{"id":3698,"date":"2008-12-07T11:11:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T18:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=3698"},"modified":"2009-08-08T13:37:17","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T20:37:17","slug":"out-of-the-shadows-of-the-electric-guitar-the-saxophone-finally-gets-noticed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2008\/out-of-the-shadows-of-the-electric-guitar-the-saxophone-finally-gets-noticed\/","title":{"rendered":"Out Of The Shadows Of The Electric Guitar: The Saxophone Finally Gets Noticed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Photo by M. Margison \u00a9 2008<\/h6>\n

The other night while playing at the Gourmet Gallery<\/em>, I had a interesting experience, that for a sax player, doesn’t happen very often. Guitar players, bass players & drummers, are forever approaching the guys in the band, and talking to them about their gear. The conversations usually go something like this… Is that a Gibson ’65?\u00a0blah, blah, blah… <\/em>Art says: No it’s a ’62 yada, yada, yada<\/em>… (Or something like that. I’ve probably got the numbers wrong.)<\/p>\n

My eyes glaze over, and I continue thinking about my shopping list,\u00a0the to-do list for next week, or whatever else was going through my mind just before that person started talking to Art.<\/p>\n

But on Friday night, a fellow said to me: You play a Selmer. I said, Yes, a Mark VI. It turns out he used to play tenor sax, and had previously owned a Super 20, but gave it up for a Yamaha 61. He said that the 61 felt the best under his fingers, of all the horns he had ever played. However he\u00a0gave up playing sax a few years ago. Recently he did start playing music again, and took up flute.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Photo by Biff Mitchell<\/a> \u00a9 2004<\/h6>\n

I didn’t have a lot of time to talk to him, because it was just before sound check, but it was interesting talking to him about vintage versus modern horns, ergonomics, sound, metal composition, and what I had done with my Mark VI to change\u00a0its sound somewhat,\u00a0for the type of music I play.\u00a0He was interested in talking more with me. It seemed that\u00a0he was also\u00a0interested in getting back into saxophone.<\/p>\n

I gave him my\u00a0business card, and\u00a0asked him to\u00a0drop me an email.\u00a0I hope he does that. He seemed like a nice guy, and I\u00a0am always willing to\u00a0offer up my\u00a0experience to nice people when they ask. Lots of sax players have done that for me over the years. I think it’s a way we all pay it forward.<\/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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