Padded Sax

The Rico Padded Saxophone strap for soprano/alto saxophones with metal hook features padded memory foam that provides extra ease on your neck. Each strap is covered in a breathable athletic material that is comfortable and stays dry.

All Rico saxophone straps feature a distinctive quick-adjust slider allows the musician to adjust the sax strap to a precise length, speedily and easily, and uses cord that is much less cumbersome than traditionalisti webbing.

From modest beginnings, Rico has grown to become a leader in single-reed manufacturing. Since the acquisition of Rico by D’Addario & Co., Rico has further given a healthy elasticity to it is position as the leader in woodwind reeds and accessories. At it is San Fernando Valley facility, Rico has a state-of-the-art reed exploration center, which employs the collaboration of agronomists, scientists, and musicians to develop top-quality reeds, including Rico Reserve premium reeds for clarinet and saxophone. Rico reeds are designed to gain all levels of musicians, from the beginner to the seasoned professional. Many of the world’s finest clarinetists and saxophonists use Rico brand reeds, such as Mark Nuccio, Jerry Bergonzi, Chris Potter, Benny Golson, Ernie Watts, Bob Sheppard, Henri Bok, Richie Hawley, Eric Alexander, and a heap of more.

Padded Sax

Rico’s Padded Sax Strap

•Padded Memory Foam provides extra ease on your neck

•Breathable athletic material is comfortable and stays dry.

•Available in two lengths for Sop/Alto and-Tenor/Baritone Saxophones.
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At it is San Fernando Valley facility, Rico has a state-of-the-art reed exploration center, and employs the collaboration of agronomists, scientists, and musicians to formulate top-quality reeds that include Rico Reserve premium reeds for clarinet and saxophone. Rico reeds are designed to gain all levels of musicians from the beginner to the seasoned professional. Many of the world’s finest clarinetists and saxophonists use Rico brand reeds, such as Anthony McGill, Mark Nuccio, Jessica Phillips, Jerry Bergonzi, Chris Potter, Benny Golson, Ernie Watts, Bob Sheppard, Walter Boeykens, Seiji Yokokawa, Philippe Geiss, Diastema Saxophone Quartet, and a good deal of more. For more information, visit RicoReeds.com

There are so a great deal of dissimilar types of neck straps available today for the saxophonist because we all look for dissimilar things in a neck strap: durability, comfort, looks. I’ve used everything from the soft comfy ones to a shoe string and a re-shaped coat hanger when my regular one broke and there wasn’t anything else around. Let me tell you, no matter how good the band is you’re playing with, if you’re using a coat hanger for a neck strap you actually want the gig to be over quick! Note to self: carry a back-up strap.

The saxophone neck strap in all likelihood isn’t the share of the saxophone we commonly give much thought to altho it plays a big role in your playing comfortability and in the safety of your sax as well. Some of the most essential things to consider when looking for a neck strap that’s going to be just right for you:

material

comfort

durability

security

ease of adjustment

easy to insert and remove

Material & comfort

The material it’s made of will affect how it feels around your neck, exceptionally if you like to wear it inside the collar directly on the skin. I would commend a wide, padded leather strap. These are more highpriced but are the most comfortable for this kind of use. Also ok for comfortability are the neoprene ones which are a synthetic rubber. These give a slight stretch and make your horn actually feel lighter.

Security

For sax security issues it all depends on which type of player you are: sitting down in a chair or jumping around on a stage. If it’s the later, then you want a saxophone neck strap that has a closed hook on it and not made with cheap plastic because your sax will in the long run fall right from your hands right on to the floor. Go with the closed hook model to make it inconceivable for the sax to slip off the hook ring. But still, stay away from cheap plastic because after a while it will break and… bang! Once, for the duration of a live performance the plastic hook on my strap broke while I was in the middle of a wailing solo and my sax went flying to the front of the stage and just in regards to hit a couple girls all over the face… I keep out of the way of these types of hooks these days. If you spend all your saxophone playing hours calmly sitting on a chair with no aggressive movement, then a cheap, open hook neck strap will be just fine.

Ease of adjustment

How easy it is to adjust it’s length is very essential because you are always going to be adjusting the length of your sax neck strap. Because of the adjustment mechanisms and material of the strap it may be very hard to genuinely move the length up and down, in particular when very slight, minor adjustments are necessitated and this may get very discouraging and hindering in getting the length just right. A neck strap that adjusts too without apparent effort may be even worst because the perfective length you set for yourself will alter too speedily leaving you to constantly make adjustments. Avoid the genuinely cheap neck straps for this reason.

Easy to insert and remove

If you are perpetually having to remove your sax very speedily then you may need an open hook. There are hooks that are to a complete degree closed and make it totally unlikely for your horn to fall off. Personally, I do need to remove my horn perpetually for the duration of a performance but I use a closed hook. This does make it a bit more difficult but you do get applied to it and you know the horn isn’t going to fall off

I think the perfective strap has yet to be made. It’s either too soft, too hard, to wide, too thin… and if it isn’t, then there’s something defective with the hook. Go for what you need the most and remember, it doesn’t hurt to have two!

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Most helpful client reviews

13 of 13 persons found the following review helpful.
Professional Sax Player LOVES this product!
By Heather
I did a lot of exploration into this Sax Strap because I wanted to buy this for my picky boyfriend who is a professional musician. He has employed the same strap for 15 years and it in the end just broke. Silly thing but he was paralyzed with anxiety over the issue. What if there isn’t a strap at all like the one he used in the past – how would he do this?
I found that the hook, the fastener and the padding were well commended so I purchased this one. He LOVES IT! He in truth complained it was making him sad that he had to switch away from this strap when playing his Alto/Tenor Sax – so I purchased one for the Alto/Tenor(s) as well! All three horns are delighted – as is the musician. No more complaining!

2 of 2 persons found the following review helpful.
My neck says thank-you!
By Alicja K. Lanfear
This is an amazingly comfortable strap. I read the overwhelmingly positive reviews here before purchase, but I was still enjoyably amazed at how good this strap is when it arrived. It is so comfortable that at times I even forget that I have my saxophone with me… unquestionably a hazard
Purchase this, you won’t be sorry you did!

2 of 2 persons found the following review helpful.
Good Strap!
By Saxblower
This strap is a good, solid, comfortable neck strap. The hook is plastic coated metal, and the padding is neoprene. Overall, it is plainly a good sax strap.

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