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    Axtremus
    wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 03:21 last edited by
    #3

    Congratulations!

    Blow hard!

    And post a video.

    G 1 Reply Last reply 18 Feb 2023, 13:26
    • G George K
      18 Feb 2023, 03:10

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of new instruments....:

      I got this....

      All my life I've wanted a decent tenor sax since I saw The Pink Panther as a kid, and now finally....

      I cannot even begin to tell you how pleased the rest of the family are.

      Congratulations!!!

      Please share rather comments from the rest of the Phibes family!

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      Doctor Phibes
      wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 03:22 last edited by
      #4

      @George-K said in Speaking of new instruments....:

      Please share rather comments from the rest of the Phibes family!

      I told Mrs. Phibes it was my side-chick. I honestly couldn't tell whether she was laughing or crying.

      I was only joking

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        Mik
        wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 03:39 last edited by
        #5

        Of all the phrases or terms a husband should avoid, side chick is way, way up there.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 03:42 last edited by
          #6

          I demand you learn the Sax-a-boom lick and post it.

          Please love yourself.

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            Horace
            wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 03:45 last edited by
            #7

            Please learn baker street

            Education is extremely important.

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            • H Horace
              18 Feb 2023, 03:45

              Please learn baker street

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 03:51 last edited by
              #8

              @Horace said in Speaking of new instruments....:

              Please learn baker street

              That's an alto solo, you Philistine

              Here's a baritone instead...

              Link to video

              I was only joking

              H 1 Reply Last reply 18 Feb 2023, 13:15
              • D Doctor Phibes
                18 Feb 2023, 03:08

                I got this....

                08d859e3-5a00-4492-8536-7f8652d29b43-image.png

                All my life I've wanted a decent tenor sax since I saw The Pink Panther as a kid, and now finally....

                I cannot even begin to tell you how pleased the rest of the family are.

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                LuFins Dad
                wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 10:12 last edited by
                #9

                @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                I got this....

                08d859e3-5a00-4492-8536-7f8652d29b43-image.png

                All my life I've wanted a decent tenor sax since I saw The Pink Panther as a kid, and now finally....

                I cannot even begin to tell you how pleased the rest of the family are.

                A Yanagisawa?!

                alt text

                For those that don’t know, that’s the saxophone equivalent to Bosie 214VC or Yamaha CF6. It’s a helluva horn!

                Congratulations!

                The Brad

                D 1 Reply Last reply 18 Feb 2023, 12:04
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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 10:51 last edited by
                  #10

                  Cool stuff!

                  Only non-witches get due process.

                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  • L LuFins Dad
                    18 Feb 2023, 10:12

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                    I got this....

                    08d859e3-5a00-4492-8536-7f8652d29b43-image.png

                    All my life I've wanted a decent tenor sax since I saw The Pink Panther as a kid, and now finally....

                    I cannot even begin to tell you how pleased the rest of the family are.

                    A Yanagisawa?!

                    alt text

                    For those that don’t know, that’s the saxophone equivalent to Bosie 214VC or Yamaha CF6. It’s a helluva horn!

                    Congratulations!

                    D Online
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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 12:04 last edited by
                    #11

                    @LuFins-Dad said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                    I got this....

                    08d859e3-5a00-4492-8536-7f8652d29b43-image.png

                    All my life I've wanted a decent tenor sax since I saw The Pink Panther as a kid, and now finally....

                    I cannot even begin to tell you how pleased the rest of the family are.

                    A Yanagisawa?!

                    alt text

                    For those that don’t know, that’s the saxophone equivalent to Bosie 214VC or Yamaha CF6. It’s a helluva horn!

                    Congratulations!

                    Maybe not quite up there, but it is very nice. I tried a few and this was my preferred option for the budget I had

                    I was only joking

                    L 1 Reply Last reply 18 Feb 2023, 12:46
                    • D Doctor Phibes
                      18 Feb 2023, 12:04

                      @LuFins-Dad said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                      I got this....

