the saxologic classical era is feeding my soul

Me whenever someone does a direct comparison and I’m supposed to think they sound different 👁️👄👁️

The zoom into Otis Murphy as Fantasia played absolutely killed me

Andrew has my old neck lol?? This dude is bleeding my dry. As a Selmer guy myself, I love playing Yamaha sometimes to remind myself of the differences. Oftentimes I think the cons of a Selmer are the pros of a Yamaha and vice versa. Feeling how smooth and sleek a Yamaha is helps me bring that back over to Selmer, even if I have to work a little harder for it. Love how low end softs feel on a Yamaha and how quiet the key action is.

I’ve had my custom now for almost a year and have loved every moment of playing it, it feels super versatile between both jazz and classical and the ease of playability is just amazing!

brooo i LOVE your new classical sound it's sounding better and better. the casual talent from everyone in this video is insane

THE LEGEND RETURNS! Merry Christmas Nathan!

I could literally listen to you play on that yas-875 all day, the sound is absolutely beautiful and so smooth.

I like the A- A+ comparison. That’s how I’ve always felt.

Once you get to this level of playing the difference isn't really SO much about how it sounds versus how you feel playing it, beyond upgrading to an intermediate to professional level horn. Whichever is going to make you feel the most comfortable playing, the better. You should find a way to try out the Yani WO series ;)

I’m more of a Selmer guy myself, though I primarily play tenor, that alto sounded wonderful. Almost got me looking into one, ALMOST. Then I looked at my Selmer super action alto and said “nah, I think I’m good” 😂

Bro that new horn sounds so legit.

Congrats on your new horn! Hope your 62 finds a new home quickly! Happy Holidays!

Fabulous demonstration. I’d love to see more of this concept for other sax equipment.

I have checked your channel every day since the last upload and the one day I didn't check you uploaded. lol I love you

i’ve been watching your videos for a while and i played clarinet/bass clarinet but i just got my tenor saxophone! thank you for inspiring me to start saxophone :)

Not the TMEA etudes I thought I finally escaped them

Not gonna lie Yamaha's top series is amazing. That 875 sounds amazing. Same with the 82z. I love the sound!

I’m not really paying attention to the vs, just enjoying your gorgeous playing while I make breakfast here “Selmer Boys” 😂

Needs stickers

I’m in love with the YAS-875EX! I tried it out a couple of days ago (along with the YAS-62III) and I so badly wanted both horns 😫

I played a Selmer series III for 10 years and recently switched to the Supreme. I like how yamahas play, but I've always been a bit underwhelmed by the projection, except for the few gold plated ones I tried from friends, but those are both unobtanium and expensive :/ So for me the Supreme was the perfect middle ground in the end. Also I'm loving the classical content!

Happy Holiday! As someone who worked in the Band & Orchestral department of the flagship Sam Ash, it was always interesting to play all these back to back, and hear college students run through the gamut. While a YAS is an easy recommendation for anyone advancing, once the Selmer Axos came out, I always preferred them to a YAS62III for being partial to the projection/Selmer sound in a cheaper-scale pro horn (especially since they're now about the same price with inflation). For a higher price, I gotta say, I'm still always partial to a series II vs. an EX or Custom Z for very rounded players who genre jump, but EX's and Z's for those who stick more to Classical.

I made the same transition as you!! I went from using a Yamaha 62 and almost 2 years ago I got a silver plated EX and I love it

Playing with Mr. Lulloff this weekend in Chicago! Im glad you made that reference lmao.

I love ur vids u have inspired me to be a better sax player, i practice 45min-2hrs a day, i hope to someday be as talented and kind as you 😊

definitely warmer on the new one, going to see if i can get one soon!

HOW IS HE NOT AT 1 MILLION YET?

Piece Sounds very clarinet . Like it. Thanks

Hey saxologic I love your vids especially your unboxing.

The video we’ve all been waiting for

This threw me for a loop, that was my EXACT setup for a while. Neck strap and all!

These are some bad boys! My ear tells me though that the Yamaha has more of everything. Projection- I can not really evaluate here, but i thought the Yamaha held its own. Also the tuning sounded better even when the other guys played the Yamaha. Thanks to you all. And what wonderful players you are. Wow! Love to hear the Supreme and the top Yanagisawa thrown into the mix.

Many years ago, I had a Selmer Mark VI tenor early 1970's vintage. Great horn.

you sound great on both but the newer horn felt like you had a bigger sound and were just overflowing the room with your sound, in a good way. Beautiful tone

SELMER TRIUMPHS AS ALWAYS

Saxologic I need you to upload again… keep up the good work!

Nice job keep it up!

The time has come!

I have the same one in silver plate and love it!

