Phil Barone MAC 20

[Hi Power]

Previous thread brought this to my attention.

Any you folk own or played a MAC 20? Either Alto or Tenor?

http://www.philbarone.com/sax/tenor/mac20tenor.html

Love the feature list and everyone here seems to have good reviews of the MAC 8.

# Same design as Classic with same bore and bell size
# Rolled Tone Holes (RTH)
# Double arms on low C, B and B-flat keys
# Under-slung octave arm on the neck
# Elegant and tasteful new hand engravings, designed just for the PB Mac 20
# Premium hard shell gig bag
# Only available in Alto and Tenor models

Phil Barone any comment on these from you? Differences, commonalities, notes?

[MoodyBlues]

http://www.saxontheweb.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=104850&highlight=pb+mac20

[Conrado]

Just got my PB MAC 20 Copper Alto (http://www.philbarone.com/sax/alto/mac20alto.html). It is beautiful!!! I've only played it once so far at a jam last night, having it set up right now by tech (they are usually set up before shipping, but I had mine rushed as I wanted it asap). I am about to go out of town a few days so I will try and follow up next week with some more pix and more info, but so far it is nothing short of awesome! BTW - it comes with 2 necks - over and underslung.

[gary]

Just got my PB MAC 20 Copper Alto (http://www.philbarone.com/sax/alto/mac20alto.html). It is beautiful!!! I've only played it once so far at a jam last night, having it set up right now by tech (they are usually set up before shipping, but I had mine rushed as I wanted it asap). I am about to go out of town a few days so I will try and follow up next week with some more pix and more info, but so far it is nothing short of awesome!

Hey Conrado. Small world. When you were at Yamato HS, I was just on the next block in the Air Force band. :wave:

[Conrado]

Just got my PB MAC 20 Copper Alto (http://www.philbarone.com/sax/alto/mac20alto.html). It is beautiful!!! I've only played it once so far at a jam last night, having it set up right now by tech (they are usually set up before shipping, but I had mine rushed as I wanted it asap). I am about to go out of town a few days so I will try and follow up next week with some more pix and more info, but so far it is nothing short of awesome!

Hey Conrado. Small world. When you were at Yamato HS, I was just on the next block in the Air Force band. :wave:

Gary - Are you kidding? Were you at Tachikawa AFB? My father was stationed there between 66-69 - I left after graduating from HS in 67. 8-) Going offline now for some days.

[gary]

Check your PM.

[Conrado]

I just took some more photos of my new MAC20 Alto. Included in the web gallery (http://gallery.me.com/webshaman#100399&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=3)are also some photos of the PB gold plated Saxello and the alto together on a SaxRax stand. I will start another thread seeking the best position of the saxello peg as i have doubts about the correct position of use.