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by jbroad572
(46 posts)
19 years ago

Do you name your saxes?

I have not named the current sax (beginner Antigua tenor :() But once I get my Shadow, I have the name Luann picked out for her. The name stuck with me after reading Dave Baldacci's "The Winner". I liked the character and the name just kinda stuck with me.. So that will be its name. My Antigua 586, which should be here in a few hours, has not been named yet. Maybe once I see her tomorrow, it will come to me :p. Am I crazy or do you guys do it too?

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  2. by saxismyaxe
    (575 posts)
    19 years ago

    Re: Do you name your saxes?

    " Do you name your saxes?" Yeah, I have a number of choice names for them when they aren't working properly! ;)

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  3. by connsaxman_jim
    (2336 posts)
    19 years ago

    Re: Do you name your saxes?

    there was a similar post under Welcome To Sax Quest. I play a 1948 Conn 10M naked lady that a friend has given the name "Old Betty" He worked at a nursing home while attending college, and he said there was a lady there named Betty who would frequently walk out into the halls naked! I also have a 1926 Conn Chu Berry alto that I named Lois after my grandmother.

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    1. by mosplace
      (26 posts)
      19 years ago

      Re: Do you name your saxes?

      Yes, all may saxophones have names My c-soprano´s name is J.D. since Jason DuMars has engraved it so beautifull and I thought this name fits just perfect. My C-meldoy Chu´s name is Coleman, since I love the music of Coleman Hawkins and he has started his saxophone carreer on a c-melody. My Sx90 Anniversary alto´s name is Uri, that is a nickname form of great grandma here in Germany. My grandma died the day I got this sax, I loved here very much and that is a tribute to here. My Shadow tenor´s name is "BEN" that is a short form for "braucht´s eigentlich nicht" , which means in Englisch, didn´t realy need this sax, since I had already a tenor. But i fell in love with this sax. The name of my new The Martin bariton is Bear, since in the low notes, this sax is realy grummling like a bear. Huge incredibale sound.

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      1. by mcorrea
        (25 posts)
        19 years ago

        Re: Do you name your saxes?

        I call my tenor Kyle Worth...

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        1. by YanagisawA-901
          (312 posts)
          19 years ago

          Re: Do you name your saxes?

          Murphey

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      2. by scottiebu13
        (1 post)
        19 years ago

        Re: Do you name your saxes?

        The only sax I ever named was the sax I hated the most. It was a school horn I used for marching band so that I didn't have to hurt my new (at the time) Yamaha Custom tenor. It was an ancient Conn Tenor. I have no clue what model or year because there was no laquer or engravings. I'm assuming it was a crappy student model. I think it might have been made of iron because it was a heavy thick metal and had been dropped by me several times without even a scratch. Some how the horn was dented before I began using it... someone must've run it over with a bus or something. Anyway, this horn got named "The Tank" because of its weight and durability!

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      3. by barisax999
        (400 posts)
        19 years ago

        Re: Do you name your saxes?

        my old bari was called the fire breathing dragon, my clarinet is gustav, my bass clarinet is king louis the 1 1/2, and my new bari has yet to be named, but im thinking ronnie

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      4. by streetSax570
        (25 posts)
        19 years ago

        Re: Do you name your saxes?

        I play the Tenor sax and I name it T-Sax

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      5. by musickman
        (10 posts)
        19 years ago

        Re: Do you name your saxes?

        Yes, my saxes have names. I let my wife name them. When I told her my Alto cost $1800, she named it "Foolish". When I bought my Soprano for $2000, she called it "Moron". When I bought my Tenor for $2400, she called it "Idiot". When I told her a Baritone would cost me $5300, she said she would call it "Divorced".

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      6. by musickman
        (10 posts)
        19 years ago

        Re: Do you name your saxes?

        Seriuosly though, I thought about calling my new Tenor "Lucille", in honor of another great Jazz/R&B musician.

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      7. by musickman
        (10 posts)
        19 years ago

        Re: Do you name your saxes?

        I believe (i'm sure i'll be corrected if i'm wrong) that Jacksonville State U has a Baritone Sax that is named the "Grey Ghost", referring to the color of the laquerless beast!

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      8. by KingNecron
        (76 posts)
        19 years ago

        Re: Do you name your saxes?

