FAD GADGETS
Rhodri Marsden on three of the latest must-have gizmos currently putting the prog in progress.
TRAVEL SAX 2
The sax is one of the most maligned
instruments of the modern era, perhaps
second only to the ukulele in the amount
of anger it provokes in otherwise calm
people. The 1980s, as usual, is to
blame, with sax solos considered
to be the epitome of cheese. (If
you suggested to naysayers
that they listen to Ornette
Coleman or Captain Beefheart
to get perspective, they hated that
too. No pleasing some people.)
Anyway, sax players are now able to
practice without annoying anyone by
using this, the “smallest and lightest
electronic sax in the world”. It comes in
nine colours, has a handy “saliva drain”
and you can plug headphones straight in.