I'm done playing student models (Nexus Unboxing)
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I have officially purchased a pro-model tenor which means I will likely only be playing my student tenor as a back up horn!
Use code "FOOLISHFRANKIE" for $150 off a Nexus saxophone! www.nexussaxophones.com/store-2
Timestamps:
0:00 Unboxing
0:40 Backpack straps
1:31 The case
1:52 The saxophone
3:00 The neck
3:16 Visual impressions
3:55 It didn't come with...
4:44 My set up
5:16 First notes/impressions
8:01 More thoughts
8:22 Playing it on a gig!
8:59 Outro
Since I'm a Boston Sax Shop artist and Jack Tyler (owner) is a partner in Nexus, he gave me a good deal on this horn. There was no expectation of a review or unboxing, but I think it's still good for me to mention.
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So glad you dig the horn bro!! Enjoy!!
@diogoalmeida8462
10 ай бұрын
Chad❤😊
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Man thank you so much!!🙏🏻🙏🏻
@sundaetheguitar
10 ай бұрын
Chad the Chad
@freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942
10 ай бұрын
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@sundaetheguitar
10 ай бұрын
@@freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942 lol
I loved the part when he started franking foolishly all over the saxophone. 10/10, this is a certified FoolishFrankie Classic
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
LMAO😂🙏🏻
@mikechad27
10 ай бұрын
One of the FoolishFrankie moments of all time.
@F3PIZZA
3 ай бұрын
That starts at 0:47 if anyone’s curious.
Woo! Congrats man :D
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Man thank you so much!🥺🙏🏻🙏🏻
@awkwardshapes7072
10 ай бұрын
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Man, that gig clip sounded incredible. I got my first sax recently and the thought of being able to one day sound like that is inspiring. Great video as always :)
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 🥺🙏🏻
you sound AMAZING. I always liked your tone on tenor, but this brings you out so much better, like i just imagine hearing your tone on one of those popular old 80s songs with sax solos, or like grover washington on just the two of us, i love it!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much🥺🙏🏻
@ragedrc
10 ай бұрын
@@FoolishFrankie of course, and ik you don't play your syos much anymore on alto, but i've been playing it for little shows in my town on my alto and i've been having a great time with it! all the best
Glad that the horn works easily for you. You'll learn to not make the micro adjustments needed to make a student horn sound good but adds to the range of the pro horn. My first pro horn was love at first note and I never looked back. Enjoy.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!🙏🏻🙏🏻
So smooth! I love a well made tenor sax 😍
Yo, I’ve been following your KZread and short vids for a while now and I gotta say, so happy for you! You most def found your sound with that Sax! 🎷 😌
Congrats man! I look forward to seeing more vids of you using the new horn. Makes moving on from my VI and to something modern very tempting. Keep up the great work!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!🙏🏻
Congratulation to your new saxophone! You sound fantastic on it, like always. I wish to you many great moments, a lot of fun with the new tenor saxophone.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
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So glad that you’re having a great experience with your new horn!! Can’t wait to see more gig vlogs. I love hearing you play.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
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Just started playing as well as following you. Can't believe you were on a student horn before now! Appreciate your channel, very glad about your new horn.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!🙏🏻
Remember, plastic neckstrap hooks might break but metal hooks will wear into brass strap ring over time causing it to break and also need replaced.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Hmm, I’ve never heard of this happening
@caseyhoward9189
8 ай бұрын
Happened to my MKVI which already had some wear on it. Never used metal hooks again. (And the repair is to flip the neck strap loop upside down and solder fix the break in the loop. Sucks.)
watched this review a few months ago with dreams of getting this sax and my mom just surprised me with a graduation gift of this saxophone.. unbelievably excited! thanks for the great review frankie love the content
@FoolishFrankie
2 ай бұрын
Omg that’s huge congrats!!!
