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Please forgive me for what is probably an overly addressed question; truly I have tried to search this forum for answers but ended up more confused than ever. I have a YAS 82Z that I bought new early in 2005. It came with a G-1 custom neck. Serial number on the instrument is 243119, and it was manufactured in Japan.
I keep seeing things on the forum about some Yamaha saxes that were shipped with defective necks. How do I tell if mine was one of those, and if so, what do I do about it? And how do I tell when it was actually manufactured? I have had some intonation problems similar to those described by others (going sharp in the upper registers and flat in the middle range) which I attributed to my own deficiencies as a not-very-well-trained player and I have been working on them with some but, IMO, not sufficient, degree of success. Your help, and your recommendations about whether I should replace the neck (and, if so, with what) will be gratefully received.
Ruth
I keep seeing things on the forum about some Yamaha saxes that were shipped with defective necks. How do I tell if mine was one of those, and if so, what do I do about it? And how do I tell when it was actually manufactured? I have had some intonation problems similar to those described by others (going sharp in the upper registers and flat in the middle range) which I attributed to my own deficiencies as a not-very-well-trained player and I have been working on them with some but, IMO, not sufficient, degree of success. Your help, and your recommendations about whether I should replace the neck (and, if so, with what) will be gratefully received.
Ruth