{"id":47667,"date":"2018-12-05T09:57:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T17:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=47667"},"modified":"2024-06-25T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:46:54","slug":"dave-guardala-saxes-are-not-all-created-equal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2018\/dave-guardala-saxes-are-not-all-created-equal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Guardala Saxes Are Not All Created Equal"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you love your Dave Guardala saxophone and are looking for another one, or have heard such great things about the brand that you simply must try and get one of your very own, I have some very simple advice for you: Not all Dave Guardala saxes are created equal.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Now I am not at all clear why sax players go crazy over these B&S stencils of their Series 2001, but over the last 20 years I have learned nothing, if not that saxophone players are a fickle bunch.<\/p>\n

Mouthpiece crazes come and go, as do horn fads. Certain horn brands are popular for a while, but then fade into near oblivion. B&S is one of those brands. For a while there everyone was talking about the B&S saxophones, but now you can pick up most of their pro model horns for less than a crap student or intermediate horn made in the ROC.<\/p>\n

One exception to these B&S bargain-basement priced horns, are the B&S-made Dave Guardala saxes<\/a>. Why this is has always left me scratching my head. After all, DG horns are really nothing more than the Series 2001 with different engraving, right?<\/p>\n

And this is where the Dave Guardala saxophone story takes a dark turn<\/h3>\n

Shortly after I published the Dave Guardala page on my website<\/a>, I was sent photos of a DG horn that didn’t look at all like it was made by B&S. It certainly wasn’t a stencil of the Series 2001. The sax in question appeared to be either Chinese or Taiwanese in origin.<\/p>\n

\"Dave<\/a>
A non B&S-made Dave Guardala tenor #360230 Source: A Friend of Bassic Sax<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n