I was in high school and I'd hang out with the band. They were like you can't just hang out here and they shoved a tenor sax into my hands and made me play it. They taught me how to start reading music and press the sax buttons. It was very fun! I am forever grateful for that student sax! Later in college I took a music (theory?) class to learn about music. I was blown away. It was so much math in a beautiful way and made me forever appreciate what is really going on. I didn't stay with music or an instrument, but I know I hear notes in my head and I also can truly appreciate your videos.😊
Amazing sound. I can't wait to hear you play more gigs with this beauty!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
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The lower tones of every note are so nice. You can just feel like a subtle underlying melody when your playing it
@vampcaff
10 ай бұрын
it's the player not the horn
Beautiful horn and beautiful sound! Also the “I’m playing adidas socks” thing caught off guard and made me laugh a lot Love from a Swedish bass trombone player
I'm planning on buying this as my tenor in the future. I love the horns look and sound!
Thank you for posting. Very informative!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
If you sounded amazing on the old horn can’t wait to here what you can do with this.😊
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you I'm excited to work with this one!!
oh my god, impression from blue giant as the background music. Perfect
thanks for sharing this with us
Congrats!! Horn is definitely dope
gorgeous instrument...getting a big new gadget like that is always the best
Love the sound man! I just love hearing you solo, its really interesting to see what other people think over certain songs.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!!🙏🏻
Congrats on the new horn! Looking forward to updates on your tenor.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you Abel!!!
love that he put impressions over the impressions
The live clip of you sounded great. Also I could see your fun factor was up😊
Sounds amazing .
@FoolishFrankie
7 ай бұрын
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Well deserved!! Congrats on the Nexus One. Also does it have post body construction? If so that could be a big factor to it’s light weight
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
I don’t know what that means😅
@alessandrovillatoro
10 ай бұрын
@@FoolishFrankie so basically all of the posts and rods in all saxophones today are either individually soldered to the body of the sax (post to body construction) or they all are soldered to one long piece of metal that runs down the length of the body of the sax hence giving it more weight (Ribbed Body construction)
@ngtamphuong
7 ай бұрын
Nope it has rib construction and is as heavy as any other Taiwanese/Chinese horns. The trick here is to remove all braces and details that keep the horn from damage, so that it’s lighter (and weaker). Check out Stephen Howard’s review of its build quality.
Congratulations!!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Sounds great !!!
@FoolishFrankie
29 күн бұрын
Thanks so much!
Enjoy your new sax. Fantastic horn!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!!🙏🏻
Very nice! Congrats.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
Really Cool!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
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Sounds great
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
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Looking forward to seeing you play with that!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Great video, Frank!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Many thanks!🙏🏻
Congratulations Frankie! TBH, your new horn, as well as your playing sounds crisply sublime as always - absolute perfection all around. BTW, Isn't She Lovely in E major sounds even better than in D flat major - great job with the solo mate. Keep up the brilliant content, thank you so so much once again for sharing your love of, and passion for music with the world! All the best to you and yours, much love as always💗💗 P.S: If you've played that Stevie Wonder classic so many times - you shouldn't have to wait, let alone anticipate for a cue from the vocalist or bandleader to solo, because to begin with the harmonica solo or whatever is in the original arrangement. Plus, everybody and their mum emulates that when they're playing this professionally / for an audience anyway, hahahahaha! Again, well done - even better than that other short, like I said!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much and good ears noticing the key difference!!🙏🏻
@dukeofrodtown1705
10 ай бұрын
@@FoolishFrankie The rest of the band (sounds a bit fuller) only made that much greater! Well done to them, too. Keep up the great content, once again!
Very nice unboxing and saxo ^_^
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you Kinto:)
That’s a beautiful saxophone 🎷
Omg that sax sounds like I need to get me one. I have a Lyon and Healy Alto that is from the late 1920s but I need a new tenor sax to add to the repertoire.