        I call my crappy Armstrong tenor "Gluteus Saximus." For such a mediocre horn, I've actually gotten some amazing sound from it. I still need a new horn, but Gluteus Saximus has served me well.

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      9. by TANGO SIX ONE
        (255 posts)
        19 years ago

        Re: Do you name your saxes?

        The knights Templar state; Of course you dont name your saxes. Unless that is your a Conn man.(Bird Lives)

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      10. by justanothersaxguy
        (58 posts)
        19 years ago

        Re: Do you name your saxes?

        Allison. My Cannonball tenor. She's definitely an Allison. (And she knows it, too).

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        1. by mojocoggo
          (97 posts)
          19 years ago

          Re: Do you name your saxes?

          Someone at my school calls their busted alto "Old Doobie." Oh yea and someone else calls their tenor "Mr. Biggulzwurth."

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          1. by jbroad572
            (46 posts)
            19 years ago

            Re: Do you name your saxes?

            I ended up naming my soprano "Miracle", because it was truly a mircacle how I was able to purchase it.

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            1. by Jellybean666
              (31 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I didnt think it was right to name my sax, as you have to constantly use words like 'fingering' and 'blowing' and when thats coupled with the word 'hard', it just doesnt sound right to give them names, for example, if i named my alto sax matt or something, i would have to say: 'I need to blow matt harder' Or 'When im playing with matt, my fingering tends to go wrong' Sounds wrong, doesnt it???

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            2. by justanothersaxguy
              (58 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              eewwww!

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            3. by Jellybean666
              (31 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Told ya!!!

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            4. by definition
              (963 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              ooo baby. I fingered Monica on stage last night!

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            5. by connsaxman_jim
              (2336 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Well, my Selmer SBA alto's name is Donald, after my uncle, my Chu Berry's name is Lois, after my grandmother, my 10M Naked Lady is "Old Betty" after an old lady at a nursing home a friend worked at, who liked to take off her clothes and walk out in the hallway naked! My 6M's name is Sally....I don't know why. I was thinking about naming my Buescher tenor Gus, after Gus Buescher, but I really don't know after reading Jellybean's post if I want to give my sax a guys name! That's just......not right!

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            6. by martysax
              (148 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I've always thought of Cars and Saxes as women, at least my wife has complained when I spend money on "them" instead of her. The problem arises when you want the car or sax to be "ballsy!" This isn't "that" kind of forum, so I'll stop there.

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            7. by justanothersaxguy
              (58 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              apparently it did become a little like that kind of forum. I thought it best to restrain myself rather than responding... about how it feels to have Allison in my hands, and ... Yeah. I think it's time to end this thread, huh?

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            8. by connsaxman_jim
              (2336 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Most of my saxophones are my parents age or older! Some of them are even older than my grandparents! So....from that standpoint, I try not to think of them in a sexual manner! But, saxophones have character. They have their own personalities.

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            9. by Jellybean666
              (31 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Wow, triple post, well done, lol, im just joking, and heres another disgusting phrase {taking into account im a girl and 'matt' reffers to a sax}: "Sorry im late, I was playing with Matt before i came" Translation: "Sorry im late, i was playing my sax before meeting you" Note: I did not come up with that, blame my mate, who is also a fellow saxophone player.

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            10. by selmer 4evr
              (309 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              well are they all female names or shoulf they be male ,,, saxophone is a male word """un saxophone'''seems female due to the ""e"" ending but is in fact male because it used to be """saxophon"" at one time ? So why is everyone naming thier horns with female names. In fact all you guys with bizarre attachments with thier horns I wonder??

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            11. by definition
              (963 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              If you'ree that concerned, go for a unisex name, like Kelly. Or Bob

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            12. by martysax
              (148 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              What if my horn is a transaxual?

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            13. by connsaxman_jim
              (2336 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Is it a Conn transaxual model made between 1929 and 1934? I thought a Transaxual was someone who started on alto and switched to tenor. A homosaxual only plays one type of sax. A Bisaxual plays 2. One who plays sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass would be a sexsaxual!

