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altosax4ever · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject: Overindulgence!

What is the most you've ever splurged on a sax?

Did you regret it later?

Any stories of paying too much for crap? (Mk. VI Mr. Green

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Bariman · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject:

Extra reeds: $12

New swab: $10

A Yamaha Tenor sax that could be best described as intermediate: $2,500

Learning from your experiences by taking a $1500 loss... Priceless.
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You sound like one of those Visa commercial's..

altosax4ever · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject:

I'm pretty sure that was the point Mr. Green

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JPSaxMan · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:33 pm Post subject:

And actually it would have been for MasterCard Mr. Green

Reeds: $100+
Mouthpieces: $200+
Acessories: ~$50
Selmer LaVoix tenor sax: $1,500

Learning that the sax of your dreams would have cost you another $2,000...priceless Fish

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JazZz · Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Posts: 170

there are not many choices for music stores around my area..there are two local competing stores. Well, me being a naive little student didn't know that I shouldn't go to any of them but there wasn't much choice. Anyway, I was on this renting deal from one of them, and after a year they said "for only an additional 1,000$$$ you could own this beautiful Bundy II that you've been playing on. My parents said 'why not, he loves it' and it came out to being $1,500 with the rental i had been paying on it, only to find out that you could get it for $500 if I was to venture an hour away to musical heaven (this awesome store).

I thought that was heaven until I went to 48th Street in NYC..gosh they have every musical instrument you could ever want! That's where Roberto's Woodwind, and a few other big name stores are.

altosax4ever · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject:

I'm confused....did you keep the bundy, or buy a new horn?
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Cliff · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 29 Location: Singapore

So far......................

S$5.20 reed Very Happy