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Excuse my premature ejazzulation but saxophone accomplished!!
Its a Sax Dakota 505; bought it used from an old saxophonist named Gerald. Its only a few years old and in excellent condition. He basically sold me a professional-level saxophone at student-level price.. which is good cause I wasn't expecting the price of tenors it be so high. It took me almost a month of searching to find this one. Its really a sellers market for quality tenor saxophones. Specifically tenors - theres plenty of altos and sopranos for sale in good condition at reasonable prices
It sounds awesome, has a nice mellow sound and it's really loud - definitely made for performing. I love how solid it feels too. Sax Dakota definitely makes an incredibly high-quality saxophone.
Said he was selling it so low because of a "senior moment", but he also mentioned giving a saxophone to his grandson a while back and having it returned earlier this year, so maybe this is that saxophone.
Either way, this is totally a lifelong dream finally done. But I need to buy some cleaning stuff and accessories before I can really start practicing. I want it to stay in top condition for, essentially, the rest of my life.. so just getting acquainted with it for now and breaking in the new reed.
Thanks, Gerald.
#saxophone#Sax Dakota#finally got one of my own#i kinda want to buy a C Melody saxophone now#before this i almost bought a Conn 6M from the 1950s#or almost got a Selmer La Voix#or a Cannonball 03 Excalibur#but the Sax Dakota 505 is definitely better than them#music#cant wait to start playing jazz again#but itll be a solid month of just practicing technique and scales before i get there#but its fun#saxophone is a fun instrument#wish i never was forced to quit back when i was younger#jazz
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