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I have 3 questions:
1- Has anyone ever gotten their horn gold plated and if so how did it change the sound?
2- Does gold or copper plating on a horn really change the sound noticeably (as I suspect), and if so HOW does it change the sound? Does it make it warmer? Bigger? More spread? Louder? Softer? More bright? Less bright? What?
3- Is it possible to copper plate a sax? How might that affect the sound in comparison to gold??
Note: Right now, I'm considering getting my unlacquered Yamaha Custom Z either gold or copper plated if possible (not the neck, it's already silver plated). This was the recommendation of an old sax teacher who I spoke to recently.
I'm looking for a smoother, more vibrant, vocal like sound on my horn and I feel that I get too much of a "brassy" sound (even with other mouthpieces). I could just get the horn lacquered, however I'm not confident that lacquer would give me the sound I'm looking for (that is if lacquering my horn would even change the sound much at all anyways). My experiences tell me that plating affects the sound way MORE noticeably than lacquer.
I know how silver plate affects the sound and in my experience mellows the sound out and gives a more "linear" sound IMO which isn't what I'm looking for. I'm looking for more vocal like depth, smoothness, and vibrancy. So, hopefully this is a good enough background info for my questions.
1- Has anyone ever gotten their horn gold plated and if so how did it change the sound?
2- Does gold or copper plating on a horn really change the sound noticeably (as I suspect), and if so HOW does it change the sound? Does it make it warmer? Bigger? More spread? Louder? Softer? More bright? Less bright? What?
3- Is it possible to copper plate a sax? How might that affect the sound in comparison to gold??
Note: Right now, I'm considering getting my unlacquered Yamaha Custom Z either gold or copper plated if possible (not the neck, it's already silver plated). This was the recommendation of an old sax teacher who I spoke to recently.
I'm looking for a smoother, more vibrant, vocal like sound on my horn and I feel that I get too much of a "brassy" sound (even with other mouthpieces). I could just get the horn lacquered, however I'm not confident that lacquer would give me the sound I'm looking for (that is if lacquering my horn would even change the sound much at all anyways). My experiences tell me that plating affects the sound way MORE noticeably than lacquer.
I know how silver plate affects the sound and in my experience mellows the sound out and gives a more "linear" sound IMO which isn't what I'm looking for. I'm looking for more vocal like depth, smoothness, and vibrancy. So, hopefully this is a good enough background info for my questions.