Beginner Saxes Has anyone tried the new black Sakkusu?

[Colin the Bear]

While googling something else the new beginner range from sax.co.uk came up. The midnight black. Black body and keys seemed particularly appealing to me. Has any one tried one lately?

 

[jbtsax]

The price with tax is equal to about $550 US. That puts it somewhere in between the ultra cheap models and the quality student saxes selling for just over $1000. I would be interested to read a Stephen Howard review sometime in the near future. hint, hint 😉

 

[peterpick]

is sakkusu not the in-house name of sax uk?
or is that amstrad.....

 

[Colin the Bear]

As far as I know it's their own brand. The brass lacquer one is £320. I've never seen an all black horn. Black horns usually have brass or occasionaly nickel keywork. The colour shouldn't be a factor but an all black horn really floats my boat.

 

[jbtsax]

You might also like the Cannonball Big Bell Stone Series Black Nickel. It costs a lot more than the Sakkusu.

 

[saxyjt]

Dark matters... All black! Kiwi territory? 😳

Sorry, I'm off to Auckland again soon. Can't wait.*

* Not for real. Just by proxy & virtually to follow the Prada Cup's final starting on the 13th...

 

[Colin the Bear]

You might also like the Cannonball Big Bell Stone Series Black Nickel. It costs a lot more than the Sakkusu.

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Be still my beating heart. I blew a big bell stone tenor once. Lovely it was too. Black nickel is just lush.

 

[trimmy]

I blew a big bell stone tenor once. Lovely it was too.

I remember it well and yes it was a beautiful sax

 

[Stephen Howard]

The price with tax is equal to about $550 US. That puts it somewhere in between the ultra cheap models and the quality student saxes selling for just over $1000. I would be interested to read a Stephen Howard review sometime in the near future. hint, hint 😉

You mean like this one?

Sakkusu tenor saxophone review

A workbench review of the Sakkusu tenor sax

www.shwoodwind.co.uk

 

[mpjbiker]

Can't comment on recent Sakkusu horns, but I got a black touch piece alto for my stepson a few years ago, and it's been great. Despite the abuse inflicted by a teenager, it's needed no attention at all, plays fine and in tune. I paid peanuts for it, but even new they're not expensive.

 

[DavidUK]

Can't comment on recent Sakkusu horns, but I got a black touch piece alto for my stepson a few years ago, and it's been great. Despite the abuse inflicted by a teenager, it's needed no attention at all, plays fine and in tune. I paid peanuts for it, but even new they're not expensive.

Just like the one on the Yardsale here?

That was the older Taiwan model, changed to the not-so-good current Chinese model with the non-black touch pieces.

😉

 

[jbtsax]

You mean like this one?

Sakkusu tenor saxophone review

A workbench review of the Sakkusu tenor sax

www.shwoodwind.co.uk

Thank you for that excellent review as always. My favorite comment was:

There are pros and cons to using such soft pads - mostly cons, it has to be said - but they're certainly useful if the toneholes are rather less than level. The(y) don't so much seal the tonehole as smother them with a pillow.

I'm going to use that the next time I get into an argument with someone about using soft pads---with attribution, of course. 🙂

 

[Dave E]

I tried a Sakkusu tenor at sax.co.uk in ~ 2018. It was a nice sax, but I had my head turned by a part exchange deal for a Hanson LX in the end (black with nickel keys).

 

[Stephen Howard]

I'm going to use that the next time I get into an argument with someone about using soft pads---with attribution, of course. 🙂

And thanks for spotting a typo!

 

[Colin the Bear]

Don't like it any more after that review. Pretty but awful. 🙁

 

[Stephen Howard]

Don't like it any more after that review. Pretty but awful. 🙁

They're basically A.N.Other Ultra-Cheap horn, with what appears to be a very cursory setup.
Better off buying a Gear4Music horn and having a decent repairer give it the once-over.

 

[vries1]

And thanks for spotting a typo!

Ah, typos, I thought there were non left... however... no, let’s not air the dirty laundry.

 

[Stephen Howard]

Ah, typos, I thought there were non left... however... no, let’s not air the dirty laundry.

There are always going to be some - even after the the most diligent poring 😉

 

[jbtsax]

There are always going to be some - even after the the most diligent poring 😉

Especially when the "typo" is still a correctly spelled word. That happens to me a lot.

 

[Stephen Howard]

Especially when the "typo" is still a correctly spelled word. That happens to me a lot.

I put it down to my two-fingered typing. Alas, I just can't get the hang of proper touch-typing, so all those many millions of words are quite literally hammered out with two fingers and the occasional thumb.
And sometimes I even have gloves on,

Anyway, it gives people something to do - and I'm genuinely hugely appreciative of their input.