                      08d859e3-5a00-4492-8536-7f8652d29b43-image.png

                      All my life I've wanted a decent tenor sax since I saw The Pink Panther as a kid, and now finally....

                      I cannot even begin to tell you how pleased the rest of the family are.

                      A Yanagisawa?!

                      alt text

                      For those that don’t know, that’s the saxophone equivalent to Bosie 214VC or Yamaha CF6. It’s a helluva horn!

                      Congratulations!

                      Maybe not quite up there, but it is very nice. I tried a few and this was my preferred option for the budget I had

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                      LuFins Dad
                      wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 12:46 last edited by
                      #12

                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                      @LuFins-Dad said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                      I got this....

                      08d859e3-5a00-4492-8536-7f8652d29b43-image.png

                      All my life I've wanted a decent tenor sax since I saw The Pink Panther as a kid, and now finally....

                      I cannot even begin to tell you how pleased the rest of the family are.

                      A Yanagisawa?!

                      alt text

                      For those that don’t know, that’s the saxophone equivalent to Bosie 214VC or Yamaha CF6. It’s a helluva horn!

                      Congratulations!

                      Maybe not quite up there, but it is very nice. I tried a few and this was my preferred option for the budget I had

                      Not at all…The elephant in the room with saxophones is Selmer. They are the Steinway of saxophones to those that don’t know. I was recently at a sax symposium and they had every major brand there with samples. The Yanagisawa was clearly the winner amongst majority of those there and was the talk of the group.. It blew the Jubilee and Series III away.

                      A vintage Mark VI is possibly a better horn, but I tend to think that a lot of that is just nostalgia.

                      I did like the Yamaha Custom EX, too. The Custom Z is supposed to be the cream of the wheat, but the EX just had a better airflow for me. And I will probably be able to get a deal on one…

                      The Brad

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                      • D Doctor Phibes
                        18 Feb 2023, 03:51

                        @Horace said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                        Please learn baker street

                        That's an alto solo, you Philistine

                        Here's a baritone instead...

                        Link to video

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                        Horace
                        wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 13:15 last edited by
                        #13

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                        @Horace said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                        Please learn baker street

                        That's an alto solo, you Philistine

                        I’m not interested in your excuses.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                        • A Axtremus
                          18 Feb 2023, 03:21

                          Congratulations!

                          Blow hard!

                          And post a video.

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                          George K
                          wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 13:26 last edited by
                          #14

                          @Axtremus said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                          Congratulations!
                          Blow hard!
                          And post a video.

                          One could have so much fun with changing the punctuation of that...

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • L LuFins Dad
                            18 Feb 2023, 12:46

                            @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                            @LuFins-Dad said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                            @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                            I got this....

                            08d859e3-5a00-4492-8536-7f8652d29b43-image.png

                            All my life I've wanted a decent tenor sax since I saw The Pink Panther as a kid, and now finally....

                            I cannot even begin to tell you how pleased the rest of the family are.

                            A Yanagisawa?!

                            alt text

                            For those that don’t know, that’s the saxophone equivalent to Bosie 214VC or Yamaha CF6. It’s a helluva horn!

                            Congratulations!

                            Maybe not quite up there, but it is very nice. I tried a few and this was my preferred option for the budget I had

                            Not at all…The elephant in the room with saxophones is Selmer. They are the Steinway of saxophones to those that don’t know. I was recently at a sax symposium and they had every major brand there with samples. The Yanagisawa was clearly the winner amongst majority of those there and was the talk of the group.. It blew the Jubilee and Series III away.

                            A vintage Mark VI is possibly a better horn, but I tend to think that a lot of that is just nostalgia.

