From NJmm973@aol.com Thu Nov 30 12:09:47 2006
Subject:Re: The Casio "Stigma" & Some Band Gripes ( Was[CWSG] Re: Piano sound????)


Allan,

Funny you should talk about this. Yes. I have experienced something
similar. I only started playing again 2 years ago, after a 30 year layoff. My wife
bought me the Casio WK-3000 for Christmas back then from Costco, because she
saw me looking at it one day in the store. I started playing again and then
once I started playing in a band again, I used it there.

It always sounded fine; we're not a high giggin professional band. We play
out about 8 times a year. The Casio was fine until I bought my Roland 300sx.
Now I had an 88 key "professional" board and the Casio for organ and synth
sounds. One night, setting up for a gig, I see the the band
leader/guitarist, putting something on the back of my keyboard. He was embarrassed by the
big CASIO name on the back of the board and had put gray tape over it! It
sounded fine enough, he just didn't want the Casio name showing up when the rest
of the band had Fender, Rickenbacker, Pearl, Les Paul, Marshal and Roland
names showing.

I've now replaced it with my Roland VR-760 Combo, but I can still do some
things easier on the Casio than the Roland. Go figure. It has a lot of
features that more "professional" boards don't.

Gene

In a message dated 11/30/2006 11:59:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
aevett1@yahoo.com writes:

So, have any of the rest of you had any similar
experiences - with either Casio or your choice of gear
?

Allan



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