I use it recently but it's a great sax at first glance it is brushed gold-colored (ie not a golden gloss) and the effect is superb. The sound is really exellent but access to the upper range just above the thumb ets quite difficult to access so it takes a peuy of hand at the start if the rest is ok but I still can not have the use to get the sound should come from the ultimate ... as it is really solid and well worth the price.