Re: Question about buying
What do you mean what necks should I buy? Doesn't this sax come with a neck? I'd hope so...otherwise don't go changing it. You can get a Selmer Paris Silver Neck which makes it brighter, but ya really don't have to.
Depending on the years experience you have and what kind of music you're looking to make you can go with either a hard rubber for classical and some jazz or a metal for most jazz and no classical. Metal of course requires at least 10 years experience in order for the embouchure to handle it.
Most mouthpieces like Rovner inverted ligs, I use the Dark on both my pieces and feel it is a very versatile lig for both jazz and classical. Some will argue this, but boo hoo.
Now honestly, I feel you got a killer deal. The only quirk I have with the SA80 is that the one I played on (my band director's) was very hard blowing. You had to warm it up for quite some time in order for it to be playable. Even then, you couldn't hit an Eb (low) quietly without honking the note out. But, that could be a number of marginal errors besides the sax. And I do assume your SA80 is not a Series II...the one I played was a 'vintage' SA80. Before Series II, but I still think that's a killer deal. That's about what I paid for my Selmer LaVoix new.
I hope you can get this sax and if you do, boy, have fun with it!!!
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