SaxRax stands now at Nation of Music!

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

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!

Saxgourmet Visitors during Jazz Fest

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

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!

Saxgourmet Endorsing Artist Ben Ellman

Here's a nice picture of Endorsing Artist Ben Ellman of Galactic wailing away on his new Super 400 tenor during Galactic's recent USA tour. Ben is using a Saxgourmet Black Mambo mouthpiece (.105 with a special trick tip). We're very proud to have Ben out there representing our products. Check out Glactic's website http://www.galacticfunk.com for the latest news and tour dates.

We're looking for some Saxgourmet Products dealers

We've decided to expand our little empire a bit and make a few
changes. We are interested in setting up a few dealers outside the USA
and China, particularly in the following locations:
Germany, South America, Australia, England, Scandinavia,Japan, Korea,
Israel, South Africa, or really anywhere in Europe. I'm really
interested in talking to anyone anywhere outside of the USA and China.

We are only interested in talking with experienced music industry
folks who will get behind our products and promote them. We are NOT in
the dealer financing business, that's what banks are for. We also only
interested in dealers who will carry our full line of products and
accessories. Since we rid ourselves of corporate entanglements a few
years ago, our sales have doubled every year. We provide attractive
pricing and advertising support for qualified dealers. We're doing
fine right now, but will be willing to take on qualified dealers who
are true believers in our products and philosophy.

If you or someone you know has an interest, contact me PRIVATELY at saxgourmet@cox.net

STEVE GOODSON
saxophone designer to the stars
sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc

New Solid Copper Tenor Necks

This is the brand new Saxgourmet Solid Copper tenor neck, which replaces the previous model. It has our exclusive nodal weights and built in neck enhancer. The tube of the neck is soid copper, and produces an unbelievably dark and rich tone.

We make this model for Selmer, Yamaha, Yanigasawa, Conn, Buescher, and Keilwerth saxophones. Prices are as follows:

Selmer, Yamaha, Yanigasawa $500
Conn, Buescher, Keilwerth $580

The necks are model specific, so let us know exactly what horn your are fitting. The tenons are sized at original manufacturers specifications (older horns may vary from this due to useage) and the octave mechanism is easily adjusted to work with your horn and playing position. The contact bar is intentionally manufactured oversized to allow maximum flexibility in adjustment.

These necks come with a Saxgourmet hard shell neck case.

I'll have these up on our www.nationofmusic.com site in a couple of days. We just got a HUGE shipment and all sizes and models are in stock.

BARI NECK ENHANCERS ARE NOW IN STOCK!

AT LAST! The bari version of our best selling alto and tenor neck enhancer is in stock. I'll have it up on the http://www.nationofmusic.com site in the next few days and will probably put a few on eBay.

I need your help with a Saxophone Journal

One of the great joys of my business life is contributing to The Saxophone Journal. I can't believe they actually pay me to write about my favorite topic, saxophone design! I am preparing a new article for publication this summer (I have to submit articles months in advance) and need some input.

I am interested in what the saxophone community thinks needs to be done to improve saxophones being manufactured today. What features or improvements do you think we need of want to see?

You can make your suggestions in the comments section of this blog (although I won't publish them. This is not a discussion board) or send them to my email saxgourmet@cox.net.

Endorsing Artist Derek Nash Demonstrates the Voodoo Rex

New Products and Projects from Saxgourmet

I've been busy.....here's an update on some new projects:

SUPER 400 BARITONE
Yep, it's happening! This will be a SUPER PREMIUM baritone, with more features than an old Cadillac has fins.......I've been working on this for about two years, and we have started production. There will be NOTHING remotely like this one, and I can hardly wait! We'll have some in a couple of months. The current Saxgourmet baritone will continue, because it's a great horn at a great price. The new model will be (1) expensive and (2) limited production.

SOLID SILVER NECKS
I picked up the pre-production prototypes at the NAMM show, and they play great. We'll have these beauties for you in about month. Start saving now! These are not cheap!

NEW SOLID COPPER TENOR NECK
We'll have the Saxgourmet tenor neck (the one with the nodal weights and built in neck enhancer) available in solid copper next month for Selmer, Yamaha, Yanigasawa, Conn, and Buescher saxophones. We're going to discontinue the current solid copper tenor neck, so watch for special prices on remaining inventory

VOODOO REX TENOR
At long last, we've got our tooling and pre-production problems resolved to everyone's satisfaction, and I should have the final prototype in hand in a couple of weeks. I've signed on the dotted line for a big order, so we should have plenty of horns for everybody who has been waiting before long.

SAXGOURMET CASES
They've been shipped, so I should have them next week. We'll have our new line of contour cases for alto, tenor, baritone, and BASS.

BARITONE NECK ENHANCER
Is right on the horizon.....I now have my doubts that there will ever be a soprano enhancer becuase there is just too much difference in soprano mouthpiece sizes

SAXGOURMET THUMBREST
We'll have a new plastic version of our famous ergonomic thumbrest, since there has been some pissing and moaning about the price of the gold plated metal version. We'll have them next week, at a price everybody can afford.

SUPER DUCK MOUTHPIECE
Shipped yesterday, so I'll have them next week. If you liked the old Brilhart Level-Aire, imagine it on steroids......tenor only

ROTTWEILER MOUTHPIECE
Some of my rock and roll buddies wanted the ultimate loud, nast sounding mouthpiece, and I am happy to provide it......not for the timid....should be in stock in a couple of weeks........tenor only

SAXGOURMET SOPRANINO
I approved the prototype, with a couple of changes, so the factory is building another prototype so we're sure we have it just right for you.....this horn is a killer!

SAXGOURMET BASS
I don't see the numbers working out on this project.....It's a money loser, so we will pass for the time being

We just got a BIG shipment of Voodoo Rex altos....we're now totally sold out of Super 400 altos and tenors......the next load of Super 400 tenos should arrive around March 15.......we do have curved sopranos, saxellos, and baritones in stock, although they're going fast and all in short supply

We've got lots more projects going on, and I'll keep you advised as they develop.

More videos from NAMM

A few videos from the NAMM show.....

There's a reason they call it the saxophone misinformation site

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?129558-Saxgourmet-Category-Five

As usual, they don't have a clue..........the price is $13,000, not $11,000.....we've sold 17 of them, all but one at full price (it was a demo horn from the first series which lack all of the features of the current production version)....they are NOT made in China.......we have sold two so far at the NAMM show....they will get delivery in about four months.......we don't sell and never have sold enemas or bidets, contrary to what has been reported on SOTW.......the ONLY Super 400 sold at less than list price was a demo horn without kangaroo pads and many of the other features......the Category Five is radically different from any of our other horns, and has verify little in common with them, including previous models which had the first version of the altissimo key, which has now been replaced and is MUCH improved.

As is so often the case on SOTW, the posters are talking with great authority about people they don't know and horns they have never seen or played and about sales that took place where they were not personally present and of which they have absolutely no direct or accurate information. They are simply speaking from bodily orifices which were not intended for imparting information.

Ben Ellman gets his new Super 400

Here's a couple of new product videos.......