                            I did like the Yamaha Custom EX, too. The Custom Z is supposed to be the cream of the wheat, but the EX just had a better airflow for me. And I will probably be able to get a deal on one…

                            D Online
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                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 13:49 last edited by Doctor Phibes
                            #15

                            @LuFins-Dad said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                            Not at all…The elephant in the room with saxophones is Selmer. They are the Steinway of saxophones to those that don’t know. I was recently at a sax symposium and they had every major brand there with samples. The Yanagisawa was clearly the winner amongst majority of those there and was the talk of the group.. It blew the Jubilee and Series III away.
                            A vintage Mark VI is possibly a better horn, but I tend to think that a lot of that is just nostalgia.
                            I did like the Yamaha Custom EX, too. The Custom Z is supposed to be the cream of the wheat, but the EX just had a better airflow for me. And I will probably be able to get a deal on one…

                            I tried a Yamaha, but not the Custom. All the internet wisdom seems to be that Yanagisawa is easily the best value for money, and arguably with better build quality than Selmer - I tried the TWO1 and the TW010 (the 'elite' version), but couldn't really feel or hear enough of a difference to justify the extra money, plus the 010 was heavier, which I didn't like.

                            The Taiwanese horns are a lot better than they used to be, but not quite up there with the Yanagisawa IMHO.

                            I think the Mark VI's are variable. I had a friend who played one in the UK, and it wasn't really anything that special. Somebody else I vaguely knew, who incidentally ended up playing for the band Simply Red, had one that was just wonderful, but some of that could have been his playing, which was also pretty special. I think one of the reasons they're held in such high regard is that the release coincided with the golden age of jazz sax playing.

                            I was only joking

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                              LuFins Dad
                              wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 14:26 last edited by
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                              Speaking of Brits playing Sax, Matt Telfer plays on Yanagisawa horns…

                              The Brad

                              D 1 Reply Last reply 18 Feb 2023, 14:41
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                                mark
                                wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 14:27 last edited by
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                                Freaking awesome!

                                Congrats, and we must have some recordings.

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                                • L LuFins Dad
                                  18 Feb 2023, 14:26

                                  Speaking of Brits playing Sax, Matt Telfer plays on Yanagisawa horns…

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                                  Doctor Phibes
                                  wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 14:41 last edited by
                                  #18

                                  @LuFins-Dad said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                                  Speaking of Brits playing Sax, Matt Telfer plays on Yanagisawa horns…

                                  I think Snake Davis does too, although I think his might be solid silver which I suspect is a bit unnecessary

                                  I was only joking

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                                  • markM mark
                                    18 Feb 2023, 14:27

                                    Freaking awesome!

                                    Congrats, and we must have some recordings.

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                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 14:45 last edited by
                                    #19

                                    @mark said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                                    Freaking awesome!

                                    Congrats, and we must have some recordings.

                                    My self consciousness about my playing is a bit high at the moment so I might need to wait a while before venturing into that particular territory

                                    I was only joking

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                                    • D Doctor Phibes
                                      18 Feb 2023, 14:45

                                      @mark said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                                      Freaking awesome!

                                      Congrats, and we must have some recordings.

                                      My self consciousness about my playing is a bit high at the moment so I might need to wait a while before venturing into that particular territory

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                                      Horace
                                      wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 14:46 last edited by
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                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                                      @mark said in Speaking of new instruments....:

                                      Freaking awesome!

                                      Congrats, and we must have some recordings.

                                      My self consciousness about my playing is a bit high at the moment so I might need to wait a while before venturing into that particular territory

                                      Every day without baker street solo recording from you is a day of abject failure.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                      • D Doctor Phibes
                                        18 Feb 2023, 03:08

                                        I got this....

                                        08d859e3-5a00-4492-8536-7f8652d29b43-image.png

                                        All my life I've wanted a decent tenor sax since I saw The Pink Panther as a kid, and now finally....

                                        I cannot even begin to tell you how pleased the rest of the family are.

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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 15:06 last edited by
                                        #21

                                        @Doctor-Phibes

                                        Congratulations. Enjoy.

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          LuFins Dad
                                          wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 15:44 last edited by
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                                          Next Piano Party in New England, I'll bring Lucas and our Alto and Bari, and we'll play a trio...

                                          The Brad

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