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Your cart is empty.D'Addario VENN Generation 2: an advanced synthetic reed constructed of polymer fibers, resin, and natural cane elements. Designed to give players the benefits of synthetic reeds without compromising on the sound and playability of cane reeds. Developed by the industry’s most revered engineers, VENN signals a whole new era in woodwinds innovation: combining the stability and longevity of a synthetic reed with the sound and feel of natural cane. To mimic the organic structure of cane, we reverse-engineered cane itself, layering different strengths of polymer fibers with resin and natural reed elements to make up the reed blank. The result? VENN outlasts and outperforms anything else like it – all while sounding and playing like your favorite cane reed.
Ivanhe
July 25, 2025
As read in the title! Really different from my previous plastic reed I tried. This are a composite polymer using regular fiber in the mixture. The sound is as close as it can be as you best normal reed… it’s nothing close to plastic reed… even the best brand. It also can be adjusted as a regular reed )shape with a blade. Always ready to play, no need to be kept in high moisture environment and never dry
Ryan Moffett
July 12, 2025
Player of over 30 years. I have played cane nearly all of my time up until the past year. Sure, in the past I experimented with synthetic reeds and found that I wasn’t a huge fan of them because they either sounded too buzzy even for jazz, or they were to tough to control pitch wise requiring way more attention than cane. I decided to give them a shot again and looked at the current generation. I have a small selection of most of the major brands in various strengths on Tenor of this newest round of synthetics by established brands as well as newcomers. When I got around to trying the Venn generation 2 reeds on Tenor, I was floored. They immediately sounded great and they were very easy to control. I had no issues adapting to playing them over the course of an afternoon. I immediately bought a total of 4 in to have a rotation in the strength that worked best for me. They run about a half size or more too strong. For example I might normally be around a 2.5, 2-hard even a 3 or 3 soft on some reed brands, I found a 2.0 in the Venn worked perfectly. I read up on this before I bought and it turned out I was wise to do so. I have now been playing these exclusively for about 6 months, same rotation, no sign of wearing out. I couldn’t be more happy with these.
J. Sylvester
July 1, 2025
After playing synthetic reeds for awhile, I settled with the Legere reeds in 2015. But I decided to try the VENN G2 this last go around. The tone and response of this reed was INCREDIBLE from the time I put it on my mouthpiece!! So I practiced on it everyday from Monday when I got it until it time for my gig on Sunday. When I played it on the gig with amplification, it was simply AMAZING!! But here comes the missing star out of the 4 stars. At week 2, the reed split on me! I was so disappointed! I wanna love this reed and give it that 4th star, but I need you guys at D'Addario to fix that issue. I will circle back around when there is a G3!
Yosi sax
June 10, 2025
Llego en menos tiempo del acordado, llego justo lo que pedí y en buen estado.
Rick
May 5, 2025
I've always used D'Addario stings on my guitars and thought a long lasting reed from them would be made better. A 2.5 is more like a 3.5 and it is not as durable as hoped. Like the company, not their reeds.
Customer
March 8, 2025
The reed was a lot harder than a cane reed.I really like Legere American Cut 2.0. Disclaimer…I haven’t played in a while and been back into it for about 4 months. I’m also using a Jody Jazz HR* 6.Probably should have stayed with the 5…
Barbara Thomasson
February 27, 2025
I have been a Woodwind Pro for over 40 years. During this time, I have tried practically every synthetic reed that has come down the pike. After playing on Legeres for about a year, I came across the Venn G2 reeds and was immediately impressed with how natural they feel and sound. But I have decided to stop using them on tenor and here is why. The last few tenors that I have bought started splitting within a couple of weeks of playing and at $32 a reed it is just not cost effective. I haven't noticed this problem on alto or clarinet but my main instrument is tenor.UPDATE: D'ADDARIO was gracious enough to send me replacements for the split reeds but one of them split after 3 gigs in 4 days and the other just lost it's life after about a week. I thought I really liked Venn Reeds but splitting after 3 gigs is just not cost effective. Going back to Legere.
Douglas Scott Dragoo
February 4, 2025
Surprise @ How Well it Plays & Sounds Good Too, Ease of Playing on a 7*JJ 6Yany & 5c Yamaha
D.C.
February 2, 2025
Excellent produit mais attention à l'echelle de rigidité, elle est très forte. force 2 est trop pour moi alors qu'en Legere American Cut c'est parfait. La tremper dans l'eau bouillante pendant 2 secondes et çà passe.J'ai un son moins brillant qu'avec ma légère. Je la garde comme seconde option.
Walter
December 9, 2024
Middelmatige projectie , toon verscherpt bij zacht en hard spelen. Helt af naar Bright.Totaal niet het riet dat me past voor een mooie klassieke klank.
Peter Mx
December 4, 2024
Es una caña casi idéntica a las Rico pero con características sintéticas que la hacen súper duradera y fácil de tocar
Davide
November 30, 2024
Parto sfatando il mito per il quale si pensa che le ance sintetiche siano indistruttibili, la mia si è rotta la prima settimana ( la colpa è la mia, in quanto sono anni che non ho più il copribecco e non tolgo l'ancia ogni volta che finisco di suonare). L'ancia è solida, il suono è pieno, sia per le note più gravi che per quelle più acute, il suono ha una buona malleabilità, e dopo un pò di utilizzo si "ammorbidisce", ci vuole più tempo di un ancia tradizionale ma alla fine si ammorbidisce.
Carlos Sax
November 18, 2024
Really bad service, I don’t recommend .
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