Chad's out there putting Horseheads on the map even if fans don't know or care! We didn't know each other since i was a freshman when you were a senior but people always ask me if I know you. Your playing inspires me to be a better tuba player in my own lane.
Hey Nathan, really great demo. Chad was here last week and sounded fantastic on the Nexus and so do you. I want one! Good luck on your tour. Come teach jazzGym once in a while. Love and much respect. ❤️😎🎷 Cy in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Maybe it’s just a thing with Mark VIs, but since I got my Balanced Action and have been playing it for the last three months or so, I really haven’t experienced any notable issues with intonation. I spent many hours on my previous horn, an Eastman 52nd Street, shedding long tones and working on my ear so that I could play really well in tune, so it’s possible that I’ve been compensating and not really thinking about it or noticing, but I don’t feel like I’m doing much differently or working any harder from an intonation standpoint. To my ear, the BA has a soft, sweet quality that reminds me of Paul Desmond and Lee Konitz, two major sound inspirations for me, and just has that something special going on. This is not a knock on modern horns either, I love my Eastman as well! I just haven’t experienced the intonation struggle that many people refer to with the vintage Selmers.
I’m glad you like it but there has been pretty rough review from a reputable repair tech source in Great Britain I regards to the build quality of the Tenor specifically. I’m sure they play really well since it’s a SA80II design but I am concerned about build quality especially with some of the weight cutting on the horns. Like on the tenor it doesn’t have a neck brace and that just weakens the integrity of the neck. Again I’m sure they play great but I am worried about how they’ll play in 4-5 years from purchase.
@saxologic Hey man! you´re talking about you´re keys being noise on the markvi 9:24 . well, a technician once told me that you should regularily oil your key action. since then i´m doing it and i have no problem with noisy keys. they also feel silky smooth ;) and you also can put key levers on your palm keys, a lot of people do it. For the intonation in the higher register: i had the experience, that its not entirely dependend on the horn, the markvi´s have some areas, where they tend to be a little flat or sharp, but yours just sounds like it isn´t properly adjusted. you need to see a good technician for that, since its really uncommon that mark vi´s go sharp in the upper register. A good technician should be able to fix that! greetings from a fellow sax player ✌
yeah, the whole debate over what material/lacquer/etc a horn is made of strikes me as being our own version of the "tone wood" debate with guitars. ultimately it's best to not get concerned about that and just play some long tones, lol/
I have a question how did you first learn how to play jazz. Because I play classical tenor sax but I don’t know how to get started in The jazz field and I love jazz.
Hey Nathan! I have som tips with your Mark VI problems. I recently bought a Mark VI Alto from the citys concert band, I bought it for 150$. when I sent it to overhaul, I asked the repair technician to put on cork on the palm keys to get them closer to my fingers, and that worked perfect. when it comes to the Biss key problem, I just changed pearls on that one and it got better, I don't know if this will work for you but it did for me. My Mark VI has som minimal intonation issues in the higher register, but to fix that, I am just opening my moth as If I was playing classical, it comes out much cleaner and smother theree. with the Front F Key sliding, I just don't slide, I play side keys when I cant slide to front f, and that was just something I had to get used to! hope you can find this helping!
I’m polish and I play the Tatamovich modified Yamaha yas 86 purporata logo, it weigh as much as 2 polish sausage, I’m best saxophone player in world, like betman.
Obviously sacrificed in the interest of weight reduction and an old-timey vibe, but the omission is a deal-breaker for me. Dropping the high F# basically says, "Niche horn!" That's fine; nothing wrong with catering to a particular niche. But it's not a sax for everyone.
Probably not ideal for most classical players. Classical players gravitate toward heavier, darker instruments. That said, with the right mouthpiece and reed combo you can get a decent classical sound on almost any sax.
Edit: nvm there was a paid sponsorship label in the start of the video I love this channel, but this video ruba me the wrong way. Nathan is now a CEO of a company run by Chad LB, and now he's a sponsored musician by a Saxophone brand also owned by Chad LB. I can believe they are great horns, but this all just is a bit iffy to me. This is basically a paid ad.... On a side note, i greatly preferred Chad's sound on the Mark VI with the Syos mouthpiece.
I really can't understand the appeal of playing a lighter horn, I have had some bad experiences with cheap Taiwanese instruments being made of too light material (Buffet Crampon) where the keys snake open after a couple of months, thus making you your techs best customer. Since then I have moved on to better instruments, and I play a really heavy tenor from Adolphe Sax & Cie (small independent Belgian brand) and everything is just fuller with the same overtones.
