YTS-II intonation

[sinkdraiN]

I read many posts about the new yamahas with the G1 neck having intonation problems. I tried one and found it to be true. On the horn I played the pitch went VERY sharp from C# into the palm keys. high B to C# was almost a minor third without embouchure adjustments. I have never encountered anything like that before on a modern horn. The horn is being returned immediately! This does not sound like Yamaha as all. What happened? Is there any hope for players who bought a 62II with a G1 neck without noticing the pitch in the upper register prior to purchasing it?

[psyguy]

Yamaha will have a replacement, revised G1 neck in a few weeks. That is why they have postponed shipment of the new horns to dealers.

[Jedi2427]

I also posted this on the Yamaha Thread.

I had been playing old YTS-62's for a few years. I have recently sold them and bought two new YTS-62II's in serial numeric sequence. The new G-1 necks which came with the horns played sharp above high C also. I bought a F-1 neck on ebay because I play a lot os gigs and couldn't use the original necks on gigs. The F-1 neck fixed the problem of tuning, and sounds really great on the the new 62II's. I Will try the revised G-1 necks when they are available, but if they suck I have no problem using the F-1 neck.

I also had in my posession one of the first un-lacquered YTS-82Z's with a G-1 neck, which was badly out of tune. My old 62 neck fixed the problem right away. The 82Z is a very unique horn, even with my old 62 neck, but check this out... I put the flawed G-1 neck on my old YTS-62 tenor, and even though it was out of tune, the sound was a big big improvment from top to bottom. Even though I liked the 82Z sound, I went with new 62II's, mostly because Yamaha has revised the octave key mechanisim and nut, so that any Custom neck will fit and play on the sax. (I believe the neck is a huge factor in determining the saxophone's sound) Along with improved steel springs, the new 62II is a great horn that just got better.