概念接近Michael Brecker的关键在于至少要靠隔膜的支持吹进80%的气息量。这款笛头可以让你吹进你所有的气息，因为它有一个很大的内堂。我发现你越是多吹气，声音就会越肥厚且充满力量。The intonation on this mouthpiece was terrific in my opinion and the mouthpiece played really smoothly and evenly throughout the range of the horn also. The altissimo was especially easy. (towards the end of the clip (3:03) I do an altissimo run from high E up and back down surprisingly easy. I don’t know that I’ve even ever done that before that I can remember!)在我看来这款笛头的发声反应是极好的，并且这支笛头的声音能在乐器的整个音域都非常顺滑而平稳。超高音区尤其的容易（请听音频3:03的位置），我非常轻松的做了一个超高音E并且惊人轻松的滑下来。我甚至不记得我之前是否曾经可以做到这样。I’ve provided two samples of the same clip below. One is a clip with added reverb and the other is a dry clip in a moderate sized room. I think it’s important to add the reverb clip just so people can get a sense of what the sound is like with a little bit of that added affect since most studio recordings of Brecker have some reverb added I believe.我在下边做了两个试听音频，一个加了混响，另一个是在一个空间适度的房间内的干声录音。我认为加一些混响很重要，这样人们可以有更接近的感觉，我相信几乎所有Brecker的录音棚专辑都是加了一些混响的。I’m a little rusty on my Brecker influenced licks but I threw a few of them into the sound clip as well as a few attempts at some Brecker influenced overtone lines. Towards the end I play a little of “Moose the Mooche” and a ballad to give you a little bit of a different taste of what this mouthpiece can do and sound like.我对演奏Brecker风格的句子有点“不灵”了，但我尝试着在录音中吹了一些Brecker风格的泛音句子。接近结尾我吹了一小段“Moose the Mooche”的曲子以及一首慢曲子，来让大家感受一下这款笛头可以演奏的各种风格的声音。The Shizhao Pilgrimage saxophone mouthpiece is right up there with some of the best high baffle tenor mouthpieces I have played on. I am told that these tenor mouthpieces sell for 495.00 USD at the time of this review which I think is a great deal. To order one you can contact Liu Shizhao by email at saxproshop@gmail.com or you can usually also find these mouthpiece for sale on Ebay if you do a search there.刘诗钊的Pilgrimage笛头并肩于我吹过的一些最好的高反射板次中音笛头。我在做测评的时候得知这款笛头的售价是495美金，我认为这是一个“巨划算”。请联系刘诗钊的邮箱saxproshop@gmail.com，如果你们搜索ebay也可以找到这款笛头有售。Congratulations to Mr. Shizhao for making another excellent well crafted mouthpiece! Great Job!祝贺刘诗钊做出了又一款好笛头！Great Job！有你想的到的，没有我们做不到的。只要是萨克斯的事，就是我们大胡子马老汤刘一刀的事。期待你得光临
