Saxophones Showing my new saxophone:YAS-82z red

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After selling my last instrument, I bought this limited edition 82z produced in 2014: 82z red.
The main difference between the 82z red and the normal gold lacquer 82z is that it uses a rose gold-plated V1 neck (V1 PG), which is not sold separately. The gold-plated neck makes the tone more gorgeous and makes the instrument more responsive. From my personal experience, it is much faster than my last 82z in terms of response, and there is no resistance at all. When you want it to make a sound, it will definitely respond to you, and it is especially easy to play super high and sub low notes.
The other differences are mainly the use of red opal for the Bis key, and the use of rose gold-plated screws and two thumb rests. It also comes with a red travel case (similar to the 82zul, but the color is changed). These changes will not have a significant impact on the sound, but make the instrument more beautiful and refined, with a unified warm tone overall.
Before the purchase, I was struggling between the 82z red and the limited edition 82zlse of another 82z, which uses gold lacquer keys and a silver-plated body with a sterling silver neck. But considering the difference between the gold-plated and sterling silver necks, and the difficulty of maintaining the silver-plated surface, I finally chose the 82z red. It won't be eye-catching (compared to the silver-plated horn), but when you look closely, you will find a lot of surprising details, and there is a sense of low-key luxury.
The only regret is that this 82z red has lost its original mouthpiece (D'Addario Select Jazz) and the limited certificate card, but from the perspective of use rather than collection, it is enough to make me happy to own such a rare limited instrument.
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another two pictures,the red bag and the 82zlse
(By the way, there is a small detail I need to point out. The original neck of the 82zlse is pure silver V1, but the original neck of the one I saw was lost, so the seller matched it with a silver-plated V1. Or you can choose not to buy the neck and go to other channels to buy pure silver V1 (so the 82zlse in this picture is a silver-plated V1))
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Lovely horn. I've never seen that colour configuration with the red. Is that usaly only made for the specific markets, for example Japanese or Idian?

Do I understand correctly that both horns have the V1 neck? Other than the gold plate vs Solid Stirling Silver?
 
Lovely horn. I've never seen that colour configuration with the red. Is that usaly only made for the specific markets, for example Japanese or Idian?

Do I understand correctly that both horns have the V1 neck? Other than the gold plate vs Solid Stirling Silver?
I'm not sure about this because I bought a second-hand 82z red. But only 100 were produced in total, so not many people know about it.You can search on Google and there are several Japanese web pages introducing 82z red and 82zlse.
Yes, both have v1 necks. I was thinking that the sterling silver v1 can be purchased separately, which means that if I want to try the sterling silver neck in the future, I will have the opportunity, but the rose gold plated v1 (not gold plated, gold plated v1 is sold separately) is not available. This is also one of the important reasons why I bought this instrument instead of the 82zlse.
 

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