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a) need a girlfriend
b) should really move out of your mums house and...
c) introduce yourself properly, and start your fretboard life again.
Everyone deserves a second chance. Wait, is your real name Mason?
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They are being dicks.
And this guy is too saxy for this forum....
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It's very true to say that for some instruments - and the sax is a good example - the price you pay and the quality you get makes a big difference to the quality of the output.
And I can also see that if it's true for one instrument, then why not another? Well, fundamentally, I think that where the rule applies (more expensive equals better) the quality of the instrument is fully determined by the effort and quality of materials. In a sax, the type of metal, how its formed, how accurate its dimensions are, the quality of the seals, the quality of the keys and pads and all of the other elements make for an instrument which is much easier to play and get a better tone out of.
Playing sax involves breath - which means moisture. It also means air-tightness, resonance and very very accurate tolerances for pitch.
Guitar is a very different beast. Typically, the key components are accuracy of the scale length, fret positions and the nut and saddles, along with pickups which output correctly. You can get a playable, usable and reasonably good instrument with a lot less accuracy and materials quality than you'd need with a sax. Similarly you can upgrade components to improve on the playability and sound.
Also, with guitar, there are other elements in the final output - amp, pedals, pick, string choice etc.
Thing is, with a sax - just getting a note out of it in the first place is a big thing - not so with a guitar. Getting a sax which a good player can get the most out of usually means higher quality materials and more accurate tolerances - a really good player will hit the buffers and capability on a cheaper instrument well before a really good player will say that a guitar just isn't of sufficient quality for their playing. Of course - they will eventually - and this can then mean either upgrades, or a new one.
It's the same for any woodwind instrument. I played flute (wooden) for a long time - I had a hand turned African Blackwood instrument which cost more than an R8, and it was considered middle of the road. It was good - but there were still limitations due to the turning accuracy of the bore, the shape of the bore and the quality of the wood - from time to time some notes just didn't ring clearly. I also had a plastic one which cost 1/5 of the price - it was pretty much junk for playing complex stuff - it just didn't have the capability to resonate how it needed to to get the tone.
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