I ended up preferring a Custom Z alto (that I got in black lacquer to match my tenor), but with a gold plated E1 neck. The Z feels more free blowing to me than the EX, but the E1 neck keeps the sound warm and controlled. Best of both worlds to me.

The Selmer Sax Player should noticed that the Intonation is much better on your Yamaha. Especially the Selmer III player. The sound is also more complex. Good Deal! Greatings from a Selmer Player.

I own a Selmer Series II sop (and sop is also my primary instrument), I honestly think that us Selmer players are just like magnets towards Selmers, lol. We get very used to the sound, and adapt to it. But Selmer's have a pretty unique sound not given off by other horns, and I think at least for me, that's what keeps me in the mindset of "I prefer to play Selmer's"

I have the same saxophone. Consider trying the E1 and C1 neck with this saxophone. The Yamaha necks are fantastic. I prefer the E1 neck for jazz and most of my dance club gigs, but I will occasionally use the V1 neck for dance gigs ... but I have to use a dark sounding reed (Boston Sax) with the V1 neck. The V1 neck can be fantastic for transforming a moderate baffle mouthpiece into a more powerful mouthpiece. I see some saxophonists love this sax for classical music, but it surprises me when they use the V1 neck because it is the brightest neck that Yamaha makes right now. I only have the E1 and V1 necks, but I have them in different finishes. I highly recommend you trying a gold plated neck for some extra beautiful resonance. I actually now use the solid silver necks (E1 and V1) for both tenor and alto, but I don't recommend the solid silver necks for classical, since it will add extra brightness when you push the volume.... but at lower and mid volumes, the solid silver adds extra warmth and resonance. My first professional sax was the Mark VI, but when Yamaha started the Custom line, I fell in love with the 855 alto and the 875 tenor. I still use my 875 tenor that I purchased in 1996 (now with the new necks). Don't worry about the intonation on the new necks. At least the E1 is as perfect as the V1. I haven't had any experience with the C1. Avoid the silver plated necks... solid silver necks are great.... but the silver plated necks are way too bright. Some people say that silver plating doesn't make that much difference, but on the Yamaha saxes, it makes a big difference. My silver plated tenor neck was actually good for my most mellow tenor mouthpiece, but that was the only mouthpiece that sounded good on it. If you want to try some different necks, you can look at WWBW, Kessler and Sons, Tenor Madness, Sax Alley.... sometimes you will find a good deal on eBay or Reverb. The owner of Tenor Madness called up the Yamaha supplier here in the U.S. to see if he could find a gold plated E1 alto neck for me and he got it to me in a week (he did that for me a year ago). Mr. Kessler called up the Yamaha supplier for me when I became interested in the solid silver necks (I noticed Kessler had the best prices on the solid silver necks). He called me back and helped me get a tenor E1 solid silver neck that had a very small blemish on the finish, which saved me $150 off of Mr. Kessler's already lower price. If anyone is interested in the Yamaha solid silver necks, they come with a clear lacquer coat on top of the silver, so the finish doesn't tarnish.

AYYY WE MISSED YOU!

Merry Christmas Nathan

ferling 22 is my technical this year, had a double take hearing it haha. I can definitely hear more warmth in the ex than the 62, and who knows the differences you feel lol. Have loved my Z for a few years now, but never tried an ex! Speaking of ex’s my 875 soprano is currently shipping from wwbw 👀

That dude in the green shirt was spot on with his altissimo. Wish I could get nearly as good as that.

Lol I’m playing cedar tree in this and just was on your insta story, I promise I know other tunes

YESSS AN UPLOAD!

funny stuff bro!

2:21 Yes I love the Brahms sonata!

Saludos desde Perú, hermano! Gracias por subtitulos en español

You’re my favorite saxophone KZfaqr and I really wish you posted more often

LESSGO NATHANS BACK

Me on my cannonball that hasn't seen a repair shop in at least 5 years.

Really strong playing, first and foremost. Musical. I wonder, just as Matthew mentions, is the question that of familiarity versus a horn quality issue. I think it would have added to the mix to get the Selmer guys to switch Selmers-see how that would stack up; possibly see if the Selmers inherently have a definable Selmer core, if that makes any sense. And again, you guys all sound very good. Eli, really good sound. I've always preferred a really good Selmer over a Yamaha (an exception being the "long bow" 134k VI I had compared to a "Purple Label" 62-the 62 was MUCH better), but I wouldn't sell my current VI's for anything but a better Selmer. Finally, what sounds best on this recording? Selmer, no question. You sound better on your personal horns. More "singing", interesting sound. BWDIK?

I have the yas875EXl and my B key was way to low and my C# was too high making my pinky get stuck frequently. I’m so glad I got it fixed😅

Ofc you had to bring out my ptsd with ferling no.16 and area auditions

Only Selmer I ever played was when I had to borrow my teacher's VI for an audition. My bis key pad came off my 82Z an hour before my audition lol.

