I am changing bits - should I stick to the same size I had before?
If you are changing to a different bit you might need to get a bigger or smaller one depending on what is being changed.
1. Changing the cheekpiece: If you are curently in a fixed ring and changing to a loose ring, add 5mm to your bit size. If you are using a loose ring and changing to a fixed ring, go down by 5mm.
3. Changing the mouthpiece:
- If you are using a solid mouthpiece and changing to a semi-broken mouthpiece, add 5mm.
- If you are using a semi-broken mouthpiece, changing to a mouth piece with a single break, double break or flexi material add 5mm
- If you are using a solid mouth piece and changing to a mouthpiece with a single break, double break or flexi material, add 10mm.
The reverse of the above would mean that you go down the equivalent size.
For example: If you were using a solid mouthpice with fixed cheek pieces (eg an eggbutt happy tongue) and changing to a loose ring bit with a double jointed mouthpiece (eg a NS Verbindend Loose Ring), you would add 15mm (half an inch) to your original size. And vice versa, you would go down 15mm.
Examples of fixed cheekpieces:
- Full Cheek
- Baucher / Drop cheek
- Eggbutt
- Dee Ring
- Pelham
- Kimberly Dee
- Elevator / Jumper
- Kimblewick
Examples of loose ring cheek pieces:
- 3 Ring
- 2 1/2 ring / Universal
- Williams
- Bevel / Wilkie
- Tom Thumb
- Loose Ring
Examples of fixed and loose cheek pieces:
- Fulmer loose ring
- Loose Ring Tube
- Gold wings loose ring
Examples of solid mouthpieces:
- Bomber Blue
- Happy Tongue
Examples of Semi-broken mouthpieces:
- Ported Barrel
- Ultra Comfy Lock Up
- Elliptical Ultra Comfy Lock Ip
- Ported Pivot
- Barrel 20 / 30
Examples of 2-break mouthpieces:
- McHardy
- Elliptical
- Control Plate
- Tranz Angled Lozenge
- NS Starter
- NS Team Up