Ah. I suppose I meant ‘do you really have to know what you’re looking for, if you’re looking at Vintage saxes’. Do they measure up to modern saxes, or are you always sacrificing something in order to have the ‘whatever it is’ you get from a vintage instrument.
Generally speaking, I have no idea what I’m after. My current plan of attack for buying a sax is to list every single model that is recommended to me to try, by sax players I know and hopefully some folks here will have plenty of suggestions (I’ll be making a thread about it all in a few weeks). Then go and try them 😀 I guess I’m just doing a little preliminary checking to see whether I can expect to have some old models in that list of saxes to look for, I don’t have any hard set aim to buy one.
I agree with you about ebay too - I wouldn't touch anything costing over £100 on ebay, unless I could physically check whatever it is out before buying. I'll be getting an experienced sax player I know to check any instrument I do eventually go for, too.
I think subconsciously my question might have been motivated by that SBA in Howarth’s –I remember seeing it the first time I went in there looking for saxes, it’s a truly gorgeous instrument. Bit of a pipe dream if you like.
It’s always a bit depressing when you get a reality check from someone talking sense though. It’s worse when you know they’re right! 🙂
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