Nuvo jSax - Black

It’s an actual saxophone with a reed and air and saxophone fingering. Not electric. Works like a real sax. Great for learning and eventually graduating to brass. I love playing it, my wife and neighbors… not so much.

We have a saxophone but my son is still not ready to take care of the cool instrument by himself. I wanted him to have an instrument that is easy to care and functions a little more than recorders. He loves it! I find it a little to light and awkward to play as an adult but I love the sound. I hope he can enjoy playing until he starts playing the real saxophone.

El producto es bueno pero no llenas las espectativas

This is the most fun you can have for 88 dollars....and it’s the loudest fun you can have without amplification. Easy to hold- carry- play. Absolute joy. I was on the fence- I bought a Dood- I wish I had bought the jsax from the beginning. The Dood is fine- it just isn’t the jsax.I will say it might be a challenge for a larger person- I’m only 5’3 with small hands- so it’s fine for me- but larger people might be uncomfortable with the tiny size.You could easily throw this in a backpack- you could ride a bike with it and play in the park. Take it to the beach. Busk.Throw it in a go bag for the post apocalyptic world....

I rolled the dice on this one. If I felt it played reliably, then I'd feel like it was worth the money. I can play notes, but it fails when I get town to the lower keys. I thought I might resolve any issues with my playing or the instrument itself. As a point of reference, I can play a regular sax. I still haven't figured out the problem with this instrument and I missed the return window. If you want to purchase this for an older child that can handle a regular sax, buy the regular sax!!! Otherwise, I've spent $105 and some change after tax and can't enjoy it. Maybe you'll have better luck, or maybe you won't.

When I saw this product for the first time, I was very excited to purchase, as I have been a musician for many years, and have owned many pro level saxophones. With this being said, I went into this purchase, knowing that this is advertised as a beginner level type of instrument. I watched some of the videos, and I thought it sounded good enough and looked fun enough to buy. The look of the saxophone is decent and the action on the keys is not bad. It comes with two synthetic reeds, which are nice and a mouthpiece cover and everything that is advertised. So if you've ever played saxophone before, this particular instrument plays more like a plastic flute recorder. Having said that, as a saxophonist, I would not recommend anyone buying this instrument if you are learning to play the saxophone as it does not have all of the fingerings, and it lacks a true upper register key. Please forgive me if it sounds like I am raining on the parade of this particular product, but in all fairness, it would be easier for a beginner to purchase a used or student level saxophone and start with it, than to try to learn on this particular thing, and then move over to a real sax that's going to be even more foreign . I'm going to continue to mess around with the instrument and I will provide an update in the future. So far I consider this to be nothing more than a novelty.

Most importantly, it is easy to play for a young child who is just beginning. In my case, the child has special needs but was able to make a decent sound and play "Hot Cross Buns" within 6 minutes. For a young child, the size and weight are ideal. The ligature/mouthpiece design makes it easy for a beginner to change reeds. Equally important, it sounds like a sax. For the experienced player who wants to take a sax to the beach, or for camping, backpacking, or traveling, this could work pretty well. The jsax only plays 1 1/2 octaves (high g). This shouldn't be much of a limitation for beginners, because by the time they are able to hit notes above high g, they will probably be ready for an intermediate sax anyway.

I really wanted to love this. I used to play and thought this could be a fun way to get back into it. But getting a decent sound out of this was so hard, and the sound I did get was not great. It just doesn’t seem very playable. It’s such a shame.