Infused with the spirit of Dexter Gordon, the GAIA 2 tenor mouthpiece was built to outplay Theo’s very best new and vintage Otto Links. He succeeded! As the foremost expert in vintage mouthpieces, Theo has taken his extensive experience to make the vintage sound even better! The GAIA 2 is updated with far more core and body to sound, while maintaining the big warm traditional sound the GAIA is known for! Robert Martin, who was Frank Zappa‘s saxophonist for 20 years had this to say about the GAIA 2: