{"id":12210,"date":"2009-08-22T09:31:14","date_gmt":"2009-08-22T17:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=12210"},"modified":"2025-08-09T11:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T18:40:12","slug":"the-2-factories-making-bass-saxophones-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2009\/the-2-factories-making-bass-saxophones-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2 Factories Making Bass Saxophones In Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

I realized this AM that I never actually wrote a post that wraps up the discussion about\u00a0the sources of\u00a0all these mystery\u00a0stencil bass saxophones with subtle variations that I’ve been writing about for months.<\/p>\n

We’ve been discussing these American-designed,\u00a0Asian-made bass saxophones\u00a0now and again on the Bass Sax Co-operative<\/a> as well. However, the only member of the Co-op who owned one, only had it for a brief period of time (<3 weeks) because it was not of the quality he wanted. He ended up returning it, and IIRC, bought the Keilwerth bass<\/a> that was on eBay\u00a0a few\u00a0months ago. He is much happier now, proving once again: You get what you pay for.<\/p>\n

A member of the Bass Co-op noted that, to his knowledge, there were only 2 factories that produced the Asian horns. These companies, while making bass saxophones under their own name, also produced the various stencil saxophones that we are currently seeing.<\/p>\n

Jinbao<\/a> is the\u00a0factory that makes the Selmer S80 copy, and the variety of stencils, including the IW 661.<\/p>\n

\"Jinbao<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Jinbao bass saxophone is a Selmer S80\u00a0copy.<\/h6>\n
Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

Whereas the vintage American style basses are made by Jinyin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Jinyin bass saxophone is a copy of the vintage American bass saxophones.<\/h6>\n
Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

Steve Goodson, who has been working extensively with Asian factories for years in the production of his own lines of saxophones, actually confirmed this in a comment<\/a> on my blog a few weeks ago, although he doesn’t mention the names of the parent companies.<\/p>\n

The one question that no one has been able to answer though is: Where does Canex<\/a> fit into the equation? When I posed this question on the Co-op, no one seemed to know the answer. Since Canex presents themselves as an OEM, it makes sense that they would make the common instruments, but a bass? Really? However, their prices on\u00a0a bass sax can’t be explained either unless they do in fact make it themselves.<\/p>\n

So perhaps we do still have\u00a0a wee bit of a mystery with regards to Canex, but for the most part, we now\u00a0know that if you’re looking at a new, American-designed,\u00a0Asian-made, American vintage-style\u00a0bass saxophone, it\u00a0is\u00a0made in the Jinyin factory. If\u00a0on the other hand, you’re looking to buy a Selmer copy made in Asia, then the manufacturer is Jinbao.<\/p>\n

Hope you took notes. There’s a test later. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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