Asymmetric Lead 342 Trumpet Mouthpiece

by Asymmetric

Product Features

• It extends the range of your trumpet a half-octave
• Semi-flat upper rim, 24 throat, and a dual semi-tight backbore
• Asymmetric Lead 342 mouthpiece comes with pouch and brush

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002F54W2
• Item model number: ASYMLEAD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,653 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #31 in Musical Instruments > Instrument Accessories > Wind Instrument Accessories > Brass Accessories > Trumpet Accessories > Mouthpieces

Product Description

Created by John Lynch, professional trumpet player and nuclear physicist/engineer, the Asymmetric Lead 342 Trumpet Mouthpiece is an incredible innovation in mouthpiece technology. If you're tired of playing the same old, warmed-over version of a 1938 radially symmetric trumpet mouthpiece, try the new Asymmetric! It extends the range of your trumpet a half-octave! The Lead 342 mouthpiece is the ultimate embodiment of the concept, having laserlike cutting power and a bright, full, brutal sound. Semi-flat upper rim, 24 throat, and a dual semi-tight backbore. Asymmetric Lead 342 mouthpiece comes with pouch and brush.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Hot Piece, August 6, 2010

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Bill T3 - See all my reviews

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I've been playing the Lead 342 for over 3 years. I researched it through the studies by John Lynch. it has a great feel. I get a great tone and strength in the upper range, without straining and that's most important!

I find that my endurance has doubled. I can play a 3-4 hr gig without a problem. John's studies have helped me reform my embouchure to be efficient finally after 35 years of playing!

Kudos to John and to the Asymmetric Lead 342!!!!!

Bill Crawford

5.0 out of 5 stars mouthpiece, November 11, 2011

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K. switzer "kingtrumpet" (upstate new york) - See all my reviews
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I rate this mouthpiece with 5 stars -- but in reality I can't get the thing to work for me very well. BUT for trumpet players looking for a better mouthpiece for endurance I highly recommend Asymmetric. The caveat here is that this mpc. led me to another Asymmetric mouthpiece (3C+544) which is my main mouthpiece now -- and is easier for me to play, and gives greater range and endurance than I ever had. So I highly recommend anything that leads you to play your trumpet better -- Asymmetric( I am 46, and comeback to the trumpet after a decade off -- but people you still have to practice --- that is the bottome line --- take a mouthpiece (in my case a 3C+544) and use it, and develop it, and play and be happy.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Potent sound, April 13, 2009

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Pablo Gomez (Santiago, Dominican Republic) - See all my reviews
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This mouthpiece gives you a potent lead sound, in tone, but is a little bit difficult to produce soft sound, and the embochure position changes using this mouthpiece. If you uses traditional mouthpieces for other music styles it will be difficult to switch to the Asymmetric.