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            14. by justanothersaxguy
              (58 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Personally, I would think that one who plays not only soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, but also sopranino and bass would be a saxual pig - some people just cannot get enough..... Not only does he or she, at this point, pig out on the excesses of not just a soprano, an alto, a tenor OR a baritone, BUT ALL OF THEM - no, as if this is all not enough to satisfy,- now we've surpassed a mere excessive, gluttonous appetite of self-indulgence here; we are now journeying further into the sopranino and the bass - this now at the fringe of what sax was meant to be; it is now downright perverse. At this point, IT IS NO LONGER EVEN ABOUT SAX - it is about pushing the envelope at the edges of normal simply for the twisted thrill of something odd, queer, useless.... yes, people, size does matter, but let's excercise some restraint, OK? This is a family site.... You people are all saxually obsessed. I pity you.

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            15. by jbroad572
              (46 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Kelly.... unisex???? How about Sue dor that matter? Johnny Cash made it work

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            16. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              My tenor saxes name is Mr. T

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            17. by jbroad572
              (46 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              In the words of my uncle, " I Pity the Fool"

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            18. by martysax
              (148 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              But Jim, What's the difference between a rolled hole transaxual and a 69M?

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            19. by connsaxman_jim
              (2336 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              hmm. Interesting question Marty. All Conn transaxuals have rolled holes, as do Conn saxophones made between 1919-1947. If you're lucky enough to try a 69M, I would suggest tonguing rather than bitting the uh.......reed.

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            20. by connsaxman_jim
              (2336 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              If you're not sure if your sax is a boy or a girl....name it Pat! Especially if it happens to be an SNL sax! (Saturday Night Live).

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            21. by martysax
              (148 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I was happy to hear that my King has balls, but I've never named her.

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            22. by EL Seano
              (255 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I don't think saxophones should have names. I just think of mine as an extension of my body, a vital organ :-)

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            23. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I was happy to hear that my King has balls, but I've never named her. Now, where did that sentence stop making sense.

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            24. by martysax
              (148 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I'd rather have a Lady who's a King than a man who's a queen! I'm not a homosaxual!

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            25. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              It just sounded really funny.

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            26. by martysax
              (148 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              This is extreme.

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            27. by definition
              (963 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              so what kinda horn is it? lmao

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            28. by martysax
              (148 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Do you think Chairman Mao Tse Tung ever envisioned his first name to be 3/4 of the expression: "LMAO?" I don't care what kind of horn it is, I just get a kick that it's low, female, and silver!

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            29. by justanothersaxguy
              (58 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I'm thinkin' the cost of $220 to ship by arial transport is because they use that special bird in the picture there - each horn comes with it's own homing pigeon specially trained to look like an eagle in flight.

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            30. by martysax
              (148 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              The mouthpiece doesn't look like a duck-bill. More like a slant sig.

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            31. by connsaxman_jim
              (2336 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Hmmm. Interesting point there justanothersaxguy. You would think that transporting by eagle would be cheaper than typical air mail! Possibly faster too!

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            32. by justanothersaxguy
              (58 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              just posting here so I can uncheck the check box for "notify of responses" for this post - it is getting really bad.....

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            33. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Yes, it keeps e-mailing me this post even if there are no responses

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            34. by justanothersaxguy
              (58 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              yeah. me too. I even unchecked the check box so it wouldn't notify me, and it still did. truly bummed.... Oh well, I'm willing to endure it all for the sake of seeing what response might come back from con man Jim about saxophones being poured in molds....

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            35. by justanothersaxguy
              (58 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              oops. Sorry, Jim. That's Conn man - with 2 "n's" - I keep making the same freudian slip.

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            36. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              The only reason i kept it checked is because i have no life in the way of e-mails. I never get anything unless i specifically ak a company something.

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            37. by justanothersaxguy
              (58 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              LMAO

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            38. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              What's that? I am not smart when it comes to abbreviattions

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            39. by definition
              (963 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              LMAO is laugh my arse off

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            40. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              okay.

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            41. by connsaxman_jim
              (2336 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I think someone here is looking for attention. Not getting enough at home perhaps. Maybe Allison is the only "female" in his life! But, hey.... if you truely love your sax, give it a name. Naming your sax just goes to show how important it is to you. And even Cannonballs deserve love too! Regardless of how they're brass is annealed and rather anyone REALLY cares!

