Man, that gig clip sounded incredible. I got my first sax recently and the thought of being able to one day sound like that is inspiring. Great video as always :)
you sound AMAZING. I always liked your tone on tenor, but this brings you out so much better, like i just imagine hearing your tone on one of those popular old 80s songs with sax solos, or like grover washington on just the two of us, i love it!
@@FoolishFrankie of course, and ik you don't play your syos much anymore on alto, but i've been playing it for little shows in my town on my alto and i've been having a great time with it! all the best
Glad that the horn works easily for you. You'll learn to not make the micro adjustments needed to make a student horn sound good but adds to the range of the pro horn. My first pro horn was love at first note and I never looked back. Enjoy.
@@FoolishFrankie so basically all of the posts and rods in all saxophones today are either individually soldered to the body of the sax (post to body construction) or they all are soldered to one long piece of metal that runs down the length of the body of the sax hence giving it more weight (Ribbed Body construction)
Nope it has rib construction and is as heavy as any other Taiwanese/Chinese horns. The trick here is to remove all braces and details that keep the horn from damage, so that it’s lighter (and weaker). Check out Stephen Howard’s review of its build quality.
I was in high school and I'd hang out with the band. They were like you can't just hang out here and they shoved a tenor sax into my hands and made me play it. They taught me how to start reading music and press the sax buttons. It was very fun! I am forever grateful for that student sax! Later in college I took a music (theory?) class to learn about music. I was blown away. It was so much math in a beautiful way and made me forever appreciate what is really going on. I didn't stay with music or an instrument, but I know I hear notes in my head and I also can truly appreciate your videos.😊
Beautiful horn and beautiful sound! Also the “I’m playing adidas socks” thing caught off guard and made me laugh a lot Love from a Swedish bass trombone player
Just started playing as well as following you. Can't believe you were on a student horn before now! Appreciate your channel, very glad about your new horn.
watched this review a few months ago with dreams of getting this sax and my mom just surprised me with a graduation gift of this saxophone.. unbelievably excited! thanks for the great review frankie love the content
Congratulation to your new saxophone! You sound fantastic on it, like always. I wish to you many great moments, a lot of fun with the new tenor saxophone.
Happened to my MKVI which already had some wear on it. Never used metal hooks again. (And the repair is to flip the neck strap loop upside down and solder fix the break in the loop. Sucks.)
Congratulations Frankie! TBH, your new horn, as well as your playing sounds crisply sublime as always - absolute perfection all around. BTW, Isn't She Lovely in E major sounds even better than in D flat major - great job with the solo mate. Keep up the brilliant content, thank you so so much once again for sharing your love of, and passion for music with the world! All the best to you and yours, much love as always💗💗 P.S: If you've played that Stevie Wonder classic so many times - you shouldn't have to wait, let alone anticipate for a cue from the vocalist or bandleader to solo, because to begin with the harmonica solo or whatever is in the original arrangement. Plus, everybody and their mum emulates that when they're playing this professionally / for an audience anyway, hahahahaha! Again, well done - even better than that other short, like I said!
@@FoolishFrankie The rest of the band (sounds a bit fuller) only made that much greater! Well done to them, too. Keep up the great content, once again!
Congrats man! I look forward to seeing more vids of you using the new horn. Makes moving on from my VI and to something modern very tempting. Keep up the great work!
I didn’t even realize there wasn’t a high F# until this comment😂 I never use high F# for tenor altissimo fingerings, but the only thing I use it for on alto is altissimo Eb which is rare. I’m sure there’s a good alternate though
People underestimate how much of a difference a new horn can make. Switching from my (I play trumpet, so it’s kinda different ig) Yamaha Allegro to a Schilke HC2-S was like stepping into a whole new world of playing. The materials, tooling tolerances, weight, etc, all make a huge difference in the feel of a horn. I’m glad you like it so far, and hope to hear more on it in the future.
Nice! I am considering getting a professional sax myself. For now, I am playing an Eagle tenor sax. I still putting money together, and I hope to get a professional one next year... Well, it is a dream!
Never have I seen you showing off your sax skills so much! Jazzy tunes and great inflection imo Edit: you also seem a lot more loose when you're in your home than when you perform
Sounds very good! Funny you mentioned the right thumb hook. It's the first thing I noticed and at least the smooth ones are a pet peeve. My alto, tenor and bari were 'born' with brass hooks. My soprano had its plastic one replaced with a metal one from @MusicMedic. At least there's a solution if you don't like it.
