Saxophones Buying a TJ Raw Alto tomorrow...OK?

Ivan · Jan 21, 2015

DavidUK said:
I'm reaching the quality of sax level now where any of the 62, SDA, Raw, S20, TH&C, BA, SBA, could surely be "the one"...

Didn't work for Daveysaxboy

Anyway you've missed out R&C

AND of course http://www.inderbinen.com/index_e.html

Ads · Jan 21, 2015

Nothing worked for Davesaxboy , even the Mighty Sheppard .. he rolled back to a Yam 82Z and has been happy ever since .......

In-Der-Bin----en make me laugh . I love the way they use the guard from the Budget YAS-275 and fit felt adjusters to it . still looks like a guard from a 275 :rolleyes:

. £7800 on a custom Alto and it looks like a YAS275 which has had the body etc lacquered vintage brown

Jeanette · Jan 21, 2015

Ads said:
I`m amazed at how many Altos I`ve had (been playing Alto only 18 months) and how FEW Tenors I`ve had (Been playing Tenor 31 years)

That is probably because there was no café 31 years ago and nobody egging you on to try more >:)

Jx

Ivan · Jan 21, 2015

Ads said:
Nothing worked for Davesaxboy , even the Mighty Sheppard .. he rolled back to a Yam 82Z and has been happy ever since .......

In-Der-Bin----en make me laugh . I love the way they use the guard from the Budget YAS-275 and fit felt adjusters to it . still looks like a guard from a 275 . £7800 on a custom Alto and it looks like a YAS275 which has had the body etc lacquered vintage brown

Pah!

Key guards are just peripherals

Who could resist the bespoke body, massaged into shape by dedicated artisans who draw on hundreds of years of saxophone know how to produce an exquisite sound that harks from the dawn of time....?

Gotta be worth eight grand of anyone's money

Clivey · Jan 21, 2015

Jeanette said:
That is probably because there was no café 31 years ago and nobody egging you on to try more

Jx

The internet and this Forum whilst undoubtedly being a great thing for players has perhaps created the GAS phenomenon . 30 odd years back I think it was really more just about sticking the thing in yer gob and trying ones best to overcome the shortcomings, or should that be maximise ones potential LOL.Re. finding the " holy grail"? For me anyway. Thats something within, that most of us will always be seeking for as long as we have the breath to play.

altissimo · Jan 21, 2015

Ads said:
lacquered vintage brown

er, I don't think it's lacquer, looks more like chemical patination... hmm, that'd be an interesting way to make a raw horn look old....

Ads · Jan 22, 2015

Ivan said:
Who could resist the bespoke body, massaged into shape by dedicated artisans who draw on hundreds of years of saxophone know how to produce an exquisite sound that harks from the dawn of time....?

Didn`t I read that patter from Jollysun ...............

Ads · Jan 22, 2015

Clivey said:
30 odd years back I think it was really more just about sticking the thing in yer gob and trying ones best to overcome the shortcomings, or should that be maximise ones potential LOL.

Yup, everyone was in a band back then (up here anyway) and if you needed a sax player, someone bought one and worked out how to play it the hard way, by trial and error

GAS ?? could barely afford it in the American sense of the word to keep my Bike on the road

ProfJames · Jan 22, 2015

They should put Inderbinen on Page 3. Fabulous saxophones....

jazzdoh · Jan 22, 2015

DavidUK said:
No, GAS has no on/off knob. 🙁

Yes it has,its your choice.

Ive not owned any BA's or SBA's but the ones I've tried have not been special,i picked my VI out of 15 horns and at least half of them i didn't like,GAS can be an endless journey of chasing your tail but it doesn't have to be,as i have said before find a sax that you like and grow old with it.

DavidUK · Jan 22, 2015

Well KARMA has struck!! 😵

The retailer has emailed me to say the model isn't the one I thought it was! It's the older Graffiti logo'd TJ SC not the newer Raw. That's after I'd emailed him photos last week to confirm what it was, and he'd confirmed it was what I thought he thought I thought it was. NO SALE! He's crediting back my payment to my card.

In a way I'm strangely relieved I won't have to choose between three horns. There's no way I'll fork out £1,600 for a "proper" one either!

Ho hum... on we go...

ProfJames · Jan 22, 2015

All that for nothing!!! David.......after everyone's efforts you had better get out there and buy something mate!!!! >:)

This will do...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yanagisaw...t=UK_Woodwind_Instruments&hash=item1c46568870

DavidUK · Jan 22, 2015

ProfJames said:
All that for nothing!!! David.......after everyone's efforts you had better get out there and buy something mate!!!!

This will do...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yanagisaw...t=UK_Woodwind_Instruments&hash=item1c46568870

Found one of those for £800, but...

jazzdoh · Jan 22, 2015

ProfJames said:
All that for nothing!!! David.......after everyone's efforts you had better get out there and buy something mate!!!!

This will do...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yanagisaw...t=UK_Woodwind_Instruments&hash=item1c46568870

WOW that price is nearly 3 grand over what others are selling them for,thats optimism for you.