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            42. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I can only say that i have missed something in this conversation

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            43. by connsaxman_jim
              (2336 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Don't worry West, you haven't missed much. Just another member's arrogant plee for attention! I've been a Saxquest member for quite some time now, and I have contributed over 1000 posts! I answer an average of 5 emails per day from Saxquest members. I am a saxophone historian and collector of vintage saxophones. I never claim to know everything, but I know a lot! I've done my research! I'm certainly not "talking out my ass" as this member once put it.

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            44. by justanothersaxguy
              (58 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              No. Not looking for attention. It's just so much fun to get you cranked up!

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            45. by The_§ax
              (147 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              This forum went a tiny bit off track, Didn't it. I cant think of a name for my alto!

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            46. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy any of the three stooges have good names W.C. Fields Red Skelton Victor Borge You'll thni of one eventually. And the forums always go off track. I think everyone has at least a small degree of A.D.D

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            47. by EL Seano
              (255 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Let's see......... I've named my tenor Ella my soprano is Jasmine and my flute is Alice and i've named my clarinet Useless Piece of S***! :-)

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            48. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              That last one was very creative and original. I like that.

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            49. by definition
              (963 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I have an old beat to hell bundy II alto i have my students use from time to time, i call it Big PORCFM... or Big Pile of Rotting, Cannine, fecal matter

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            50. by EL Seano
              (255 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              LoL Nice

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            51. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I have to think of a name like that for my alto. It's a Jean Baptiste. Any suggestions?

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            52. by EL Seano
              (255 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Jean Baptiste!

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            53. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              To bad i can't put some kind of notation in here that would hint at sarcasm, but here it goes. That's great, i would have never thought of that, thanks so much. And you really surprised me on the originality of that name. Did you think of it all by your self LOL. Please don't take the wrong way .LOL Anyway, i might end up having to keep that name

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            54. by connsaxman_jim
              (2336 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              hmm a Jean Baptist......how about Rev. Jean?

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            55. by justanothersaxguy
              (58 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I'd stay with Jean Baptiste, too. It's already written on the front of it. That way, if you forget....

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            56. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I'll just stick with Jean Baptiste i guess. that horn sucks

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            57. by EL Seano
              (255 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Well my Tenor has 'Dave Guardala' written on the front of her, but her name's still Ella!

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            58. by Jellybean666
              (31 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              *Nods approvingly at the topic* Havent seen this place in a while, just seeing what strange comments people have put after i pointed out how wrong it all sounds, heh... carry on, carry on...

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            59. by The_§ax
              (147 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I still don't have a clue what to name mine

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            60. by EL Seano
              (255 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Well what is it (color, brand, type)?

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            61. by EL Seano
              (255 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Oh Buescher 400 alto! i used to hav a buescher 400 tenor. no ideas for names though

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            62. by Jellybean666
              (31 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Call it Bob... that is the best name in the history of names... everyone should be called Bob...

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            63. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              If it's a girl, then i seriously recommend you call it " Aunt Jemima " That name really gets my syrup stirring LOL

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            64. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              If it's a girl, then i seriously recommend you call it " Aunt Jemima " That name really gets my syrup stirring LOL. That was sort of lame, but i am serious about the name

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            65. by west
              (242 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              If it's a girl, then i seriously recommend you call it " Aunt Jemima " That name really gets my syrup stirring LOL. That was sort of lame, but i am serious about the name

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            66. by Candyboy
              (77 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              I own alot of saxophones,but I only have one with a name. It is an old Conn C-mel no lacquer brass an 82 year old patina. New white roo pads with seemless resonators and saxgourmet power pips. It is only shiney where my hands touch it. I call it "Crusty"
              Doug Coffman

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            67. by spifster
              (67 posts)
              19 years ago

              Re: Do you name your saxes?

              Alto: Sparky (yam 62) Tenor: Muffy (King zephyr Special) C-melody: Hans

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          2. by mega band geek
            (60 posts)
            19 years ago

            Re: Do you name your saxes?

            My Bari is a 1955 Low-A MK VI that was used as a marching horn for 45 years. Over which time, it has been beaten, battered, dented, dinged, scratched, etc. As well as buffed/relac'd twice. (Because of wich it has the MK VI tone, but a little brighter which I prefer, closer to the sound of some of the older Conns/Bueshers). Anyways, as one could imagine, it doesn't look too hot. I had it restored (bare brass) and now it really plays. So, going with the beaten-up, war torn look and still great tone, I named it Bertha.

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