5:53 this was just enough to get isn't it romantic stuck in my head, and every time it reminds me of the episode "11001001" of Star Trek: The Next Generation. thank you :)
So funny, you've got a brand new love toy, and you are looking at the straps, and the little card and the case.... Way more patience than I've got for sure!
Omg that sax sounds like I need to get me one. I have a Lyon and Healy Alto that is from the late 1920s but I need a new tenor sax to add to the repertoire.
Really excited to see some tenor view with this beast! Glad you're chuffed with it. Btw, have you got any vids of your practice sessions? Would be really interesting to see what exercises and things you work on on a daily (or whatever it is) basis
@@FoolishFrankie Something to consider perhaps. You've got a few fans who haven't long started out so I'm happy to speak for them and say it's something we'd love to see when you get around to it
I know this is a review of this particular sax, but would love to hear you play Nearness of You and My One and Only Love in their entirety. Sounds great!
Do you have any tips on altissimo and overtones that you think could help me on tenor sax? I've been trying to get better at them and so far my highest reliable altissimo note is a G but sometimes I can get an overtone to Altissimo C, and for overtones I can play up to the 3rd overtone.
I may be wrong but it seems like you're blowing a little harder to drive sound out more than your Eastman. Now that you've had a little time with it would you say that yeah it seems like that, or no?
I’ve been really thinking about get a nexus horn for a long minute.I have a student tenor and it’s great but would love one.I’ve already graduated high school as well
I work (among other places) in a college theatre, and your reaction here is kinda like what happens when we let the pianists on the Model D for the first time...
I neeeeeeeeed to get a jazzlab branded neck strap. The other one I have hurts😂 weird enough our lesson teacher had one this morning and did a whole presentation on it
I've noticed that you play on tenor and alto, I play alto but i wanna switch to tenor for high school band do u know any tips I can use to make this conversion easier?
It sounded really good too! I don't know if you have an interest in doing so, but if you could make a video explaining how saxophone works, it would be nice lmao to me it's just magic at this point
So i was iffy on buying one of these. (Ive heard some horror stories) But i think i realized your adidas socks are doing wonders for the tone on this thing. I happen to also have some adidas socks so im gonna try one of these out.
I used to be a strong believer that the instrument has literally zero impact and whether it sounds good is all about the player. And there IS truth to that, as a bad player can’t make a good horn sound good and a good player can make a bad horn sound good. But when my grandpa passed away, he left his $5,000 professional trombone to me and having played it I have to say that my mind was partially changed lol it’s much easier to play a professional level horn and make it sound good than it is a student horn. I play sax well and play it regularly and give lessons, but I’m not a “saxophone player” in the fact it’s not my main instrument and I don’t like to spend money lol so for what I use it for, I’m content with the student model, but if it was the instrument I was making money with, I would probably buy a higher quality horn.
It is interesting for this price point some luxury items like a neck pouch and other cases that mainstream brands will put in. Found that interesting. For me if it doesn't have the white gloves in the case, it ain't for me 😉
True, it’s still a fairly new brand so maybe as they start to hear this feedback they’ll implement it. But for me if it comes with white gloves I don’t want it🤣
Hey, Im going into 8th grade, and when I graduate, my parents are planning to buy me a sax. I've already had my first pro gig, today I actually have my first pro concert. Any recommendations? Edit: When I graduate 8th grade, not highschool
So glad you dig the horn bro!! Enjoy!!
Chad❤😊
Man thank you so much!!🙏🏻🙏🏻
Chad the Chad
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@@freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942 lol
I loved the part when he started franking foolishly all over the saxophone. 10/10, this is a certified FoolishFrankie Classic
LMAO😂🙏🏻
One of the FoolishFrankie moments of all time.
That starts at 0:47 if anyone’s curious.
Woo! Congrats man :D
Man thank you so much!🥺🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Man, that gig clip sounded incredible. I got my first sax recently and the thought of being able to one day sound like that is inspiring. Great video as always :)
Thank you so much 🥺🙏🏻
you sound AMAZING. I always liked your tone on tenor, but this brings you out so much better, like i just imagine hearing your tone on one of those popular old 80s songs with sax solos, or like grover washington on just the two of us, i love it!
