Yamaha CP20 - "Not great even in its day"
My first electric piano when I started gigging in 1981/82. Had I the money I would have bought a CP80. The CP20 and larger twin CP30 were polyphonic, touch sensitive, and had a sustain pedal, but the…
Roland RD-600 - "RD600 great sounds"
I love the RD600 but the weighted keys tend to break, especially as the plastic gets older. It's an easy fix and I've bought a box of spares, that's how much I like the instrument. I've also been a…
Yamaha Clavinova CVP-505 - "Such a great instrument"
This instrument has a lot of realistic sounding instruments. Meanwhile, this type of piano is 10 years old, but that doesn't matter. All of its features comply with current standards. When it was…
Seeds PISCES - 34 Note Kalimba - "Bell-like tones with wide array of notes"
This Kalimba has a two-tier, stainless steel set of keys, tuned in the Key of C. It provides a chromatic scale, with the bottom keys arranged in the 'do-re-mi' sequence. With half-steps located in th…
Roland FP-7 - "I own both the FP-7 and FP-7F and they're both excellent!"
These are fantastic electric pianos to practice on. Great action and lovely sounds. the FP-7 does most of what the FP-7F does and unless you are a power user you probably won't need the extras. Midi …
Roland F-110 - "Cheap epiano"
I own this for few years. Pros: compact, solid stand, good sound - typical for the roland brand; relatively large voice bank, as for the epiano, simple sequencer. Cons: relatively light/soft keyboard…
Akai Professional EWI 5000 - " An extremely versatile professional sounding piece of kit . . . However . . . ."
The Ewi 5000 is an extremely versatile professional sounding piece of kit and can be used at any level despite the price tag which is fairly modest. It gets four stars because of the poorly documente…
Roland EP-85 - "Amazing!!! "
I'm a novice and I can barely play the piano but the Roland EP-85 is one of the most realistic sounding pianos I have ever heard. It comes with two head phone jacks and integrated speakers. If you …
Gretsch G9480 “Laydie Belle” Irish Tenor Banjo - "Worth seeking out, production run was too short"
I tried one of these a couple of times during my search for the ideal, practical tenor banjo. This was a much more refined instrument than its competition, the Deering Goodtime tenor (which lacks eit…
Lounsberry Pedals Tall & Fat - "Add Richness and Depth to Your Amp/Overdrive"
SOUND: If you refer to the demo accompanying this review, it opens with a short digital organ segment, since the Tall & Fat was designed originally for that purpose and to make a digital organ sound…
Roland RD-2000 - "It's a Stage General, a Performance Powerhouse, Also Fantastic for the Studio"
First, let me correct something here. The RD 2000 has 8 independent zones (which means, you can play up to 8 patches/sounds at a time, and adjust each of them independently). But you can combine even…
Kawai KG2E - "Very stable, well made"
My Kawai KG3E was made in 1990. I traded in my Kawai KG1E for this piano along with a cash differential to move from a 5' 4" instrument to a 6' 1" instrument. First, I live in a large city and visite…
Rozini Brazilian Cavaquinho Estudent - "Real Brazilian student Cavaco"
The Cavaco itself has a much thinner more Mandolin type neck than my other Cavaquinhos but the body is much bigger. The Soundboard is pine with that lovely pine lumber yard smell. With the steel stri…
Harley Benton Kahuna CLU-36t - "Attractive and different for a wood body single cone resonator Ukulele"
It's VERY light for a resonator Ukulele, and quite small for a Tenor with a 42cm scale length, but it does have a very chunky neck and feels very solidly and nicely made. Its quite quiet for a resona…
Stagg Safari Ukulele - "a good first Ukulele if you like the animals pictured"
It has a nato neck and a basswood body and, apart from the bold graphics is the standard budget fair. What I particularly like about mine though is the bright green saddle, nut and tuning buttons. (I…
