Sax Addict

Vintage saxophones can be fantastic instruments. A quality vintage saxophone can be worth its weight in gold.  If you’re a saxophone enthusiast, you can understand why finding a great vintage saxophone can be so much fun.  Personally, I’ve spent hours and hours on eBay, looking at vintage saxophones just because it can be a lot of fun.  Also, if you’re looking for a cheaper saxophone.  You can be surprised to find a professional quality instrument for far less than professional price.

Of course, before you do any buying of the vintage saxophone.  You have to know what you’re getting into.  For example, many vintage saxophones will likely not be in perfect playing conditions.  With us you are going to need to take it to a repair shop and spend possibly hundreds of dollars repairing pads or any other potential problems.  Then again, you might be able to fix the instrument yourself.  If you are so inclined.  That in itself can be quite a hobby.

The other fantastic part about searching for vintage saxophones is that you can find real pieces of history in a vintage saxophone.  For example, plying a vintage jazz saxophone can make you really feel the music in ways that maybe a modern instrument wouldn’t let you.  Also, the vintage instrument is likely to have a unique talent and quality all its own, that a new instrument might not have.  It’s like the old saying, “they don’t make them like they used to”.

Probably the most popular vintage saxophone in the tenor saxophone world, is the Selmer Mark VI.  It eBays for thousands of dollars, regularly and is the most sought after tenor saxophone that I’ve ever seen. It’s frankly ridiculous how much people are willing to pay for a top-notch instrument.  That being said, you can’t find a better instrument in the tenor saxophone than the Selmer Mark VI.

If you’re curious about vintage saxophones, go ahead and start surfing eBay now or click on the listings below.  Be warned: once you start searching for vintage saxophones, you might not be able to stop.  Good luck and have fun!