Thank you so much🥺🙏🏻
@@FoolishFrankie of course, and ik you don't play your syos much anymore on alto, but i've been playing it for little shows in my town on my alto and i've been having a great time with it! all the best
Glad that the horn works easily for you. You'll learn to not make the micro adjustments needed to make a student horn sound good but adds to the range of the pro horn. My first pro horn was love at first note and I never looked back. Enjoy.
Thank you so much!🙏🏻🙏🏻
Well deserved!! Congrats on the Nexus One. Also does it have post body construction? If so that could be a big factor to it’s light weight
I don’t know what that means😅
@@FoolishFrankie so basically all of the posts and rods in all saxophones today are either individually soldered to the body of the sax (post to body construction) or they all are soldered to one long piece of metal that runs down the length of the body of the sax hence giving it more weight (Ribbed Body construction)
Nope it has rib construction and is as heavy as any other Taiwanese/Chinese horns. The trick here is to remove all braces and details that keep the horn from damage, so that it’s lighter (and weaker). Check out Stephen Howard’s review of its build quality.
I was in high school and I'd hang out with the band. They were like you can't just hang out here and they shoved a tenor sax into my hands and made me play it. They taught me how to start reading music and press the sax buttons. It was very fun! I am forever grateful for that student sax! Later in college I took a music (theory?) class to learn about music. I was blown away. It was so much math in a beautiful way and made me forever appreciate what is really going on. I didn't stay with music or an instrument, but I know I hear notes in my head and I also can truly appreciate your videos.😊
The lower tones of every note are so nice. You can just feel like a subtle underlying melody when your playing it
it's the player not the horn
Beautiful horn and beautiful sound!
Also the “I’m playing adidas socks” thing caught off guard and made me laugh a lot
Love from a Swedish bass trombone player
Yo, I’ve been following your TH-cam and short vids for a while now and I gotta say, so happy for you! You most def found your sound with that Sax! 🎷 😌
If you sounded amazing on the old horn can’t wait to here what you can do with this.😊
Thank you I'm excited to work with this one!!
Just started playing as well as following you. Can't believe you were on a student horn before now! Appreciate your channel, very glad about your new horn.
Thank you so much!🙏🏻
watched this review a few months ago with dreams of getting this sax and my mom just surprised me with a graduation gift of this saxophone.. unbelievably excited! thanks for the great review frankie love the content
Omg that’s huge congrats!!!
Congratulation to your new saxophone! You sound fantastic on it, like always. I wish to you many great moments, a lot of fun with the new tenor saxophone.
🙏🏻🙏🏻
Remember, plastic neckstrap hooks might break but metal hooks will wear into brass strap ring over time causing it to break and also need replaced.
Hmm, I’ve never heard of this happening
Happened to my MKVI which already had some wear on it. Never used metal hooks again. (And the repair is to flip the neck strap loop upside down and solder fix the break in the loop. Sucks.)
oh my god, impression from blue giant as the background music. Perfect
love that he put impressions over the impressions
So glad that you’re having a great experience with your new horn!! Can’t wait to see more gig vlogs. I love hearing you play.
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Congratulations Frankie! TBH, your new horn, as well as your playing sounds crisply sublime as always - absolute perfection all around. BTW, Isn't She Lovely in E major sounds even better than in D flat major - great job with the solo mate. Keep up the brilliant content, thank you so so much once again for sharing your love of, and passion for music with the world! All the best to you and yours, much love as always💗💗
P.S: If you've played that Stevie Wonder classic so many times - you shouldn't have to wait, let alone anticipate for a cue from the vocalist or bandleader to solo, because to begin with the harmonica solo or whatever is in the original arrangement. Plus, everybody and their mum emulates that when they're playing this professionally / for an audience anyway, hahahahaha! Again, well done - even better than that other short, like I said!
Thank you so much and good ears noticing the key difference!!🙏🏻
@@FoolishFrankie The rest of the band (sounds a bit fuller) only made that much greater! Well done to them, too. Keep up the great content, once again!
So smooth! I love a well made tenor sax 😍
The live clip of you sounded great. Also I could see your fun factor was up😊
I'm planning on buying this as my tenor in the future. I love the horns look and sound!
Congrats man! I look forward to seeing more vids of you using the new horn. Makes moving on from my VI and to something modern very tempting. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much!🙏🏻
do you ever miss the high f# key? i know some players never use that key, but some use it for a lot of altissimo fingerings (myself included)
I didn’t even realize there wasn’t a high F# until this comment😂 I never use high F# for tenor altissimo fingerings, but the only thing I use it for on alto is altissimo Eb which is rare. I’m sure there’s a good alternate though
Enjoy your new sax. Fantastic horn!
