just bought a saxophone

sda2mike
sda2mike Posts: 3,131
edited March 2014 in The Clubhouse
Yep. the old alcohol(not much its wednesday) and the magic bid button:)
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2014
    That's not a "bad" thing if you play! Sax is a great instrument. I always regret not making the transition, I played clarinet as a kid and a number in my cohort moved on to the Sax.

    And if you don't play, well, it's never too late!

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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited February 2014
    I play guitar and other stringed instruments. always liked the sax. chicks dig it too;)
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited February 2014
    Clinton quit playin the sax after he found his whoremonica ;)
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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,481
    edited February 2014
    I still own an alto but played them all. The tenor was always my personal favorite but could never afford one at the time. I played the bass sax when I was a freshman in HS marching band!
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  • charley95
    charley95 Posts: 908
    edited February 2014
    Check out Sax Gordon on y-tube, he is a great player.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited February 2014
    ex-tenor sax player here.

    Enjoy the journey - lots of great music out there.

    Today is Dexter Gordon's birthday...one of the great jazz tenor sax players - give him a listen and be inspired!

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited February 2014
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    ex-tenor sax player here.

    here too. Had a Selmer Paris MK VI in college. Man that was a SWEET horn. got married had long move on to the guitar so I had my father-in-law - also a sax player and career music teacher - sell it for me. I will say that if its a sh!tty horn it will be more frustrating to learn. Pads will stick, air won't flow as well, it will seem impossible to get into tune and the tone may never seem right (I played a lot of school instruments growing up). But take some time and see if you like it before you invest in something higher end. Enjoy!
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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited February 2014
    It's like this new saying... You buy a camera nowadays, now you're a photographer; you buy a saxophone... well, now you have a saxophone!
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited February 2014
    deronb1 wrote: »
    Clinton quit playin the sax after he found his whoremonica ;)
    Lol, bout spit my coffee out on that one. I wonder if ol' slick willie ever played Devil With A Blue Dress On on the sax? One of my favorite sax players was Sam Butera , he played along with The Witnesses and Louie Prima & and the lovely Keeley Smith.
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  • migueralliart
    migueralliart Posts: 10
    edited February 2014
    I play tenor sax... and my dad was once in Cuba at some sort of "pawn shop there" and he snatched a selmer paris mark tenor for ~200$ . When he came back home and showed that to me I couldn't believe it. He obviously had no idea of what he just purchased as he was carrying it bare with no case etc. I told him it was a 3,000$ sax and he wouldn't believe me. Spent about 500$ restoring it and getting proper pads. Now it is sitting in my man cave and I play it every now and then.
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited March 2014
    Alto player here. Sax issn easy horn to get a sound on, but a b**** to make it sound like you want it to. Good luck and listen to as many payers as you can.
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