P. MAURIAT System 76 Derek Brown BEATBoX Tenor Saxophone

Vintage Dark Finished. 

Neck: Super VI

Genuine Abalone inlays. 

Hand engraved, custom “BEATBoX SAX” markins

Fully ribbed construction

Blued Steel springs

Pads: Pisoni

PM Contoured Soft Case

Comes with custom finger rings and built with extra bow protection, reshaped keys, extra bell ribbing, 3-ring neckstrap loop, built—in guiro,pants-guard “vibra slap” and more! Can be played in ALL musical settings.

Derek Brown, known for his innovative “BEATBoX SAX” style and thrilling YouTube videos, is an endorsing artist for P. Mauriat saxophones, Legere reeds, and JodyJazz mouthpieces. Derek’s unique playing style, using creative, “beatbox-like” percussive techniques, has wowed audiences throughout the world.

Thumb Ring And Shorter Thumb Hook: First, you’ll notice this saxophone came with 2 thumb rings in the case pockets. One of these can be worn on your right-hand thumb, which allows you to hit the right-hand thumb hook while playing. With practice, it’s possible to play various percussive rhythms while playing virtually anything on the horn. While two rings of differing sizes are included to closer fit your particular thumb size, feel free to bend open or closed either ring with pliers to better fit your thumb. Additionally, the second ring can be used on your right-hand ring-finger to create other percussive sounds on the rest of the sax (see other modifications below for more details). You’ll notice that the thumb hook is deliberately shorter for the various ways one can hit the hook. You can simply hit the top of the hook, strike up and down to play faster, or strike both the hook and the base of the hook together for a louder, stronger “flam” double-hit.

Shortened Alternate F# Key Guard: To allow more room for the thumb ring to strike the thumb hook, the key guard around the alternate F# pad has been shortened.

Additional Base Bracing: An additional brace/guard has been welded on the base of the horn, if you’d like to try pounding your horn on the ground. (preferably NOT while playing!)

Low B/Bb Guard Cover: Similar to hitting the bell of the horn with your rings, this guard cover can be struck to give yet another percussive sound.

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