Thank you!!🙏🏻
People underestimate how much of a difference a new horn can make. Switching from my (I play trumpet, so it’s kinda different ig) Yamaha Allegro to a Schilke HC2-S was like stepping into a whole new world of playing. The materials, tooling tolerances, weight, etc, all make a huge difference in the feel of a horn. I’m glad you like it so far, and hope to hear more on it in the future.
gorgeous instrument...getting a big new gadget like that is always the best
thanks for sharing this with us
Amazing sound. I can't wait to hear you play more gigs with this beauty!
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Congrats!! Horn is definitely dope
Thank you for posting. Very informative!
Glad it was helpful!
Sounds amazing
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Congratulations!!
Thank you!
Sounds great !!!
Thanks so much!
Congrats on the new horn! Looking forward to updates on your tenor.
Thank you Abel!!!
Nice! I am considering getting a professional sax myself. For now, I am playing an Eagle tenor sax.
I still putting money together, and I hope to get a professional one next year... Well, it is a dream!
Very nice! Congrats.
Thank you!!
Great video, Frank!
Many thanks!🙏🏻
Really Cool!
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Never have I seen you showing off your sax skills so much! Jazzy tunes and great inflection imo
Edit: you also seem a lot more loose when you're in your home than when you perform
I'll take that as a compliment, I don't like to be a show off. And I definitely am, something I'm working on!!
Sounds great
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Sounds very good! Funny you mentioned the right thumb hook. It's the first thing I noticed and at least the smooth ones are a pet peeve. My alto, tenor and bari were 'born' with brass hooks. My soprano had its plastic one replaced with a metal one from @MusicMedic. At least there's a solution if you don't like it.
5:53 this was just enough to get isn't it romantic stuck in my head, and every time it reminds me of the episode "11001001" of Star Trek: The Next Generation. thank you :)
Looking forward to seeing you play with that!
Thank you!
So funny, you've got a brand new love toy, and you are looking at the straps, and the little card and the case.... Way more patience than I've got for sure!
LOL well to be fair I wanted to be thorough for the video!!
Almost the same design ( and sound) as the older Yamaha YTS62 ! I bought one in 1984 .
Omg that sax sounds like I need to get me one. I have a Lyon and Healy Alto that is from the late 1920s but I need a new tenor sax to add to the repertoire.
Love the sound man! I just love hearing you solo, its really interesting to see what other people think over certain songs.
Thank you!!🙏🏻
Really excited to see some tenor view with this beast! Glad you're chuffed with it.
Btw, have you got any vids of your practice sessions? Would be really interesting to see what exercises and things you work on on a daily (or whatever it is) basis
Thank you so much! And I don't as of right now sorry:(
@@FoolishFrankie Something to consider perhaps.
You've got a few fans who haven't long started out so I'm happy to speak for them and say it's something we'd love to see when you get around to it
I know this is a review of this particular sax, but would love to hear you play Nearness of You and My One and Only Love in their entirety. Sounds great!
Thank you!🙏🏻
Hell yeah man
(Play goodbye pork pie hat on the new tenor plz)
Do you have any tips on altissimo and overtones that you think could help me on tenor sax? I've been trying to get better at them and so far my highest reliable altissimo note is a G but sometimes I can get an overtone to Altissimo C, and for overtones I can play up to the 3rd overtone.
I may be wrong but it seems like you're blowing a little harder to drive sound out more than your Eastman. Now that you've had a little time with it would you say that yeah it seems like that, or no?
Honestly I just suck at playing tenor😂
The sax sounds amazing and looks it too. Would you consider yourself more of a tenor or a alto player?
Thank you! Definitely alto
I’ve been really thinking about get a nexus horn for a long minute.I have a student tenor and it’s great but would love one.I’ve already graduated high school as well
Ooooh! Nice to see a FoolishFrankie upload!
Also I feel the pain with the little pellets, it takes forever to pick them all up wwwww
I work (among other places) in a college theatre, and your reaction here is kinda like what happens when we let the pianists on the Model D for the first time...
You're gonna be unstoppable now!
LOL I don’t know about that, but I’ll at least have one less excuse for my mistakes😅
Well I just got a very used YTS-23 for $200 this week, so we both had big months 🤣
That’s awesome!
Looks like such perfect response! Sounds awesome too, I'd do horrible on a new mouthpiece and body for at least half an hour.
