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bassic sax December 8, 2023 July 15, 2026

Updated July 2026 I was having an interesting conversation on a sax discussion board the other day about my new SX90R Shadow tenor. A bunch …

bassic sax May 19, 2023 July 18, 2026

Updated July 2026 Background When I first got my first bass saxophone in October 2000, things were A LOT different in the saxophone landscape: The …

bassic sax March 30, 2022 July 31, 2026

Updated July 2026 This is a combination of both of the articles from the original Bassic Sax Blog about this antique, low pitch (A=440), Boosey …

bassic sax October 3, 2021 July 3, 2026

Updated July 2026 I have a page dedicated to Eugen Schuster saxophones here, on The New Bassic Sax. To see all the various Eugen Schuster …

bassic sax August 27, 2013 July 17, 2026

Updated July 2026 This post was originally inspired in 2013, by a thread on SOTW that got me thinking about a term that is bandied …