A 62-II was my first pro horn, loved it.

The sound differences were minimal especially considering the cost difference. They all sounded great.

@zvonimirtosic6171

7 ай бұрын

Maybe it's time for you to quit music and start knitting?

This was a really fantastic structure for the demo. Would love to see this done for other lines of saxophones - maybe modern horns that try to capture a vintage feel

@saxworldwide

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for that. We may well use this kind of format in the future!

This is a great comparison video, very clear and concise, and very informative! Thanks Jim!

@leycroftcoman5487

8 ай бұрын

I bought a YTS 62 111 also was hugely impressed by the 480 .

@saxworldwide

8 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Love Yamaha horns. My YAS-275 has stood the test of time and plays brilliantly. I'm not sure if I will ever upgrade to a pro horn.

Sound-wise and description-wise, I liked the 62 better than the 875. I do have, however, an 875 EX Yamaha Soprano and it is gorgeous and magnificent.

Super happy with my YAS 82 ZB💪🏼

Great video! I am glad you spoke about the brass and the ribbing in regards to sound.

I first played on a conn selmer and then a yas 32. After that I bought a yani Aw02 and then played a mint yas 62 purple logo, which is by far the best alto I have played. The purple logo has a whole write up done by Stephen Howard. The feel is definitely amazing on the fingers for me.

@saxworldwide

8 ай бұрын

The good old Purple-logo 62!

Acquired my 1992 YTS-62 in 2014 as a college student. I like it so much, the search for an alto of similar era made sense; Acquired a YAS-62 dated 1988. Now I need to afford a pro level soprano since mine is in rough shape and a student model. May look into a Yani soprano when it's time!

I have the 82zii Tenor and Yanigisawa AW020 Elite bronze alto and love them both.

Thank you 875 great horn. Yamaha In my opinion make the best student saxophones! - God bless you - Bill - UK

Nice video! I have several comments. The first and most obvious....why leave out the other two outstanding Yamaha Altos, the 480, and the 82Z? They definitely belong in the conversation here! I'm a Yamaha 875EX guy, and have been so since the model first came out. I've played the heck out of mine, played it everywhere, in all styles, and it works for everything. It also still looks almost brand new. Jim's comment about the build quality and durability is spot on. I was in the London store in late July and was kindly given the opportunity to try a lot of instruments while I was there, including a Selmer Supreme and a Bronze Yami 10. I'm still a Yamaha 875EX guy; if anything the slight improvements of the EXii make it even better than my old EXi. That being said, my 2nd favorite Yamaha model was left out of the demo, the 480!! This is, to me, the best value saxophone in the world. I actually prefer it to the 62, and it's less expensive. Jim alluded to simething with the 280; put a V1 neck on the thing and it gets you about halfway to the 875EX. It's the same with the 480, only more so! Put a V1 onto a 480 and it gets you 80-90% of the way to the 875EX, for about half the money!!! My students have saved tons of money doing this, and have loved it! If I'm building the Yamaha Alto "family tree" as it were, the 280 is at the base; then in the middle is the 480 and the 62, evolving into the 875EX and the 82Z respectively. I find the 62 and 875 to be almost exclusively jazz horns which thin out in softer dynamics and in the low register. Neither the 480 nor 875EX do this, making them more suitable "all around" saxes; the 10% of "edge' one gives up playing these is more than compensated for in versatility, imho. in fact, I see no real need for anyone to get a 62 (sorry about that)....if that's the sound and feel you want, go straight to the 82Z which isn't THAT much more expensive, really, and makes a huge leap in quality. The star of the Yamaha is the 875EX, and the best value is the 480, especially with the upgraded neck. Save yourself a LOT of money. Just my opinion. Thanks!

@saxworldwide

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for all these thoughts. Firstly, we find it important these days to keep things as digestable as possible on KZread - while I could have gone the whole way and included the entire range I feel the main points were made with just these three models. There would have been too much extra talking/playing if I'd squeezed in those extra horns. Point relating to the neck - when I tried the V1 on the YAS-280 the octave loop connector didn't meet up with the octave pip on the sax, so I had to over-blow to get the octaves (or just lift it with my free hand). Not sure if this is the same for the 480? If you did purchase this neck for a lower series model beware that you may need to have a mod on your octave pip!

@michaelcorner3861

8 ай бұрын

Hi, Jim! What an honor to hear from you! Really enjoyed your videos for years! YES! For sure, the Custom series necks fit the 480 with no adjustment! It's a change from the old 475. I hope this helps! Thanks again

@adalyman773

8 ай бұрын

I actually did something similar with my 480 tenor. I had it for quite some time and wanted to upgrade a bit, so I bought an e1 neck, and it’s like a brand new horn.

Wow, what a fantastic review 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@saxworldwide

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Eddie!

I'm using a Yani wo1 alto and 82z tenor. both are fantastic! Really love Yani's sound.

Excellent review Jim!

@saxworldwide

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Bob!

Really well done this video, and the 875 EX11 is really worth £2000 more than a Yas62 !.

Thanks. Informative. One thing I thought about the 87x series is the bell is manufactured in one piece. That might also contribute to sound? Came back in June after a 43 year pause of 7 years of Yamaha Alto and Tenor. Knew I didn't want a bright sound, went with a John Paul. Love it, great sound. Made great progress. Age 61, excellent health, air capacity a slight issue. Practice every day and do the work, however, even as a hobbyist, believe that a 280 with a 4C mouth piece (and easier table keys), is my best path. The easier airflow for the win. Keep up the good work.

