The Metal HL2024 is a mouthpiece that is highly acclaimed, particularly within the fusion music genre.

Adoption of Tin Alloy Material

An Ebonite-like Resonance: Ebonite is a traditional mouthpiece material known for its warm, rich resonance. By adopting a tin alloy, the Metal HL2024 reproduces this natural, ebonite-like resonance while simultaneously delivering the brilliance and quick response unique to metal.

Richness of Overtones: Tin alloy inherently produces highly resonant overtones. Because of this, the Metal HL2024 creates rich, beautiful harmonies not only on single notes, but also when playing complex chords or phrases.

High Baffle Design

An Edgy Sound: A high baffle design generally features a deeper chamber and a higher baffle, providing the sound with a solid core and a clear contour. The Metal HL2024 takes this high baffle design a step further, achieving an exceptionally edgy and powerful sound.Crisp, Articulate Performance: This edgy sound enables clear, crisp, and articulate expression, making it especially effective for fast-paced solos and ad-lib performances.

Gottsu's Patented Slide-Style Ligature

Direct Resonance: The slide-style ligature transmits the vibrations of the reed directly to the mouthpiece, generating a more direct and immediate resonance. This allows the mouthpiece to faithfully translate the player's exact intentions into sound.

Sound Characteristics

  • Fat and Bright Sound: While the Metal HL2024 boasts a fat and powerful sound, it also possesses a bright, clear tone. This makes it a highly versatile mouthpiece capable of handling a wide variety of musical genres.

  • Extension in the Upper Register: The sound never thins out, even in the higher registers, allowing you to play with a clear, expansive, and soaring tone.

Playing Styles

  • Fusion: Because it perfectly handles the powerful sound and complex chord work characteristic of fusion music, it is incredibly popular among fusion players. It is also highly suited for jazz ad-lib solos and big band performances.

  • Pop: Thanks to its clear and bright tone, it excels in a wide range of genres, including pop and rock.

Points to Consider When Choosing the Metal HL2024

  • Experience with High Baffle Mouthpieces: Compared to standard mouthpieces, high baffle models generally offer stronger blowing resistance and require a bit of technique to control. However, the Metal HL2024 is designed so that even players with no prior experience with high baffle mouthpieces can draw out its maximum potential with ease.

The Metal HL2024 is an incredibly attractive mouthpiece that boasts high playability and expressive power, combining a fat, bright sound with the soft, overtone-rich tone unique to tin. Keeping your own playing style and instrument compatibility in mind, we highly encourage you to give it a try.

Gottsu

There is a legendary mouthpiece that has curved table, asymmetrical side and tip rail, and is roughly made; it is like a wild stallion. Although difficult to control for beginners, you are able to produce a wonderfully unique tone once you master it. Many saxophonists, such as Kenny G. and David Sanborn, became addicted to the wonderful sound once they were able to control it. I think the true essence of this mouthpiece is the impression of it being bright with sharp edges; however, it has a dark side as well, which makes it very attractive. The Metal HL aims to be such a mouthpiece.”

Instruments: Soprano, Alto, Tenor
Opening Size:  1/1000 inch
Material: Body – Tin alloy, Ligature – gold-plated brass 
Chamber Shape: Medium-large semicircle  
Baffle: High baffle  
Qualities: Bright and Dark, Rich overtones, has an edge, Powerful
Style: Pop, Fusion