What is Your Favorite Sax Finish?

[Yamahaaltoplayer]

sxmix, I was talking about the limited edition.

[sxmix]

yeah, i know. so was i

Edit: to be more specific, I was saying that I prefer the look of my regular matte Series III over the millenium edition Series III.

[Yamahaaltoplayer]

Oh. Whatever.

[Turnaround]

I like the look of solid silver necks and bells with gold plated leafs and then gold lacquer on top of that. Kind of like this:

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/attachm...2&d=1219543019

[Yamahaaltoplayer]

Nice one Turnaround. Those ARE beauties.

[hgiles]

1 Silver plate
2 Black nickel / silver plate keys
3 Unlacquered / weathered

[Nozero]

I love matte laquer because it's got a vintage look to it.

[saxking]

1.Black nickle with silver plated keys and engraving. Like on the shadow and p. mauriat black pearl.
2. Silver plate

[saxdan]

My Custom Z's Silver Shotblast. It has that vintage vibe to it. Plus, it is one of fifty altos made. Might as well have your cake and eat it too!

[hakukani]

I like the finish on my alto. It's about 60% lacquer, and the rest is varying shades of red and bare brass. Kind of 'vintaged', I suppose.hakalto.jpg

[kavala]

What is Your Favorite Sax Finish?

Da, da, daaaa (cymbal crash)

[thock2]

Black Nickel for sure

[MyMartinTenor]

I dig my '26 Martin Handcraft c-mel with Silver plating but a gold wash bell. Otherwise, I rather like the aged lacquer look, like Hak's horn above. I've got an alto that looks fairly similar, and I like that too.

[Resonating Sound]

U cant beat Black Laquer and Vintage Gold. Gotta have engravings. Perticularly like the abalone keys found on p.mauriets.

[Amy2max]

Hi all. I'm not certain how you work these forums but I'm just posting where I see the reply button...

Well, I just declared myself to be a sax major after having finished my first quarter in college. Of course, as a sax performance major, I would need a sax of my own. Right now, I am looking into Sam Ash's JEAN BAPTIST JB900TS Tenor Sax. Would anyone like to tell me the ups and downs of this sax before I possibly make the most expensive mistake of my young college life?

-Amy

[kavala]

Amy, your reply worked, but probably you should post your
question in another thread.
This thread topic is about 'favorite sax finish'.
I can't comment on your choice of horn as I know nothing about this particular model.
If you have a friend that is a good sax player, ask them to go to
the shop with you and check it out.

Check out these threads...

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthr...t=jean+baptist

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthr...t=jean+baptist

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthr...t=jean+baptist

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthr...t=jean+baptist

Reading some of the comments in these posts, the news does not seem
very good concerning the Jean Baptist saxes.
Maybe the guy should have stayed with converting people to Christianity.
Other posters have had good experiences with these saxes, however.
Go figure.
Maybe try a few and pick the best one.

[MelodiousThonk]

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[rogerb40uk]

Like this one (except I think this is the only one quite like it!):
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http://tinyurl.com/bnkttz

[Uri Ben]

Looks used and very old, bare Brass coverd with green patina , keys also in green. looks like a working sax not a toy.

[Xw2904]

I have a Cannonball Black and lacquered. Kind of like the second one in MelodiousThonk's pictures. Some blood red keys on it would look sick in my opinion. Although the Cannonball doesn't look AS good as the one in that picture of Thonk's.