Nuvo N520JWGN jSax 2.0 in white and green, 7.3 cm*34.0 cm*13.4 cm

AAA+++ great goods great price easy transaction speedy delivery: 10 years ago I was diagnosed with COPD, not much i can do about it but keep breathing, a specialist nurse from the hospital gave me some breathing exercises and I do them everyday…but recently I felt i needed to do more, I’ve been a musician for most of my adult life – a drummer, but that my keep me fit but it doesn’t improve my breathing. I have many sax playing friends so I thought i’d get something like a sax, that would stretch my breathing -then i saw the jSax, so I ordered one -it’s been fantastic, i’m not trying to play tones just long tones, playing through scales…that’s enough for me, I bought the additional mouth piece and straight bell and a pull through and a book…everything is helping just fine – if I can find this easy anyone can -for whatever reason give it a go – recommended

It took about 5 seconds to put this thing together and instantly you can hear this has a real nice sax sound. It’s been a long time since I played a “real sax” so I can’t comment on the volume comparison, but I think it’s loud enough for me. Any louder and I’d be worried about annoying the neighbors! Some notes are a little tricky to get right as you get used to the “press down but don’t cover the hole” technique, but overall it’s very easy to learn.

I like the confidence in the product that the literature has. “No need to keep it in it’s box”, “Leave it out”, “play it in the shower”, “if it gets dirty, just wash it in soapy water”. That’s a refreshing change to the usual bottom covering.

Only one problem. Maybe I’m missing something but I can’t seem to get the very top note. If I play it as instructed it sounds an octave lower. I’ll just work around that. Talking of octaves. That is the only way I feel this instrument is limited. But again, I can work within that limit.

All in all, I wanted a real human sax sound for my recordings but I didn’t want to spend around 300 to get it. This fits the bill perfectly.