cool woo-hoo for me...
5bass
instrument, and these days there's always work for a horn player!
Have a similar kind of story: had a fellow worker in a previous job give me
an old trombone after telling him I used to play one, and decided it was in
good enough shape to take in for a slide job. Had it done through my best
friend's son's high school band teacher, so it wasn't too costly. Turns out
it is a Bach Stradivarious model 12, and even though the lacqour is pitted
and worn, it's still worth respectable amount of bucks, with or without a
new lacqour job. The teacher told him any time I wanted to sell it, to give
him a call.
Have fun with your new horn!
Aloha, Ian
TDodge
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> First lesson (yes, I will be taking lessons, the sax is a little different
> from the bass)..is Thursday...
>
do occasional updates on your progress/problems, OK?
I've always been curious 'bout sax.
/alt.guitar.bass.sax?? .bari.sax??
Steven Smolinski
> do occasional updates on your progress/problems, OK?
> I've always been curious 'bout sax.
Don't worry, I'm sure you'll meet the right girl soon enough. :-)
Steve
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Rob Kloka
> Ok, a confession...I have often wished
Sounds cool as hell! I tried Sax for 2 years, it was
enjoyable. Wish I had the jaw/teeth for it.
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^^
bassté
and good courage.
i tried on day a friend's sax; and ..... after on hour of explications; only
capable to play two notes !! : /
great instrument
bassté
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>
> Ok, a confession...I have often wished that I could travel back in time to
> Lee's Music, Dublin, CA in 1978, and find that kid staring at those big
wierd
> looking guitars with 4 strings on them, and tell that kid (a much younger
> me) that in about 7 years, he is going to start wishing he had learned the
> saxophone at this point...
>
> Of course, you couldn't tell that kid anything...
>
> Fast forward to Nashville, almost 25 years later...cruising a little
antique
> store right off of Music Row, a elderly alto sax is sitting in it's case,
> back in a dim corner of the shop. No serious dents, laquer is not really
> good shape, but the horn appears mechanically sound. I haven't heard of
the
> brand, but assume it is a student model...and they just marked it down
from
> $125 to $100, which seems cheap enough. It also looks like it just was
> recently re-padded.
>
> After reminding myself what a commitment of time learning a new instrument
> is and figuring how to fit 5 hours a week practice time into my schedule,
> I talk the shop down to $80, commit and buy the little horn....
>
> first woo-hoo...
>
> Then, I get curious about the name, so I do a web search for the name
engraved
> on the horn...
>
> "Buescher 400"
>
> and am amazed at all the hits this generates...and start reading about
this
> horn, how it is regarded, and how much antique horn dealers are getting
for
> one like mine, in the same serial # range and condition...
>
> WOO-FREAKING-HOO!!!
>
> Hard to compare, but if I had foung a ratty Ventures label Mosrite or 60's
> J Bass in good condion for the same price, it would be about equivalent...
>
> First lesson (yes, I will be taking lessons, the sax is a little different
> from the bass)..is Thursday...
>
> Everyone wish me luck...
>
> /goes off to subscribe to alt.guitar.saxophone
> --
>
> Just say maybe to TAB.
>