Saxophones Is this a real YSS475II

[Tonehole]

I recently bought and early YSS475II and it does not match this horn. Wondering which is the real deal.. LOL
How many things can you spot in this picture and listing that would confirm this horn is not a real YSS 475II besides the price!
Does Yamaha supply white gloves with there new horns?

 

[Greg Strange]

I have a Yamaha YSS-475 first generation model and it has a one piece body/neck. A bit of research on-line confirms the same for the second generation instrument. Yamaha does not supply gloves with their instruments...

Greg S.

 

[dexdex]

☝️☝️☝️☝️
This !
The gloves and the destroyed left pinky keys are typical of very poor quality. The opposite of Yamaha.
Not sure if the abuse of an established brand would be legal here.

 

[Targa]

I like the way there is the long AI description followed by I don’t know a lot about this instrument.

 

[Tonehole]

I like the way there is the long AI description followed by I don’t know a lot about this instrument.

Yes love the discription as well as says it is a one piece horn but shows two necks and that it is based on the EX custom! Wow I never knew nor did Yamaha.

 

[JayeNM]

☝️☝️☝️☝️
This !
The gloves and the destroyed left pinky keys are typical of very poor quality. The opposite of Yamaha.
Not sure if the abuse of an established brand would be legal here.

Well, a Bb pinky touch off of its C# pivot is not really indicative of anything, except that it got knocked at some point.

also...white gloves...i mean, yeah cheapos come with white gloves, but to use that as an open-shut ?

I always go to the serial # how it looks (stamped or laser) then next look at details, particularly post shape, octave mechanisms, spat key shape, and design of F# to G# armature. then name engraving. By then it usually has spilled its beans.

In this case the neck probably was enough

 

[JayeNM]

Yes love the discription as well as says it is a one piece horn but shows two necks and that it is based on the EX custom! Wow I never knew nor did Yamaha.

And this. Actually usually incredibly transparent....

 

[Tonehole]

I bought my YSS 475 from a fellow who had the original receipt with serial # for it from Sweetwater. He bought it 2nd hand from the original owner. It has no II engraving on it but all the other features are correct. So I assume it is an early horn in the transition before they changed the engraving. The price I paid made me cautious as it was well below market value just a little over double the price of this listed horn. But he was a legit seller, an older hobbyist unloading a bunch of instruments.

A solid horn and plays well case shows more wear than the horn.

 

[Tonehole]

Here is another one that is suspect the price just toooo good to be true. I reached out to him and he agreed to sell until I said I would drive to the remote area that he lived in to pick it up then he ghosted me. This was the only picture as well.