Saxophones What do you regret the most, either buying or not buying?

[thomsax]

I regret I didn't start my Rock & Roll Saxophone project ten years earlier. I hesitated in 1995 when I came in contact with a Rock & Roll Saxophone player from Boston. We met 10 years later here in Sweden.

My saxophone life is more about meetings between honkers/players that share the passion and interest for Rock & Roll Saxophon. We are just a few here in Scania (south Sweden) and Zealand (Denmark). I regret I didn't buy more Bundy II, Weltklang, Amati, Indiana, Shooting Star .... tenors and other great RockSax tools.

 

[davidk]

No point wallowing in Regret...there is only The Present Moment...all else is the mind's fabrication/reinterpretation of things past.....

View: https://youtu.be/1vaQ-Y6kLOM

 

[Wonko]

I don't do regret.

When an opportunity presents itself, you decide whether to do it or not. And then you move on.
You have to face the consequences of that choice, good or bad. Just live with it (or do something about it) .....

 

[mizmar]

Equally, I'm not big on regret. The path not taken so often ends-up in a swamp.

 

[dreadnet]

Regret not buying a Yamaha YTS62S last month for £1700. Especially after finding out that Wilton Felder played one back in the eighties 😡

 

[Wonko]

Equally, I'm not big on regret. The path not taken so often ends-up in a swamp.

Wether it ends up in a swamp or not, it's a waste of time to dwell on that path not taken. Just enjoy the path you are on.

 

[mizmar]

Just enjoy the path you are on.

I can be as miserable on the path taken as the one avoided.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Wether it ends up in a swamp or not, it's a waste of time to dwell on that path not taken. Just enjoy the path you are on

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

 

[Targa]

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Though give it a good clean before you use it.

 

[Tenor Viol]

Early in my sax days - perhaps around 2012/13 I went to Woodwind Exchange in Bradford to try some tenors, which included a King Super 20 (? I think). There were a half dozen vintage instruments I tried and that one stood out. I didn't buy it. The shop was killed off by Covid. Probably ought to have bought it.

 

[turf3]

Biggest selling regret, however, is the house in a good part of town that we sold some 25 years ago; today, the LOT is worth many times what we got for the house.

 

[JayeNM]

Great advice !!!! ....the trick becomes how do we stop our thoughts from overtaking our being ?

This is something 95% of people never really investigate...to their detriment.....

 

[JayeNM]

The surgery was planned week in advance. The SOP for sale wasn’t. My $49k surgery would have benefited in recovering with an $100 sop to restore later. FWIW the $200 meal after surgery tasted like old pads🤢

Look on the bright side...everyone agrees you are handsomer now.....

 

[Ghr9204]

Great advice !!!! ....the trick becomes how do we stop our thoughts from overtaking our being ?

We don't go there.... We STOP IT!

How often is it that one of our distinguished established experts (yourself included) attempts to explain to a noob that what they are doing is wrong and how to correct, and they act just like Kathryn Beakman in the Bob Newhart sketch, just don't get it?

They might as well be talking to a stone wall?

 

[syevad]

Mostly I remember the great buys...but I remember buying a G4M nearly 20 years ago) thinking it was a Jani - I was convinced 100% I'd found a massive bargain (paid about £160) the mouthpiece was installed the wrong way - typical sign of a seller who doesn't understand nor play saxophones (maybe he/she was selling the Jani of an ex partner?) then no indication of the maker.
Of course I was disappointed initially but then realized how well built and good sounding this chinese sax was...in the end it was a bargain (btw - those G4M were exactly the same as the Walstein...only much cheaper).

 

[skeller047]

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

You sir, are a true Yogi.

 

[thomsax]

Another thing I regret is why I didn't help more the "Happy Jazz" events. My father used to go and play dizzy, trad, standard jazz ..... at a place for older folks. I used to take him there once a week. Many came for playing, dancing or just to have a good time it was popular and important. The staff did a great job but they were just paid to work one evening/week. They needed help and I helped when I was there. I could probably help a little bit more ...... .

 

[Pete Effamy]

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

But it's somebody else's fork and they might need it.

 

[PigSquealer]

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

 

[Ghr9204]

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Though give it a good clean before you use it.

But it's somebody else's fork and they might need it.

Not for me to nick a Ramen eater's only means of nourishment.