{"id":17004,"date":"2010-02-18T09:06:13","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T17:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=17004"},"modified":"2025-08-09T11:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T18:39:49","slug":"near-new-iw-661-bass-saxophone-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2010\/near-new-iw-661-bass-saxophone-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Near New IW 661 Bass Saxophone On eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although we\u00a0regularly see\u00a0a plethora of\u00a0modern, American-designed, Asian bass saxophones that are built in the vintage American style, we don’t see nearly as many modern, Asian basses built\u00a0with the shorter, European wrap. These European-style (Selmer S80 copy) bass saxophones are made by Jinbao, and generally run thousands more than their vintage American copy counterparts, that are\u00a0made by Jinyin.<\/p>\n

This morning I happened to notice that Hollywood Music World is selling a slightly used, European-style, IW 661 bass saxophone on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

This is how the seller describes this modern bass sax:<\/p>\n

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IW 661 Bass Saxophone – Like New<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Modern Style Bass Sax<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This is the IW 661 Bass sax. The one you have heard about by International Woodwind. Keyed from Low B Flat to high F#. Plays real easy from the bottom to the top. What a sound. E-mail us for a sound sample. Strong metal, a great neck, and solid keywork make this bass sax easy to play. Patterned in the style of a modern Bass Saxophone. It features a shorter wrap, and re-designed bore, with modern style fingering similar to the IW Baritone Saxophone. This gives the instrument a very even feel and even sound! Also comes with a real hard rubber Bass Sax mouthpiece. It comes with a hard case on wheels that really protects the horn well. The case is also made from lightweight material, that ships well, it is a square style hard durafoam, style case on wheels.<\/p>\n

This bass sax is used but in like new condition, so we are selling it for a major discount!! Looks and plays great. Plays so easy from top to bottom.<\/p>\n

This horn is being offered as part of our Presidents Day big blow out Sale. Good through the end of this week!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

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Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

If you’re curious to know what this sax sounds like, Hollywood Winds has provided a link to baritone sax great, James Carter, playing an IW 661 at the 2008 NAMM show.<\/p>\n

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Also, I did a post about one of the Disneyland bands, which featured bass player, Edmund Velasco, on an IW 661. In that video the band performed Pink Elephants On Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So if you’ve been wanting to own one of these European-style bass saxophones, but have been short a few thousand, perhaps this one is in your price range. Bids for this IW 661 start at $5,995.00, and the Buy It Now price is $7,999.00. At the time of writing, there were no bids yet on this horn. The auction runs until February 21.<\/p>\n

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