I'm currently borrowing a YAS-62 while my saxophone is in the shop, and found the neck angle on it seems really high. I had to adjust my neck strap down 3 inches or so from its normal position to get the mouthpiece at the right height. This is the first Yamaha I've played, so I'm not sure if this is by design, or if perhaps this particular neck has been bent or customized in some way. Any ideas?
I've only really played on Selmer altos, so I don't have a lot of points of comparison. Attached below is a picture of the YAS neck next to an old Bundy neck I had lying around (but isn't too different from the main Selmer neck I'm used to). You can see how much higher that angle is, and how much higher the mouthpiece would end up.
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I've only really played on Selmer altos, so I don't have a lot of points of comparison. Attached below is a picture of the YAS neck next to an old Bundy neck I had lying around (but isn't too different from the main Selmer neck I'm used to). You can see how much higher that angle is, and how much higher the mouthpiece would end up.
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