THE STRAIGHT ALTO AND TENOR SAXES ARE COMING!
We did just what we planned with the last generation of straight saxes: we sold every last one of them! Now, we're getting ready to bring you the latest and greatest: the STEVE GOODSON MODEL straight alto and tenor. This is a total redesign of the previous horns (which played great!) and will feature all of our latest tricks. The new version is so much improved that we're gonna move it our of our L A Sax brand and upgrade it to Steve Goodson Model status. Like all the horns in the Steve Goodson series, we will include Saxgourmet black kangaroo leather pads and solid brass Noyeks, as well as a Saxgourmet thumbrest. That's going to be easy enough to spot. The important difference is a totally new bore taper and tone hole placement, which will make these horns speak like nothing you've ever heard! The keywork geometry has been revised to be a little more compliant with the "upright" playing position. The tonal charecteristics of these horns is different from our other offerings: it's darker with an entireoly different mix of overtones. That's what the new bore taper is all about! Watch for these in a couple of months.
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STEVE GOODSON MODEL BARITONE
Look, there was nothing wrong with the bari. I honestly believe it's been my best design so far, and the sales figures back it up. There was something that was needed that I missed on the first batch: we're adding a key guard for the keys on the upper bow to protect them. All subsequent production will have this feature.
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