Dope 🔥🔥🔥
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
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Looks like such perfect response! Sounds awesome too, I'd do horrible on a new mouthpiece and body for at least half an hour.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!! And a new mouthpiece is harder to play than a new horn IMO
You're gonna be unstoppable now!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
LOL I don’t know about that, but I’ll at least have one less excuse for my mistakes😅
Nice! I am considering getting a professional sax myself. For now, I am playing an Eagle tenor sax. I still putting money together, and I hope to get a professional one next year... Well, it is a dream!
Just the nearness of you. Pretty nice!!!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
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Really excited to see some tenor view with this beast! Glad you're chuffed with it. Btw, have you got any vids of your practice sessions? Would be really interesting to see what exercises and things you work on on a daily (or whatever it is) basis
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! And I don't as of right now sorry:(
@vincentvega9863
10 ай бұрын
@@FoolishFrankie Something to consider perhaps. You've got a few fans who haven't long started out so I'm happy to speak for them and say it's something we'd love to see when you get around to it
Sounds very good! Funny you mentioned the right thumb hook. It's the first thing I noticed and at least the smooth ones are a pet peeve. My alto, tenor and bari were 'born' with brass hooks. My soprano had its plastic one replaced with a metal one from @MusicMedic. At least there's a solution if you don't like it.
5:53 this was just enough to get isn't it romantic stuck in my head, and every time it reminds me of the episode "11001001" of Star Trek: The Next Generation. thank you :)
Nice
Never have I seen you showing off your sax skills so much! Jazzy tunes and great inflection imo Edit: you also seem a lot more loose when you're in your home than when you perform
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
I'll take that as a compliment, I don't like to be a show off. And I definitely am, something I'm working on!!
Ooooh! Nice to see a FoolishFrankie upload! Also I feel the pain with the little pellets, it takes forever to pick them all up wwwww
I know this is a review of this particular sax, but would love to hear you play Nearness of You and My One and Only Love in their entirety. Sounds great!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!🙏🏻
I’ve been really thinking about get a nexus horn for a long minute.I have a student tenor and it’s great but would love one.I’ve already graduated high school as well
6:57 Making that tenor sound like a trumpet going that high 😂
@FoolishFrankie
7 ай бұрын
😂😂
So funny, you've got a brand new love toy, and you are looking at the straps, and the little card and the case.... Way more patience than I've got for sure!
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
LOL well to be fair I wanted to be thorough for the video!!
Those addidas socks and leather belt really changed that sound!
@FoolishFrankie
4 ай бұрын
Facts!! Still waiting for my endorsement
Almost the same design ( and sound) as the older Yamaha YTS62 ! I bought one in 1984 .
nice 😁
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
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Hell yeah man (Play goodbye pork pie hat on the new tenor plz)
i enjoyed the video.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
I work (among other places) in a college theatre, and your reaction here is kinda like what happens when we let the pianists on the Model D for the first time...
Please upload a full cover on My One And Only Love
People underestimate how much of a difference a new horn can make. Switching from my (I play trumpet, so it’s kinda different ig) Yamaha Allegro to a Schilke HC2-S was like stepping into a whole new world of playing. The materials, tooling tolerances, weight, etc, all make a huge difference in the feel of a horn. I’m glad you like it so far, and hope to hear more on it in the future.
I neeeeeeeeed to get a jazzlab branded neck strap. The other one I have hurts😂 weird enough our lesson teacher had one this morning and did a whole presentation on it
But seriously, I've been binge watching you a while. Why not subscribe. ✅
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!!🙏🏻
@crankycorner16
10 ай бұрын
@@FoolishFrankie 🙏
I should be practicing bass for a gig tomorrow. Instead im getting hype and about to pull out my sax. 😅 Thats a beautiful horn sir.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
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So i was iffy on buying one of these. (Ive heard some horror stories) But i think i realized your adidas socks are doing wonders for the tone on this thing. I happen to also have some adidas socks so im gonna try one of these out.