Thank you!! And a new mouthpiece is harder to play than a new horn IMO
6:57 Making that tenor sound like a trumpet going that high 😂
😂😂
Just the nearness of you. Pretty nice!!!
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I should be practicing bass for a gig tomorrow. Instead im getting hype and about to pull out my sax. 😅 Thats a beautiful horn sir.
😂🙈
I neeeeeeeeed to get a jazzlab branded neck strap. The other one I have hurts😂 weird enough our lesson teacher had one this morning and did a whole presentation on it
I've noticed that you play on tenor and alto, I play alto but i wanna switch to tenor for high school band do u know any tips I can use to make this conversion easier?
You need quite a bit more air when playing tenor, so don’t be afraid to play a bit louder.
We all know this feeling.
Very nice unboxing and saxo ^_^
Thank you Kinto:)
It sounded really good too! I don't know if you have an interest in doing so, but if you could make a video explaining how saxophone works, it would be nice lmao to me it's just magic at this point
Thank you! And honestly I couldn't explain it as well as the videos that are already on the internet!
climbing into the packing-peanut-filled box is exactly what i would do
Please upload a full cover on My One And Only Love
So i was iffy on buying one of these. (Ive heard some horror stories) But i think i realized your adidas socks are doing wonders for the tone on this thing. I happen to also have some adidas socks so im gonna try one of these out.
Definitely the key to good sound on this horn!
But seriously, I've been binge watching you a while. Why not subscribe. ✅
Thank you!!🙏🏻
@@FoolishFrankie 🙏
07:14 I thought I would get rickrolled at first 😂😂😂
I used to be a strong believer that the instrument has literally zero impact and whether it sounds good is all about the player. And there IS truth to that, as a bad player can’t make a good horn sound good and a good player can make a bad horn sound good. But when my grandpa passed away, he left his $5,000 professional trombone to me and having played it I have to say that my mind was partially changed lol it’s much easier to play a professional level horn and make it sound good than it is a student horn. I play sax well and play it regularly and give lessons, but I’m not a “saxophone player” in the fact it’s not my main instrument and I don’t like to spend money lol so for what I use it for, I’m content with the student model, but if it was the instrument I was making money with, I would probably buy a higher quality horn.
Tenor saxes are a W
Hey FoolishFrankie -- Coltrane called and he wants his sax back. She is lovely.
LOL you’re too kind, I’m not worthy of being compared to such a giant. I appreciate it though🙏🏻
Can you do a video on the Eastman as well?
you would sound great on any horn.
That’s a beautiful saxophone 🎷
What underwear would you suggest to wear while playing a alto sax and what underwear for a bari sax?
Okay.. can we talk about that filthy solo on "isn't she lovely" though?
Nice
Could you play "Cantina Band" sometime? 👀
It is interesting for this price point some luxury items like a neck pouch and other cases that mainstream brands will put in. Found that interesting.
For me if it doesn't have the white gloves in the case, it ain't for me 😉
True, it’s still a fairly new brand so maybe as they start to hear this feedback they’ll implement it. But for me if it comes with white gloves I don’t want it🤣
Frankie has got to be one of the top 5 omegle music people
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Is that a charlie parker line I'm hearin at 7:52?
Why would you use a cutter for a Ziploc bag?
Hey Frankie I was just wondering what alto you play
Should be in the description of any video you see me playing it!
@@FoolishFrankie ok thank you, also keep up the great work man
Him closing the buttons sounded like the first note to you didn’t have to cut me off lol. 3:40
Dope 🔥🔥🔥
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i enjoyed the video.
Thank you!
What's the name of the song you were playing in the gig clip?
Isn’t she lovely
You should hook up with Harry Mack. He also does omegel bars. That would be awesome.
watching these videos while i can't practice because of my neighbors 🥲
Rip😰
Hey, Im going into 8th grade, and when I graduate, my parents are planning to buy me a sax. I've already had my first pro gig, today I actually have my first pro concert. Any recommendations?
Edit: When I graduate 8th grade, not highschool
You can get a used pro Yamaha for a really good deal. The YTS 480 And 62 are great upgrade choices👍
Go to a store and play a few to find what you like best!
Yeah, I was thinking something along the lines of that. Thanks!
Looked into it a little. Seems like a good idea
I respect frankie
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Wow, i'm really happy for you. *Well deserved.*
Thank you🥺🙏🏻
Time for me to move on to a new horn
Those fillers in the box are water soluble actually