Saxophones Any Thomann bass saxophone owners on here?

[thomsax]

Not necessarily.

If a site such as Thomann sets their price it is likely to be only one currency, probably Euros in their case. When you see it from countries outside of Germany, there is probably an automatic and dynamic currency conversion going on. Hence unless you are checking the price in Euros it could be constantly changing depending on the regularity of their currency conversion system. So you can't necessarily say that "they" have put the price up purely because it appears more expensive to you in England because the £GBP got weaker, or they put the price down in Australia because the AUS dollar got stronger.

I used to do this on Taming The Saxophone. I set the price in £ but customers had the option to view in $ or € and although the £ price was constant, those other currencies fluctuated daily because I had it set to reject current exchange rates. I stopped doing that because it was a pain for a small non-profit to maintain Paypal accounts in different currencies. So now when someone in the US sees the shop they will see GBP only. BUT there is a currency conversion done via Paypl or credit card so their actual price still fluctuates just as if I'd used the currency display.

It is possible that they could set the price for every different currency and change it manually to reflect actual price of the product changes, but I think that is unlikely.

Hence it could be the price in Euros has not gone up but the cost to the customer using a different customer will see changes that are nothing to do with the retail price set by the store, manufacturer or distributor.

I have to pay 34 090,00 s e k for TBB-150. That is the price today. I have to wait 6-8 weeks because it's not in stock. Can I pay today and have my sax delivered when it's back in stock?

 

[Vetinari]

I have to pay 34 090,00 s e k for TBB-150. That is the price today. I have to wait 6-8 weeks because it's not in stock. Can I pay today and have my sax delivered when it's back in stock?

Bought a new car last month and signed for it, but it's on 6 month delivery. Don't start paying till it arrives. Price goes up 🙂 or down 🙁, i still pay what has been agreed already.

 

[Colin the Bear]

I'll give them a ring and see if they'll barter. A couple of old motorbikes should cover it. Maybe add in a few second hand altos to sweeten it.

So...it hasn't gone up after all. It just costs more money.

 

[nigeld]

So...it hasn't gone up after all. It just costs more money.

I think what Pete is trying to say is that it doesn't necessarily cost more money, it just costs more British money.

 

[Damflask]

I think what Pete is trying to say is that it doesn't necessarily cost more money, it just costs more British money.

Hah!
That's the only kind I've got 🙂

 

[turf3]

Oh, you mean like the British Sausage?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPwQ0PmK9lw

 

[Colin the Bear]

All dead now. 😳

 

[Colin the Bear]

Just short of £3k now 🙁

 

[Damflask]

Blimey!

 

[john_dikeman]

I have to pay 34 090,00 s e k for TBB-150. That is the price today. I have to wait 6-8 weeks because it's not in stock. Can I pay today and have my sax delivered when it's back in stock?

Of course you can pay now and they'll send it when it's ready. That's how it worked for me.
Otherwise, with my stupid economic sense, I'd have ordered it and by the time they were ready to ship it out my funds would have been gone, gone, gone....

By the way, I just checked from my EU perspective, looks like the price did go up. I bought mine at €2950 or something like that and I see it listed now for €3298. Still about 6000 less than the Oleg version.......

 

[lydian]

I ordered mine when the dollar was highest compared to euro and pound for $2439. Price is up almost 20% since then. Still several weeks til delivery though. No matter. I still have my current bass for the handful of gigs left this year (one of which is today).

 

[lydian]

I have to pay 34 090,00 s e k for TBB-150. That is the price today. I have to wait 6-8 weeks because it's not in stock. Can I pay today and have my sax delivered when it's back in stock?

I ordered mine 4 months ago, and it finally arrived yesterday. They didn’t charge me until it shipped.

I really like it. Very well built. Amazing value. Compared to my vintage bass, it has much better ergos and intonation. Low E and palm E are a little stuffy though. Altissimo pops out easily, and the bis key is perfect. I’m loving the peg and the high F#.

It had several regulation issues out of the box. I had to make adjustments for middle B, A, G#, F# and low C#, all via several handy adjustment screws. I fixed all the obvious leaks, but haven’t put a light in it yet. From the way it plays, there’s probably still a leak around low D I need to find and fix.

As I said in another thread, I was surprised to find that the included mouthpiece worked perfectly well. Intonation was pretty much spot on through the entire range. I’ll need some more practice to get the gravitas my vintage horn had. I’ll have plenty of opportunity since I have lots of Dixieland rehearsals and gigs coming up. Can’t wait to debut this baby in public.

I’m happy to provide more details if anyone is curious.

 

[Damflask]

'I’m happy to provide more details if anyone is curious.'

Yes please!

 

[Hankenstine]

I really like it. Very well built. Amazing value. Compared to my vintage bass, it has much better ergos and intonation.

As I said in another thread, I was surprised to find that the included mouthpiece worked perfectly well. Intonation was pretty much spot on through the entire range. I’ll need some more practice to get the gravitas my vintage horn had. I’ll have plenty of opportunity since I have lots of Dixieland rehearsals and gigs coming up. Can’t wait to debut this baby in public.

I’m happy to provide more details if anyone is curious.

What is the vintage bass you play/own? Would be interesting to hear some comparison clips of you on both horns. I'm currently trying to learn how to play Dixieland style bass which is not as easy as I thought it was going to be. I listen to Scott Robinson as inspiration... he gets so much variety in his bass lines.

 

[Hankenstine]

Here's my bass on the bandstand at a trad gig last night... I was slightly nervous taking it to a town centre pub on a Friday night but fortunately it survived the evening 🙂

 

[Colin the Bear]

Adrian Rollini is the man to listen to.
Pre amplification dance bands from the 1920/30's too.

 

[Hankenstine]

Adrian Rollini is the man to listen to.
Pre amplification dance bands from the 1920/30's too.

Have listened to most of the Rollini recordings but the audio makes it difficult to really hear the bass clearly. Scott Robinson is a real modern day master at that style:

View: https://youtu.be/Rkheqr82t1E

 

[lydian]

What is the vintage bass you play/own? Would be interesting to hear some comparison clips of you on both horns. I'm currently trying to learn how to play Dixieland style bass which is not as easy as I thought it was going to be. I listen to Scott Robinson as inspiration... he gets so much variety in his bass lines.

It was a Beaugnier short wrap. Unfortunately I can’t afford to have two basses for very long, so it’s already packed for shipping. But seems like the new one has less sonority even though it’s essentially the same design, if not an even larger bore. I expected the opposite. But I’m satisfied with the trade off for better intonation and range.

I’m also a huge fan of Scott. But my lines are mostly Rollini “inspired “ aka copied. In just one tune you can find dozens of variations he throws in at the ends of phrases. A surprising number are simple diatonic lines, and a few have chromatic enclosures. It’s almost like the deconstructed forerunner to bebop.

Hope you trad gig went well. It is indeed harder than it looks. I wasn’t feeling good about my bass lines until at least six months in and tons of transcribing and analysis.

 

[lydian]

'I’m happy to provide more details if anyone is curious.'

Yes please!

Finally went through the rest of the horn with a light. Found leaks on high E, C, low F, and low C#. Low D and below were pretty undervented. So I opened up all the guard stops a lot. If your low D and below are difficult to play or stuffy, I recommend you do the same.

 

[lydian]

@Damflask , too bad you had to let it go. It’s a beautiful horn. Just not many opportunities to play bass sax these days. Hopefully the new owner can put it to good use.