@saxworldwide

8 ай бұрын

That's a good point re the bell. And I believe you're correct - it is made in one piece, which will contribute to the sound.

Great comparison thanks! Would love to hear the same comparison on Yamaha tenors.

@saxworldwide

8 ай бұрын

Good suggestion. Perhaps watch this space...

Great review, I have 62… loving it, what is the mouthpiece you use

Super bro

Me gustaría centrar mas la comparación en modelos intermedio y profesional como lo son YAS-480 Semi profesional & YAS-62 Profesional. o será que es tan mínima la diferencia que no justifica compararlos. De antemano gracias si pueden contestar.

Great video, would love to see a video on the Yamaha tenors too (including the 82Z). I currently play a 'Purple Logo' YTS62 with a BSS neck (actually prefer it to my Mk6) and am looking to add another Yamaha to the collection, either as a spare or as the main horn. Considering the Z, the EX, and another 62, perhaps with an alternative neck (V1/E1). A Jim Cheek side by side review of the tenors would be really interesting!

@saxworldwide

8 ай бұрын

Thank you - perhaps to shake things up, I could compare the 62, 82Z and 875EX tenors then?

@JKMcentral

8 ай бұрын

That would be amazing! I'd love to hear you make the comparison between the pro-Yamaha tenors! A comparison of the Yamaha necks on a YTS62 would also be an interesting (separate) video. (For me) the necks make a huge difference, particularly on Yamaha's and it's a great upgrade/development option if you have a 480 or 62 and can't afford a custom! Perhaps throw some other necks into the mix too. The BSS heritage is fab for example.@@saxworldwide

Really interesting, esp. the neck lift. I don’t play anymore. Switched to piano. But I started on a Guban alto (licensed Selmer Mk.6). Very heavy, superb alto. From Czechoslovakia as it was then. Going back to the early 1970. I later bought a Selmer SA80 Tenor which I was never satisfied with.

@saxworldwide

8 ай бұрын

Time to start up again?

@cornelandrei4845

6 ай бұрын

Hello ,Guban was made in Romania !

@RalphBrooker-gn9iv

6 ай бұрын

@@cornelandrei4845 Thanks. It was a fine sax

The intonation is tested at (A) various dynamics, from pp to ff; (B) with jumps in thirds, perfect fifths and octaves; (C) with two different tip openings, narrow and wide; (D) at 60 bps and 120 bps. When cheaper models start coughing, wheezing and producing hiccups, users will understand where the money goes with each more expensive model. But the rest of the video was good, thanks.

would the 480 or 275 be good for lead alto in a high school jazz band with a very low budget?

I have yamaha alto Yas 480 with V1 neck🎷😉 less monney and best quality!

To take you more serious can you please share what mouthpiece(s), reeds, ligature you’re using for each saxophone?

As far as I know, the 875 also has a completely different bore geometry to that of the 82z and 62. I'm not sure what design the 280 is employing.

My horn is a 62 😍

The differences seem very miniscule, but my perspective as you go up, the "fffff" sound of the air seems to reduce and the 280 seems a little slower to get the first note going than on the others. At my skill level there would be no difference at all

I play King 662 tenor right now and as i said in the other comment, i played some Yamahas which are great, but even 875 model does not win over the sound qualities of King 662... Yes, it's better thought out ergonomically, yes it's more precise, but i don't play classics and saxophone wasn't made to play classical music, so... There's one i'd say best company after Selmer which made Mark IV - it's P.Mauriat Just look at them! Not ridiculously overpriced and sound is fantastic, like it is on Mark IV, ergonomics from Yamaha and Yanagisawa which was mentioned by James Carter on a masterclass, intonation is good, quality is good, it's just fantastic overall!

@Xavier_Dimoff

6 ай бұрын

Saxophone was specifically built to play classical music. That’s what Adolph Sax had in mind. He thought it would find a place as a section instrument in the orchestra.

@CJ-ik2wz

4 ай бұрын

Sound preferences are subjective, but the build quality of pro Yamaha saxes is objectively far superior to P Mauriat. Any competent saxophone/woodwind technician will tell you that.

Is it okay to say the real difference between the 62s and Custom models is the neck

Many of the differences between these horns centers around how easy/difficult they are to work on, and how much abuse they'll take before needing to be worked on!

Well, if you want a classical sound - you go for Yamaha and there's not much difference in quality and in sound in the whole range, so the best value for money is the 280 model in Yamaha range. And then you practise a lot... I played some of the range, got up to 875 model and... It feels a little bit different than 280, almost the same as 480, but at the end result is the same, only you waste your money... There are much better value for money saxophones which sound so much better and you can play everything you want more freely.

@zvonimirtosic6171

7 ай бұрын

Maybe you should stop dabbling with music and enter the wonderful world of knitting? In knitting, being tone-deaf is not an impediment.

I’m going to buy a YAS-62III in a few months and I’m really excited. I’ve played tenor primarily for 5 years and just recently tried my school’s Yamaha intermediate alto (so, the 480) and loved it. I’m going to be a music major so I’ll certainly need the pro one. I came to watch this to see how it feels to play. I currently play the YTS 200AD as my tenor and it just… doesn’t play well. It’s also old and leaky and needs new pads and all that, but I’m sick of it. Is the YAS 280 comparable to that? I’m curious because I’ve never played a 280 so I want to know how what I’ve played kinda fits in this comparison (I mainly want to know how the YTS 200AD compares to the YAS-62III)