Saxophones Rosedale, Jericho tenors... Anyone have one?

[DavidUK]

I have my eye on a G4M "Howard" tenor in mint condition for £170, whereas a new Rosedale tenor can be had for £279, but the Jericho J6 isn't a lot more. Anyone have a review of any of these?
Robbie, are you around? Any news on the J6 tenor "pass around"?

Or should I wait for a Walstein tenor to appear, at around the £300 mark?

still working on the old Russian tenor but I don't think it'd be my main instrument. More a test bed for experimenting.

Maybe someone has a nice tenor they'd like to swap for my Beaugnier alto???

 

[kevgermany]

Feeling seems to be that the G4M Howard is the same as the Rosedale.

So if it's true and the Howard is mint, it's good value.

 

[Colin the Bear]

G4M had to change the name from Howard to Rosedale because of some confusion with another Howard saxophone. The Rosedale retails around the £400 mark new, whereas their basic retails around £250. It's a reasonable instrument to play but for resale I don't think there's much profit in it.

 

[DavidUK]

G4M had to change the name from Howard to Rosedale because of some confusion with another Howard saxophone. The Rosedale retails around the £400 mark new, whereas their basic retails around £250. It's a reasonable instrument to play but for resale I don't think there's much profit in it.

I was looking to keep this one Colin. However, I do always have an eye on resale values as who knows when I would tire of it (about two weeks?). Rosedale tenor £279 on Amazon brand new from G4M with 12 mth g'tee, plus £12 delivery. At the normal price of £439 it makes £170 look good for the Howard but when G4M keep discounting their products it doesn't seem so great.
So then you think about buying the new one at £279 for the warranty, and that brings you up to J6 MkII prices (and I liked the J6 alto) with a three year warranty. BUT... I can't find a single review of the J6 MkII tenor. Not one!