These Vandoren Traditional Bass Saxophone Reeds 2.0 feature the thinnest tip with the thickest heart resulting in crisp articulation with a full dark sound. They are the most widely played reeds in the professional world as they suit all styles of music and have an excellent response in all registers even allowing a pianissimo attack of the highest notes. Vandoren Traditional Saxophone Reeds These Vandoren Traditional Bass Saxophone Reeds have been designed to produce a quality of extremely pure sound due to a very thin reed tip.(the area of the reed with maximum vibration) balanced by a solid vertebral column which is more in the area which climbs gradually to the heel. Reed Strength These particular reeds are available in the reed strengths 2 3 and 4 which are the reeds between the strengths 1 being the thinnest and 5 being the reed which is harder and more difficult to achieve a note. The reeds that are offered in this particular traditional saxophone reeds are between these extremes and work on a sliding scale based on those principles. Features/Specifications Reed Type: Vandoren Traditional Bass Thickness at Tip: 0.09mm (0.0035″) Thickness at Heel: 2.8mm (0.011″) Reed Strength: 2