1955 Strasser Marigaux and Lemaire Revision D SML Tenor Saxophone
Well, there's no shortage of pithy terms thrown around to describe the sound of any given saxophone. And like those metaphors used in the wine world, they eventually reach a point of saturation and meaninglessness. The terms I'm thinking of in particular are Complex, Rich, Colorful, and Having-Depth.
What in the hell do these terms mean? Complex? Rich? Who knows, it's all in the perception of the listener/player. And defining these terms is pointless because you just use more metaphors that need further definition.
I have been guilty of using these metaphors, I bet you could find one or two used in regards to some other horn on this website, but I try to reign it in tightly because the hyperbole spins out of control pretty fast.
However, I will boldly make an exception for this horn here. And I think I am convinced the same can be said for all SML's. The only other SML I
Well, there's no shortage of pithy terms thrown around to describe the sound of any given saxophone. And like those metaphors used in the wine world, they eventually reach a point of saturation and meaninglessness. The terms I'm thinking of in particular are Complex, Rich, Colorful, and Having-Depth.
What in the hell do these terms mean? Complex? Rich? Who knows, it's all in the perception of the listener/player. And defining these terms is pointless because you just use more metaphors that need further definition.
I have been guilty of using these metaphors, I bet you could find one or two used in regards to some other horn on this website, but I try to reign it in tightly because the hyperbole spins out of control pretty fast.
However, I will boldly make an exception for this horn here. And I think I am convinced the same can be said for all SML's. The only other SML I
overhauled blew me away in the same way; These horns are so unusually powerful.
This one is too. In a back to back with a Conn New Wonder II, this horn was far more powerful, produced significantly more overtones, and the tone had an almost grainy texture to it that I'll chalk up to as "Rich".
I think the SML sounds exactly the way people think Conns should. Conns are highly regarded for their power, amongst many other well-deserved virtues, but power is the characteristic I'm most interested in at the moment. But the SML's sound more like what a Conn should sound like than what Conns actually sound like.
Now, how's that for hyperbole? And it's all true.
This one is too. In a back to back with a Conn New Wonder II, this horn was far more powerful, produced significantly more overtones, and the tone had an almost grainy texture to it that I'll chalk up to as "Rich".
I think the SML sounds exactly the way people think Conns should. Conns are highly regarded for their power, amongst many other well-deserved virtues, but power is the characteristic I'm most interested in at the moment. But the SML's sound more like what a Conn should sound like than what Conns actually sound like.
Now, how's that for hyperbole? And it's all true.