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NSD! (technically night...)

  • 30-09-2008 10:45pm
    #1
    kawaii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭


    Picked up a tenor sax today! Just ordered a bass off the internet recently but it wont be ready til december so I figured I had better get a new toy to keep me going!

    And now some awful pics! :

    Snapshot_20080930.jpg

    Snapshot_20080930_1.jpg

    Sorry for the silly novel camera fx :pac: Never used a webcam to take pics before...

    Anyways! It's a YTS 275. 1099 in paul ryans and he threw in a few bits and bobs. Was going to get a cheaper jupiter model but they were out of stock and i just couldn't wait any longer so I decided today to shell out the extra 300 :D

    So big nd shiny. Only one problem tho. It's very loud (I'm told...) - hence me having the time to take pics... Any way to make her quieten down somewhat for practice at home?


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  • #2
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Congrats! I know nothing about Sax, but im sure the feeling of a great new instrument is universal... enjoy it :D


  • #3
    kawaii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭kawaii


    voodoo_child wrote: »
    Congrats! I know nothing about Sax, but im sure the feeling of a great new instrument is universal... enjoy it :D

    Thanks! I am of course thrilled! Can't wait to whip out a note fingering chart tomo and figure this thing out. So many keys on it! I keep finding new ones :P


  • #4
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Congrats! It looks nice! :cool:

    You can get silencers to quiet them down. http://www.saxmute.com :)


  • #5
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Very nice score man.


  • #6
    Baggio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭Baggio


    dammm and I thought this was a thread congratulating us in Never Say Die ( NSD ) for being soo damm tight on stage hahah ...dammm :)

    maybe next time amigos...Baggio....


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  • #7
    sei046
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭sei046


    Im loving the cushion


  • #8
    Gaspode
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,044 ✭✭✭Gaspode


    kawaii wrote: »
    Picked up a tenor sax today! Just ordered a bass off the internet recently but it wont be ready til december so I figured I had better get a new toy to keep me going!
    Congrats kawaii, what a brilliant toy to get while waiting on a bass!!
    kawaii wrote: »
    ... Any way to make her quieten down somewhat for practice at home?
    sei046 wrote: »
    Im loving the cushion

    I think you have your answer to the noise problem right there, just stuff it into the horn!!!:D


  • #9
    Rigsby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭Rigsby


    I LOVE the sound of a tenor sax. :cool: I remember picking up a friend's tenor to try it, and could n't get a note out of it. :o

    Great to see a different instrument being talked about here for a change.

    Good luck with it. :)


  • #10
    kawaii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭kawaii


    Woo! Multi quote!
    Dord wrote: »
    Congrats! It looks nice! :cool:

    You can get silencers to quiet them down. http://www.saxmute.com :)

    I did a bit of research and most of those mutes aren't very effective for sax. This is because sound is coming from each of the holes as opposed to just the bell, as is the case with say trumpets or most brass instruments. There is a thing called a sax bag but they look very silly so no : http://www.bill-lewington.com/silentsax.htm

    I'll just have to get to work on dynamics i guess.
    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Very nice score man.

    :D
    sei046 wrote: »
    Im loving the cushion

    You know it!
    deswalsh wrote: »
    Congrats kawaii, what a brilliant toy to get while waiting on a bass!!

    I thought so too! It actually cost me as much as the bass will cost tho, so it's kinda strange to think of it in this way. :D
    Rigsby wrote: »
    I LOVE the sound of a tenor sax. :cool: I remember picking up a friend's tenor to try it, and could n't get a note out of it. :o

    Great to see a different instrument being talked about here for a change.

    Good luck with it. :)


    Thanks. Yeah i'd only ever had a go with an alto before but the tenor just appealed to me a whole lot more. I'm sure I'll get great mileage out of that foghorn-esque low Bb (Concert Ab) :pac:.

    Thanks people!


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