$250 Saxophone vs $3,100 Saxophone

in around 2009 when I had a cruddy cheap saxophone I used it as an excuse for my sound. We had a professional visit the high school for an event and he heard my complaints in the hallway, took my saxophone and played the most beautiful and wonderful solo for about 5 mins. I was never allowed to complain again. Its not the sax, its the saxophonist.

"I was just expecting a saxophone, I wasn't expecting a whole...new life" - me joining band in 5th grade, then choosing a college based on their band program

and here's me, a bass player, knowing nothing about saxophones watching this..

I bought my first saxophone for $99 It is still to this day my favorite saxophone, even compared to a $2000 one I played

Never judge a sax right out of the packaging, judge it one year down the line with wear and tear, when the key guards have fallen off, pads have come unglued, and key post braising has separated and broken off.

Absolutely anyone: "Hey, this driftwood came in on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain and it's kind of shaped like a saxophone, so we sent it to you." Saxologic: "It definitely plays better with a Jazz embouchure..."

Me, a pianist, I got nothing but mad respect for sax players. Beautiful instrument and sound, hard as hell to master

I got this saxophone based on a few reviews I watched and I played it through college! it's needed minimal maintenance over the last 3 years and I've loved playing it. I got the antique red/pink finish and play with a Rascher mouthpiece. My professor is going to be purchasing one as his backup horn!

This guy just made me want to play my old saxophone again. I love you

Hey Nathan..... don’t run over this one :)

Bro, you're truly talented, what a pleasant surprise. East Star sounds like a great sax! It's very ironic to come across this video, when I've been thinking about starting to learn my sax again, hmmm! Bless you brother!

This dude would make a trashed Pawn shop sax sound good. In any case, he kicks my @ss in his Alto playing! I was VERY surprised at the intonation and accuracy of the notes on the Chinese sax. Thanks for the great comparison Saxologic!!! Great video!!!

I feel like I would get this just to use it as a marching horn so I dont have to risk my good horn

It’s not the sax, it’s the saxophonist.

You play beautifully.My late friend,Skeets Herfurt,would have loved to have heard you.Skeets was a very dear friend of mine;he played the Hollywood studios for decades.He and I started out on tenor then concentrated on alto.I knew him from 1982 until his death ten years later from what sounded like a massive stroke at the age of 80.I taught myself the sax when I was 18.I bounced between alto,tenor and baritone from 1971 until 2003.Getting back to Skeets Herfurt,he was a very strict section leader.He started his career in 1934 as a tenor player for The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra.When I called him in 1982,he had just retired from Lawrence Welk's band.I've got records of him back to 1934 up to 1970 when he was heavily involved in a series of big band recreation recordings.

No matter what the saxophone, thanks for the information to us beginners and you’re a great musician.

Impressed. It sounded good in the whole range, and even in the low register. Most times those cheap saxes aren't properly adjusted and you have to some minor adjustments to get them playing. Maybe they went that extra mile and made sure you would get an over the average.

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I may be a tuba player exclusively but ya never know when I'll need this

I absolutely love the way the synthetic reed sounds. It’s jazz aesthetic i can’t get enough of