Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Sax Necks R Us!

We've made a commitment to being in the neck business in a big way. We offer more choices for more horns than ANYBODY. Most players have a box full of mouthpieces, but only one neck for their horn, and that really makes no sense at all. A neck can do more than any other component to improve your horns playablility, and costs no more than what a lot of people pay for a high quality mouthpiece.If you will email a phone number where I can call you between 10AM and 3PM CST weekdays (sorry, USA only) I will call you and give you a neck consultation and answer your questions. My email is saxgourmet@cox.net

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Voodoo Rex TENOR!

We've been selling the Voodoo Rex alto for over a year now, and it's our best selling saxophone. Developing the tenor has been a little frustrating, but at last, we've got it totally dialed in. A tenor is NOT just a "scaled up" alto! This horn is unequalled for a fat, dark, and complex tone.

The Voodoo Rex tenor has a SOLID COPPER body, bell, bow, and neck, all of which are fully and heavily hand engraved. The pads are our black kangaroo leather Saxgourmet pads (made for us by MusicMedic) with solid copper oversized Maestro air tight resonators. Like the alto, the Voodoo Rex tenor has an EXTRA LARGE BELL with a very unique taper, quite unlike anything seen before. This gives the horn unmatched projection. Also like the alto, this model features ROLLED TONE HOLES, ergonomic high F# and Chromatic F# key touches, asymmetrical palm key layout (really comfortable!), fully engraved key cups, double arms on the low C, B, and Bb keys, a three ring strap hook, an extra large Saxgourmet ergonomic RH thumb rest, blued needle springs, an ergonomic front F key, and lots of other great features found on no other horn on the market. We also include the latest edition of our Saxgourmet contoured super premium case, and deep water abalone key touches.

We have chosen to include our Saxgourmet solid copper neck with underslung octave key and our exclusive nodal weights and built in neck enhancer with this model. We tried about a dozen different neck variations, and finally settled on this particular neck, which was head and shoulders above the rest. We will offer more neck options for this horn in the future.


We will announce pricing and firm delivery dates in the near future.

Below is a link to a YouTube video so you can see and hear the horn. I'm using a Saxgourmet Yellow Moon stainless steel mouthpiece (.120).
Please be on notice that I was flying on three hours of sleep, so I ask your indulgence in advance for my playing!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Saxgourmet Visitors during Jazz Fest

We had quite a few VIP visitors during the recent New Orleans Jazz Festival....here's a few videos






Saturday, May 1, 2010

Rheuben Allen Necks now available at Nation of Music









As many of you know, Rheuben Allen is one of the greatest saxophone designers of all time, and is also a friend of long standing as well as being a close business associate of ours. We love his innovative, high quality products, and are happy to offer them to our customers. Here's a look at the new Rheuben Allen neck, which has adjustable weights so the player can substantially vary the tone and response of the saxophone easily. This is a fantastic product, and we salute our friend Rheuben for his creativity in solving an old problem. We have this neck in stock, in 27.5mm tenon size. Let me know your questions!