From hammond321@yahoo.com Wed Jan 25 10:24:10 2012
Subject:Re: Are you guys able to demo this stuff before you buy...and where?
Why would a music store pay for a big expensive inventory (called a floorplan) of keyboards just so someone (like you) could come in, try out some equipment, find a favorite one and then buy it on the internet? Come on, the answer to your question is so obvious. In the pursuit of easy shopping and cheap prices people have driven many music stores out of business. Don't complain.. just look in the mirror.
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From: raisindot
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 12:47 PM
Subject: [CWSG] Are you guys able to demo this stuff before you buy...and where?
With all this talk about all these great clonewheels out there, I'm itching to get my hands on some of 'em to try out. Problem is, there's no place anywhere near me (suburban Boston) that has any decent collection of keyboards.
The closest Guitar Center to me is pathetic. It hasn't changed its stock of mainly Korg, Roland and Yamaha EPs in years. It has one Hammond XK1 that's been sitting there for what seems like years and one Nord synth. No Nord Stage, EM2, or C2s. No other Hammonds. No Numbas. No Kurzweils. I ended up buying my Kurzweil PC3 purely on reviews online. Thank goodness I like it because it would been a pain to return.
But how is one supposed to make an intelligent decision about what could be a substantial investment when there's nowhere where you can try these things out? Youtube videos can take you so far (and for some rigs, such as the Numa, they do them a great disservice since it doesn't sound all that good to my ears).
It's really a shame that today's music stores will have a hundred different guitars for teen threshers to ruin but their keyboard departments are the poor orphaned children.
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