Double socket vs Single socket neck?

[jazzstarr]

What are the differences between double and single socket neck receivers on the Super 20? Is one prefered over the other and why?

[mr00420]

Usually it signals a decline in quality of the manufacturing, and a loss of value in the horn (at least this is true in the Zephyrs.) Iwould geuss the same would be true w/ the S20s. The change was probably to decrease production costs (though I suppose it would be difficult to make an underslung octave w/ the double socket neck?)

[frobig]

All the Super 20's until the changeover to single socket neck had both the underslung neck octave and the double socket. Unless, of course, the first few Super 20's had Zephyr Special style necks, as I've read here and there. The double socket has no bearing on the octave mechanism, if you look at the horn together you could mistake the outer sleeve of the neck for a receiver on an ordinary horn.
I think King meant the double socket as a leak preventer, but it looks like some owners think it causes leaks. I've heard it makes tenon repair really tough, and that makes sense...neither of these has ever been a factor with my 300xxx tenor. I would expect it to shore up one of the sax's natural weak spots. Personally I think it's just one more feature that made the early Super 20's so over-the-top luxurious, and its absence on the later ones makes them seem blah in comparison. It's too bad everybody's forgotten you can see a sax besides hearing it.

[Mike Ruhl]

Personally I think it's just one more feature that made the early Super 20's so over-the-top luxurious, and its absence on the later ones makes them seem blah in comparison. It's too bad everybody's forgotten you can see a sax besides hearing it.Amen!