I think you just like opening boxes with new saxophones in them. 😂

It's funny, Otis Murphy is my favorite classical saxophonist. I only heard of him because I played the Fantasia my junior year of high school. It obviously kicked my ass.

1:32 LMAO THE FANTASIA

New video yessir

it actually does sound nicer and has more overtones than the selmers, especially in the upper register, every ones vibrato suddenly sounded super pro on the new Yamaha

the furling 16 was really nice

They both sounded like classical saxophone to me

I understand those fellows are used to their saxophones. But for classical performers, they were more focused on "projection" rather than on "tone-to-tone quality". They did not find time to listen carefully and hear that Custom Yamaha has more fluid action than their Selmers, better intonation control, resulting in much finer legatos without tone-to-tone transitional "peaks" or "handovers", which their Selmers exhibited. In other words, their Selmers sounded more like brass instruments, while Custom Yamaha sounded more like a human voice.

The second I heard the etude I started having flashbacks

Absolute fire 14:35

hello from Catalonia, I love your videos BTW what app you use to create sheet on Ipad??? I saw in one of your videos that u was transcribing a solo in your ipad but I didn’t see what app u was using. sorry for my english :)

Nice Dahl Concerto 6:45

Yo Nathan MY G WHAT WAS THAT FIRST DEMO YOU PLAYED WITH THE HORN COMPARISON??? SO DAMN GOOD MAN

My friend has a Yamaha Custom EX Soprano and Tenor, and it doesn't float every person's boat, it feels like vanilla frosting, while I want that sort of dark kinda brown chocolate frosting, not saying you cant get a dark sound out of it, but others are better at it.

I can't imagine how many saxophones this man has... (Also where do you keep all your saxes)

6:17 best part HAHA

Early Merry Christmas good sir

I’m disappointed. Nathan didn’t do his signature knife move. 😢

When you compared the 3,000 dollar saxophone vs the $250 saxophone my son wanted it for Christmas so I got it for him and within 2 days he could play careless whisperer really well

Compare to a Yanagisawa now! Also, what tune was Eli playing @13:15 ?

the tmea ferling etude got me off guard

RIP knife edits lmao 😭

I'd say it converted me but that's already the one I'd have if cost was no object. But since I'm just an amateur my YAS-23 is good enough for me.

What you were playing for the original sound comparison is that from your book or if not what is it from?

Nathan, I’m so close to pulling the trigger on buying the EXii. Did you buy directly from the manufacturer or from a retail store?

All horns are so personal. No two saxophones are alike. It really boils down to what you are used to.

Love the Yamaha! What happened with your Selmer MVI?

Nathan, you and the guys seem to be the ones who taught Mr. Muhle (sp.) and Mr. Rascher how to play European Classical Saxophone 🎷 (smile) You guys are exceptional 👏 (and rich, may I add) Thanks, champion 🏆

Just a question on the comparison with the old horn (the yas-62). Did any of the mouthpiece set up change between the saxophones in the yas62 and 875EX comparison? If not, then the 875ex sounded fuller in both the low and higher ranges for sure. I've tried all of the horns throughout the video, including the Super Actions your friends had. My preference between all these horns was also the 875EX. I did end up choosing a cannonball(I ordered a custom horn) because I wanted certain custom qualities that they offered for a much smaller price, lol. Some of these qualities i chosewere aesthetic, but the primary thing that I wanted was the ability to have them raise the stones on the side keys to put less distance between my hands and the horn for those. I know it's a small thing, but I always hate when you get the palm key risers and they slide off. I didn't want a horn where I would have to spend thousands on, then immediately spend more money to set it up to my personal feel and preference.

When you were playing I don't think the sound/timber difference translated very well on my headphones, but what I could definetely hear is that the articulation sounded clearer on the new one. Maybe it's the horn or you felt more comfortable on it, but either way sounded great!

Do u ever name ur saxophone when u get them ? Or is it only me ! Bc out band Director last year told us to but I’m in 7th grade band .😊

What type of neck does the YAS 62III come with?

Indudablemente el Custom 875 EX II Es el ganador !!!

Classic Otis Murphy W

Does anyone know what mouthpiece Eli is using? At 13:14

Thought you had a 6 dude? Are you using something different for classical?

Listening, I liked the Yamaha best, the Series II, then the Series III. This coming from a Ref. 54 player. LOL

Nathan, why did you clip off the high c# in Ferling 22? I love your playing, but I think it would sound much more connected if you would take a shorter breath or not breathe at all. The breath in the first measure sounded more like what I have heard from professional players before. Anyways, please don’t take this as an insult or anything, just a kind suggestion!

what ever happened to the mark vi that you got from tim lin?

NOO U DIDNT DO THE KNIFE THING