Saxophones How to identify 100% genuine YAS-62

QWales

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I went to see a Yamaha 62 yesterday, it was an unusual meeting and I was dubious about whether the person was actualy going to turn up with a Sax at all. It had Yamaha YAS-62 and the s/n stamped just above the band in the middle and G1 stamped on the neck but the bell part had no other marks other than Yamaha, established etc... Is it possible to put the bell from a cheaper model on this and would it be possible to tell if someone had?
 
What did you expect extra on the bell ? . all 62s have quite extensive engraving but only Yamaha, established In 1882 in actual writing (Maybe Japan on early ones)

A 32 Bell would fit probably as its basically the same bar the extra engraving
 
What did you expect extra on the bell ? . all 62s have quite extensive engraving but only Yamaha, established In 1882 in actual writing (Maybe Japan on early ones)

There was no engraving that I noticed/remember, it looked quite plain small and drab at the time, maybe it was just that I was expecting a catch due to the unusual circumstances of the meeting.
 
Sounds like the original bell has got damaged and a 32 bell has been fitted, late 32s do have some engraving on but its only near the Yamaha logo and is stamped not hand done like a 62 is - see my thread on the tenors , the 32 is basically a de-blinged 62 in its last guise , the earliest ones were more like 23s with high F# and 62 body and bell

The G1 neck came with the Mk2 - the Mk2 YAS62 had Selmer like guards whereas the 62 Mk1 (and 32) had the 61 style 1 piece guards
 
Bought my first Yammy in 82/83 it was a YAS 32 - Gold lacquer with nickel plated keywork, it was a very plain horn. It didn't have adjustment screws on the keywork, but I can't remember if had engraving on the bell.

A few years later, must've been 88/89, I bought an early model YAS 62. But I kept the 32 as back-up horn for many years.

The YAS 62 horn definitely had engraving on the bell with the Yamaha logo and the Yamaha blurb with the serial number on the body above the thumb rest. I'm pretty sure that the G1 necks came later. (Ads has confirmed my suspicion in the meantime with his post above) I still have the original neck from that horn as it fell off a dodgy stage at a wedding gig and I replaced the damaged neck with a new one.

The original neck sits in my bookcase along with memorabilia from days gone by and has no markings whatsoever except for the circular Yamaha logo "thingy" glued into the octave key.

Agree with Ads could well be a 62 body with a 32 bell and a G1 neck.
 
That old 62 neck is quite sought after as it livens up Mk2s and Mk3s which come with more Sanitized sounding ones ( the G1 and "62" labelled necks respectively) . a Mk1 neck would sell well on the Yardsale Methinks (you`d get between £80 and £110 for it) - the 32 neck is the same tube with a simpler brace on ...
 
Hi Ads - The damaged neck is badly dented and slightly bent to boot. The sax fell off the stage and landed upside down on a tiled floor at the point where the octave key mechanism pivots on the neck. It's probably not worth repairing it. I shall bequeath it to future generations when I make my will. 😉
 
... I was expecting a catch due to the unusual circumstances of the meeting...

Oh that simply sets the mind racing

You and seller were involved in the same bank robbery and during the heist discovered a mutual interest in sax?

You were both booted and suited, goggles and gauntlets in a facility in Sierra Leone?
 
Oh that simply sets the mind racing

You and seller were involved in the same bank robbery and during the heist discovered a mutual interest in sax?

You were both booted and suited, goggles and gauntlets in a facility in Sierra Leone?
:rofl:

I'm going to have words with that guy, he obviously has a loose lips... Probably why he was selling it in the first place :w00t:
 
Sometimes they smuggle rare Amazonian pygmy Tapirs aimed at the pet industry into Cardiff instead of more watched ports , as we all know these tiny Tapirs love nothing more than kipping in saxophones which is why when you see Pygmy Tapir enclosures in pet shops , they include a sax-bell shaped bed . Maybe QWales and his accomplice are in the pet industry and were importing these cute creatures -- the give away that a horn has been used for this is leaking on the bell notes, as they love to nibble the pads ...
 
Sometimes they smuggle rare Amazonian pygmy Tapirs aimed at the pet industry into Cardiff instead of more watched ports , as we all know these tiny Tapirs love nothing more than kipping in saxophones which is why when you see Pygmy Tapir enclosures in pet shops , they include a sax-bell shaped bed . Maybe QWales and his accomplice are in the pet industry and were importing these cute creatures -- the give away that a horn has been used for this is leaking on the bell notes, as they love to nibble the pads ...

No no all ours have gum shields so are fully sax friendly and make excellent pad savers
 
sometimes part numbers may differ but they still work and fit properly , used to get this with synths all time when I repaired them - the difference could be as little as the lacquer used on the keys and probably is, the 62s use a different grade and colour to the 32
 

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