From eslawson@comcast.net Sat Oct 04 07:09:56 2003
Subject:RE: Roland VR760 is now called the V-Combo

Carl, your manual indicates a January 2003 publish date, while mine is June
2003. Sometime between Jan and June, they changed the name and panel
graphics. I would have no way to know what internal changes may exist, as
I've never played a VR-760 vs. a V-Combo.

I'm wondering if Roland was experiencing lack-luster sales of the VR-760 and
decided that renaming it V-Combo might grab more attention? I do know that
it is considered a "special order" item that is not stocked by many dealers.
In fact, Sam Ash's keyboard mgr told me the only reason they had them was
that he wanted to check it out. So you take a very niche item and give it a
name like VR-760 and jack the price up into the
stratosphere...hmmm....sounds like a recipe for a lot of overstock sitting
in the warehouse. I would not be surprised if the V-Combo drops in price in
a couple of months. Another thought on the naming convention is that Roland
may be trying to follow the V-Synth name, so they will eventually have the
V-Synth, V-Combo, V-Organ, V-Piano, V-Workstation, V-Accordion...

I will be trying it out on gigs this weekend and will report the results to
the group.

Regards,
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Van Selman [mailto:carl@vanselman.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 2:51 AM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Roland VR760 is now called the V-Combo

Hi Eric,
My VR760 is emblazoned VR-760 across it and the manual VR760 also. The
number on the back of the manual is '03-01-A-21N. Which I'd guess is Jan
'03. I'm in UK, could the difference simply be because of different country
marketing? Interested to see if you find any internal/programming
difference.

Carl
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Lawson
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 3:32 AM
Subject: [CWSG] Roland VR760 is now called the V-Combo

I had a moment of weakness and did an impulse "trial" purchase of the
Roland
VR-760 today. I plan to test it out over 3-4 gigs and some rehearsals
in
the next 2 weeks to see if it lives up to my expectations.

An interesting side note...the keyboard I bought has a new name, but is
the
same keyboard. Instead of having VR-760 emblazoned across it, like I've
seen in brochures and magazines, this one has "V-Combo" on the top and
audience-facing panel. I wonder if there are any other differences than
just the graphics. Definitely no hardware changes, but it would be
interesting to find out if the OS or patches had been changed.

Can any VR-760 owners let me know if their instruments are also called
the
V-Combo and maybe we can identify what, if any, differences there may
be.
The manual is labeled V-Combo and has a date of June 2003 on the back.

If I do decide to keep this nice-looking keyboard, I think I will
probably
keep my Electro as well and maybe use both of them...not entirely sure
yet,
but I would like to use the V-Combo to replace my RD-600...it is
possible
that I may be able to do a lot of gigs with just one keyboard (if the
V-Combo works out for me). I'll keep you posted.

Regards,
Eric Lawson
Moderator
CloneWheel Support Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CloneWheel/

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