Saxophones The Bauhaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread

[rhysonsax]

Pete - that's great saxophone playing. You must have really lived hard in your 22 years to have all that experience 😉

What is the finish on that new Walstein ?

And where did that backing track come from ?

Just wish I could play anything like that - it's beautiful.

Rhys

 

[Pete Thomas]

The horn is silver plate and lacquered keys, though I originally thought it was gold plated keys. (Pics in the let's see them thread). The track is work in progress (my next album) but I'm also currently working on a book of tunes with backing tracks and hoping to put that one on there.

 

[Saxlicker]

Pete Thomas wrote:
Recording is now on my youtube site (Old Time Blues Take 1). I'm still wondering about buying it but I'll probably wait until they have a few more. I don't really need 4 altos at the moment.

Fan flippin tastic!!!

 

[Col9]

Very rarely are Jane and I both dumbstruck at the same but wow. What a sound and what playing, awesome on both counts.

And only 22 You'll go far when you grow up. :laugh:

Col.

 

[rhysonsax]

Pete Thomas wrote:
The horn is silver plate and lacquered keys, though I originally thought it was gold plated keys. (Pics in the let's see them thread).

That's my favourite finish - the same as on my Keilwerth Bass and the Grassi alto I have just acquired. Wasn't sure from the pictures, as the colour can do funny things in photos under artificial light - silver looking brassy and vice versa.

Hope Walstein offer all the sizes in this finish. Or maybe not, as I really don't need any more saxes.

Rhys

 

[greg_strange]

Hi Pete,

Thanks for posting the video/sound file of the new alto. It sounds really good. The video of the low Bb trill tip also shows the new sax in all its glory. Once these saxes are for sale to the general public they should sell like hot cakes. The silver body, gold keys and paua (NZ abalone) touchpieces, is a good finish I like, it looks different.

One question Pete - in the video is there a baby grand piano behind the bass sax and below your guitars?
Your music room/studio looks like a great place to hang out and play all those wonderful musical instruments.
Four altos too many? Is it possible to have too many saxophones? As long as the wife does not find out, and you have enough room.
Thanks once again.
Regards,
Greg Strange.

 

[saxismyaxe]

Lovely job as usual Pete. It makes me want to run out and buy a Walstein, well order one from overseas at least. 😉

 

[old_git]

Pete,
Do you mind if I add you to Paul Desmond amongst my Alto heroes?

 

[Pete Thomas]

Well, I must say. I'm more than a little touched.

Thanks very much.

Greg, the piano is a my wife's harpsichord.

 

[Mikec]

Great playing, Pete. Do you always mike a sax at that distance, or do you ever close mike it? It's a terrific recording as well.

 

[old_git]

Is that a mike?
Thought that a stand had luckily caught the neighbour's mortar shell. 😉

 

[Dylan]

Hey Pete

Probably the best advert Walstein will ever have ! Loved it.

By the way - thanks for the tip re: beer gut and diaphragm breathing. I knew there had to be an excuse around for me somewhere.

D

 

[Pete Thomas]

Yes, it's a big big microphone.

Sometimes a would have the mic closer, but usually if there were other instruments around and I wanted to avoid spill.

 

[Linky Lee]

The clip is fantastic, sounds great and really nails the feel of the genre while still sounding fresh.

 

[greg_strange]

Greg, the piano is a my wife's harpsichord.

Hi Pete,
The harpsichord looks like an interesting instrument, I was quite taken with the nice wood finish I could see in the background of your video. Maybe you and your wife could do a duet on your next album, alto sax and harpsichord, perhaps?.
The Thomas household must own some unusual, interesting and rare musical instruments - it's good to see people playing and using these gems.
Regards,
Greg Strange.

P.S. Each time I watch your video I like the new alto sax and music more - I can't wait for the new album to come out with some more great music. The alto sounds superb.

 

[Pjonah]

Jeeks Pete

You totally nailed Uncle Phunks Junk, awesome brilliant can's think of any more superlatives.

You da MAN!

Respec

 

[peter_fitton]

22? And the rest! lol.

Great clip though. Yeah, Walstein should use it in their advertising.

At the risk of sounding like a philistine traditionalist - is there any chance Walstein could actually make a sax in gold lacquer at some point?

 

[greg_strange]

Hi Pete,

I really like the new video clip of 'Uncle Phunk's Junk'. Great funky groove. Reminds me of some of the stuff Dave Sanborn was doing in the early 1990s with the 'Upfront' and 'Hearsay' albums, and Maceo Parker did some funk on his 'Roots Revisited' album with a cover of a Sly and The Family Stone tune. A good comparison with the earlier video of the slower, bluesy tune.
That new Bauhaus-Walstein alto sax appears to be one versatile little horn. How does it compare to the Rampone-Cazzini alto you were interested in?
Regards,
Greg Strange.

P.S. What is the rather large microphone you are using?

 

[Pete Thomas]

The Bauhaus has a more even response overall - the extremes of register have the same response and ease of playing as the rest of the horn, it seems to be more controllable.

It's impossible to compare very accurately though as it's several weeks since I played the R & C.

The mic is an AKG C12VR

 

[thomsax]

Yes, the clip it great!

I'm sure the Bauhaus-Waldstein is a fine sax but it's the player who creates the music. I mean that all decent saxes will probably sound great in Mr Pete Thomas hands. If I hand over one of my old Martins to Pete, he would probably get the horn to produce the best tones ever. There are some saxplayers in the world today who are able to blow sax like this. Pete Thomas is one of them!

Is it a PRC alto mpc on the clip?

Thomas