Saxophone reviews Unreliable Review of TJ and others

[trimmy]

It's all in your head.

Help me find it

 

[jazzdoh]

All I was saying is that it's subjective. You may think that your RAW has a better quality of sound than the B&S but someone else may disagree. It's not an objective measure. There is no such thing as a quality of sound measure. It's all in your head.

I get what you mean now,its all sound and its me that knows the RAW is better but someone else might prefer the B&S.

 

[Nick Wyver]

Yup. People use all sorts of meaningless words like complex or focused to try and prove that the sound of one sax is superior to another. It's all ********.
Oh I see. Sorry it's all b*llocks.
How stupid is that?

 

[Jeanette]

Help me find it

Mission impossible

Jx

 

[altissimo]

I think first you have to define what, for you, sounds good. This may vary from very bright and edgy to dark and rounded or anywhere in between.
Once you've got an idea of what you're looking for, then other people's opinions can help narrow things down a bit. Of course their definitions will be different to yours, but if you read enough opinions you can get a rough idea of whether a particular instrument will suit you.
I find Stephen Howard's reviews have to be read with a bit of caution since his idea of a good tone seems to be a lot brighter than what I would like

 

[MD0483]

I'm with you 100% Nick, it didn't take me long after playing various saxophones that no matter what I play I sound like me, I think I have stated that elsewhere on the forum. The mouthpiece set up IMHO has more effect on the sound than the horn itself. I was referring more to the "just feels right" when you pick up and play, the nicest alto I have cost me £80 and although I don't play alto much I always get a buzz that makes me want to keep on playing it. Of course all the other qualifications are important especially in a "working saxophone".

Just trying to add some perspective.

 

[thomsax]

All saxes that are plated must have a coat of copper first otherwise the plating is not going to stay on the sax. And the silverplated saxes are often clear laqured as well to prevent tarnishing. I think this is fake! Like the modern "rolled toneholes!

If a young beginner comes to me for advices I recommend them to contact a good saxophone teacher that can help them with a suitable sax.

The adult Rocksax player is more my thing: No sax- maybe low income, out of work, a family to take care of .... . If he/she wants to play rocksax then I'm glad to help. I have 6 saxes (B&S, Amati, Dörfler&Jörka, Keilwerth.... stencils) that they can lend for free. The saxes are ok. After some practising we should be able to play easy Blues, Rock, R&B songs together. To play the hornparts on "Last Night", "Ramrod" or grooves like Feeling Alright and I'm A Man is not hard To be frank, we don't care if we are playing an Easten Europe made sax or a Selmer( Paris). We are just having a fun!! RockSax is very much about Love. Peace and Understanding. Ok the sax and mouthpice is important, but somet of the guys we are listening to is playing on saxes that we think are bad: Eddie Shaw is blowing a Bundy II, Noble Watts was on Coon Shooting Star ..... Saxes that we on this forum think is crap!

Off topic.

Ivan; I like your review.