@FoolishFrankie
9 ай бұрын
Definitely the key to good sound on this horn!
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climbing into the packing-peanut-filled box is exactly what i would do
It sounded really good too! I don't know if you have an interest in doing so, but if you could make a video explaining how saxophone works, it would be nice lmao to me it's just magic at this point
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you! And honestly I couldn't explain it as well as the videos that are already on the internet!
Well I just got a very used YTS-23 for $200 this week, so we both had big months 🤣
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
That’s awesome!
Can you do a video on the Eastman as well?
Do you have any tips on altissimo and overtones that you think could help me on tenor sax? I've been trying to get better at them and so far my highest reliable altissimo note is a G but sometimes I can get an overtone to Altissimo C, and for overtones I can play up to the 3rd overtone.
Tenor saxes are a W
I used to be a strong believer that the instrument has literally zero impact and whether it sounds good is all about the player. And there IS truth to that, as a bad player can’t make a good horn sound good and a good player can make a bad horn sound good. But when my grandpa passed away, he left his $5,000 professional trombone to me and having played it I have to say that my mind was partially changed lol it’s much easier to play a professional level horn and make it sound good than it is a student horn. I play sax well and play it regularly and give lessons, but I’m not a “saxophone player” in the fact it’s not my main instrument and I don’t like to spend money lol so for what I use it for, I’m content with the student model, but if it was the instrument I was making money with, I would probably buy a higher quality horn.
you would sound great on any horn.
07:14 I thought I would get rickrolled at first 😂😂😂
The sax sounds amazing and looks it too. Would you consider yourself more of a tenor or a alto player?
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you! Definitely alto
do you ever miss the high f# key? i know some players never use that key, but some use it for a lot of altissimo fingerings (myself included)
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
I didn’t even realize there wasn’t a high F# until this comment😂 I never use high F# for tenor altissimo fingerings, but the only thing I use it for on alto is altissimo Eb which is rare. I’m sure there’s a good alternate though
Okay.. can we talk about that filthy solo on "isn't she lovely" though?
Hey FoolishFrankie -- Coltrane called and he wants his sax back. She is lovely.
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
LOL you’re too kind, I’m not worthy of being compared to such a giant. I appreciate it though🙏🏻
Him closing the buttons sounded like the first note to you didn’t have to cut me off lol. 3:40
Is that a charlie parker line I'm hearin at 7:52?
I respect frankie
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
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It is interesting for this price point some luxury items like a neck pouch and other cases that mainstream brands will put in. Found that interesting. For me if it doesn't have the white gloves in the case, it ain't for me 😉
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
True, it’s still a fairly new brand so maybe as they start to hear this feedback they’ll implement it. But for me if it comes with white gloves I don’t want it🤣
Could you play "Cantina Band" sometime? 👀
Time for me to move on to a new horn
We all know this feeling.
Why would you use a cutter for a Ziploc bag?
What underwear would you suggest to wear while playing a alto sax and what underwear for a bari sax?
Wow, i'm really happy for you. *Well deserved.*
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
Thank you🥺🙏🏻
You should hook up with Harry Mack. He also does omegel bars. That would be awesome.
Frankie has got to be one of the top 5 omegle music people
@FoolishFrankie
10 ай бұрын
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I may be wrong but it seems like you're blowing a little harder to drive sound out more than your Eastman. Now that you've had a little time with it would you say that yeah it seems like that, or no?
@FoolishFrankie
Ай бұрын
Honestly I just suck at playing tenor😂
I've noticed that you play on tenor and alto, I play alto but i wanna switch to tenor for high school band do u know any tips I can use to make this conversion easier?
@the_laziest
10 ай бұрын
You need quite a bit more air when playing tenor, so don’t be afraid to play a bit louder.
watching these videos while i can't practice because of my neighbors 🥲
@FoolishFrankie
Ай бұрын
Rip😰
Those fillers in the box are water soluble actually