YTS62 — 0055XX — and it's a beaut! Almost twenty-five years old, I sent her to Tenor Madness for a refurbishing last spring and the horn plays better than ever.

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Older YAS62 (25ys?), very nice horn. I used to have a newer YTS62 also, but changed to yanagisawa for tenor (both are nice horns, though...).

 

Well only my Alto is a silkscreened. It's vintage from 1986 and I am the only owner. Played it all through Jazz band in HS. I've let several pros play it and about 50% of them offer to buy it on the spot. The problem is it plays too well to ever part with. Even if I bought an 82z or a MKVI I would still keep it. My dad sacrificed to buy it for me, something even at the time I appreciated. Now that I am older and he is gone it means even more to me.

 

+1 I still play my YAS-62 from 1979? to this day, and it plays far too great to ever give it up; it plays better than anything else I've played

 

I'm right now in the process of trying to locate an old HS buddy that bought A yts62 at same time I bought my alto. I talked to his mom and she said he no longer ever plays it but thinks he still has it. I'm hoping he gets back to me and I can buy it off him.

 

Yellowhorn one of my good friends from HS now lives in Singapore and just married a girl from Jakarta. Could be someday I go visit. If I do I expect to come play your 62 since you are club president now.

 

By the way my purple screened logo has long since vanished. My acidic hands have eaten the lacquer to about 50%. It's got scratches all over the place and a few tiny tiny dings. Still though it's a great great horn.

 

This thread has made my day. LONG LIVE THE LONG SINCE RUBBED OF PURPLE SILKSCREENED 62's.

My name is playitfunky and I approved of this message.

 

lmao guys i wanna get my hands on a yas 62.
could u help by sending anyone who wants to sell
my way cause i need a horn for a good price!!!

 

lmao guys i wanna get my hands on a yas 62.
could u help by sending anyone who wants to sell
my way cause i need a horn for a good price!!!

You sometimes see the silkscreened 62's come up for sale but not nearly as often as the engraved 62's. Then of course there are a bunch of 62II out there new and used. I might call about a pristine 62 silkscreened soprano but I really don't like soprano. But it is pristine for a 20 plus yr old horn.

 

Playitfunky -

I feel honored that you bestowed upon me the grace of being the chairman of the 62 (not 62II) club!

You - or anyone else in this community - are welcome to try my 62 sop out if you find yourself in Jakarta.

Like you, it will be difficult for me to part with this horn: It used to belong to Indonesia's finest sax player ever. After he died, it kept sitting in a closet. Upon getting to know this late player's widow a few years ago, I have got a chance to play this particular, minty (98% of original lacquer and purple logo are intact).

I fell in love with it, of course! But she, the widow, would not want to sell it. After one year of persuasion, she agreed to trade it for my brand-new 475sop with - of course - some more dough on top of it.

Another cool thing about this horn is: Kenny Garrett played it when he came to Indonesia and stayed with its owner.

I know I may sell this horn if I ever have or want to, but I will try as hard as I can to keep it.

 

YSS-62 and YTS-62II

 

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62 Club

I have a YBS62, with complete purple logos, one or two very minor dings and scratches. It's one very nice horn to play.

 

Here be mine...

The lacquered horn is stock, the plated horn heavily customized. I like playing both, but the lacquered horn is better set up for most of the jazz playing I do.

 

I'm quite jealous, Diva

 

I'm quite jealous, Diva

You wouldn't be if you only knew how many really bad gigs it took to earn 'em...

 

You wouldn't be if you only knew how many really bad gigs it took to earn 'em...

No I'm still jealous!!!!!!

 

I'm jealous too. Those be some awesome 62 Bari's.

 

My YSS, YAS, and YTS all started life as purple logos, but only the logo on the alto has survived the wiping and cleaning routine. My YBS is engraved, but I can live with that!

--Sidepipes

 

Me likey my YBS-62, especially with my new RPC 110B to blow through.

 

What's the differences between the 62IIs and the 62s?
Apart from my 62II, I've only played a new-ish 62, probably 10-12 years old. My 62II was more open, better response, therefore, I could get a much better tone. I put that down to the G1 neck though, which didn't fit on the 62.

 

The 62II is a remake of the original 62, which was made in the 80's-90's. I have not played a 62II yet to say anything about it, but if I had a choice between the two, I would go with the 62.

On a related note, I have a confession to make: I was offered too good a deal on my 62 sop and sold it to my student. (I need the money.) So, you can dismember me; otherwise, I'd like to stay a member of this club.

 

Im in the club too.mine is a yas 62 from the 80s I think. I bought mine as a back up for my 5 digit mark 6 and i like this horn just as much and take it to lots of gigs. mine has the purple logo on it . plays bright and in tune. love the horn.

 

The 62II is a remake of the original 62, which was made in the 80's-90's. I have not played a 62II yet to say anything about it, but if I had a choice between the two, I would go with the 62.

On a related note, I have a confession to make: I was offered too good a deal on my 62 sop and sold it to my student. (I need the money.) So, you can dismember me; otherwise, I'd like to stay a member of this club.

:shock:

 

So, you can dismember me ...

That could be messy.