When I was young, every saxophone player expected their G# and low C# to stick, as one’s saliva seemed to settle in these areas. It was easy to fix. Usually just lifting the pad manually or putting some oil on it remedied the situation. It was a great event to go to your repairman and get a new pad, as he looked your horn over for leaks and gave it a checkup. Today there is a different problem. The leather is treated with something to keep it from wearing out. Since pads do not wear out, your horn could be leaking for years and you might think it is your reeds that are messed up.
I used to like it when a pad wore out. That meant that I was practicing or playing a lot. The idea of a pad lasting longer is not a bad idea, but it has a serious downside. The f*****g entremanure that invented this crap uses PERMA-STICK. No matter what the f**k you do, the pads will not stop sticking. All pads. Sorry if it seems like I blew a gasket, but when you are a professional musician and nobody uses pads that are untreated, it is amazingly frustrating. Not only does the pad stick, but the sound changes. It is not warm and round. Essentially they are no longer leather pads.
WAIT, WAIT! there is a solution. There is a new item on the market called PAD-STICK, and it really works. I have been using it for over 6 months, and it is the real deal. The size is about 6 inches long, made out of great fabric; one puts it under the sticking pad and simply pulls. This gets rid of the PERMA- STICK residue that has been building up on the tone hole or the pad. It has a very therapeutic effect, as pulling off all this stuff that does not belong there anyway makes you feel good. Check it out.
Jerry Bergonzi
At
the top of the Jazz tenor heap.
World class educator at New
England Conservatory, Boston. And a beautiful cat.
Sax Gordon
I don't know nothin' about how humidity or leather treatments make sax pads stick but I sure know a thing or two about what buckets of bourbon, beer, ribs, fried chicken, and all kinds of unpronounceable foods and boozes all around the world will do to a sax pad! Now, I don't have time to be messin' with the horn all the time, it's just gotta work, so when a pad gets sticky it's really a pain in the @%&#. I used to use the old dollar bill method (when I had one!), Euros almost worked too, but it's the pad stick that's come to the rescue for me. It really works, you can keep it in your case or in your pocket on stage - no problems. I got package with two but I'm still using the first one and it's still working great.
It's actually a pretty good conversation piece too. The other night I was using it to clean a pad just after a set and rather nice-looking gal came over and asked me what I was doing. We got to talking and before you know it... well, you'll just have to e-mail me if you want to hear the rest of the story!
saxgordon.com
I recently returned from a 3 week gig in Austin, TX with Jimmie Vaughan. The temperature was over 100 degrees on most of those days with plenty of humidity. The value of PAD-STICK over the guilty pad and the problem was resolved. Now, I don't feel ready to take the stage without my PAD-STICK within arms reach.
Thank you PAD-STICK,
Greg Piccolo
...Co-founder of Roomful of Blues; numerous Grammy nomination; high octane East Coast tenor legend.
gregpiccolo.com
Alek Razdan
-- gifted recombinant reincarnation of Red Prysock and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. North shore,
Boston.
I play the clarinet, tenor, baritone, and soprano saxophones, and I enthusiastically endorse your Pad-Stick product. I front a jazz and blues quartet along with my dad, and all of our instruments suffer from dirty and sticky pads that have resisted previous attempts at cleaning. Pad-Stick has given me a simple, convenient, and very portable way to solve this problem. In addition to club settings, I perform outdoors at many different types of venues, where I have found Pad-Stick particularly effective. It completely solved a long-standing sticky-G sharp problem with my baritone. It worked just as well on my clarinet. Definitely check out this great new product!
Bob Ackerman
Yeah, THAT Bob Ackerman.
bobackermansaxophones.com
