Yamaha PSRS700 Arranger Workstation User Reviews at zZounds

"Try it, like it, buy it!" submitted July 1, 2010

By a customer from gmail.com

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Musical Background: Active Musician

Music Style: Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop

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Sound: The wood on this guitar resonates perfectly, plugged in or not. I would say that the pickup selection that the guys at ESP have made is an ultimate best-buy; you can get anything from blues to heavy metal, JB is one screaming wild piece of gear! Clean sound is beautiful, I like "middle" switch position the most... Step on your overdrive, switch to your '59 neck pickup and listen to Santana play his solos, or step on your higher gain and feel Justin Derrico shred... just amazing Feature: The hardware is very good, regarding the price, Grover tuners haven't let me down in two years, though I had problems with my G string, but managed to solve them by putting some graphite underneath the string on the nut. Earvana nut works great, just as they promised it would, open chords sing beautifully, even when distorted. It has two volume and one tone knob... some players will maybe miss the second tone knob, so I'll give her a 9. Ease of Use: Very playable, especially if you use good strings and clean them after every use! Like on every other Les Paul-like guitar, it's hard at first to reach the higher frets, but you get used to it. People say that it's heavy, but I never noticed it, and I'm no giant :D When you plug in this guitar, the sound you're looking for is very easy to find, no doubt! Quality: Made in Korea, looks American! The finish is flawless, and the maple they use looks amazing! To me, it looks way better then the EC 401VF maple, since the stripes on my 400 are much thinner. Better than many of Les Pauls I've played/seen. Hardware is very good, check the specs! Value: It's worth every penny, and much more! If you're looking for a Les Paul type guitar, but with her own voice and personality, look no further, this is The Guitar! Plus you can buy three for the price of a single LP ;) Manufacturer Support: Never needed one, great guitar. The Wow Factor: I own it. Everyone else wants it ;) Overall: A LP-like guitar, with it's own personality... Beautiful, sounds awesome, eary to use and - not expensive! Try it, I'm sure you'll love it, no matter which music you play!

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"If you don't want to go over 1 grand it's still a good choice, however consider the GW-8 as well, and if you want to go over 1 g" submitted March 23, 2009

By a customer from yahoo.com

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Musical Background: Active Musician

Music Style: alternative, gospel, caribbean

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Sound: Great sounds, megavoices are great, unfortunately very limited selection of live and sweet voices, just a few voices within each category, styles are good, but after purchasing my korg PA500, I think won't be using styles on my psr-s700 anymore. Do I need to say more?. Piano sounds(acoustic and EP) are as usual great much better than my other keyboards PA500 and GW-8 for example. no SA(super articulation) voices as psr-s900 has some. Feature: Very Good editing features, screen is great, however under certain light conditions is not that readable, comparing with screen color found in psr-s900. usb to device feature is great(welcome pen drives), my PA500 doesn't have one and cost 50% more. LAN connector is an amazing feature, you can even hook up a wireless adapter on it. Multipads are pretty good, Ease of Use: Pretty easy to use, large screen helps a lot, buttons all around the screen couldn't be easier. easy to tweak voices and add effects. Quality: looks and seems plastic, and it's plastic, however keybed is great. much better than my other keyboards. yamaha is highly reliable. very lightweight. Value: I think this should be cheaper. I ended buying the PSR-s900(big mistake) which did cost me 700 hundred more, not worth it, I have a wonderful voice, don't really need any harmony function. just a few voices extra and a few SA voices for 7 hundred, come on yamaha. PSR-S700 is overpriced as PSR-S900 is overpriced as well. Competition is the key to success. My PA500 blows up both in every aspect but piano sounds and USB to device feature. Manufacturer Support: yamaha arranges have the best support in industry.and lot of fan sites support psr styles. Easy to find commercial and free styles for it. The Wow Factor: Looks stylish and good looking, hard to handle it for gigging sessions. Overall: I'm satisfied, I wish yamaha follow korg pa series steps, korg continuously release updates to their OS and instruments(voices) as well. With yamaha you better get use to it with what you got, because this is all you see(updates from factory) for their lifecycle. yamaha mostly only support their high end line. these PSR-S700/S900 should be definitely cheaper.

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"Ideal for at home musicals." submitted February 13, 2008

By a customer from yahoo.co.uk

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Musical Background: Hobbyist and active musician

Music Style: Mostly folk, rock , all kinds of music

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Sound: Sound is almost perfect. This keyboard would be more useful in at home music sessions. wouldn't advise anyone to use it in a band. it is too delicate. Feature: No harmonizer. I would be useful for a keyboard in this price range to ahve one. Especially for people who sing and play at the same time. Digiscore is also useful and practical because it not only helps you how to read music, it also helps you to add more songs to your repertoire. the more songs you play, the more diversified uour performance becomes. Ease of Use: Very easy to use. Manual is very clear and concise. It is a lot of fun to play. Quality: Cometically, I think it has quite an attractive design. Qualitywise, as far as material it is made of I think made my point in the beginning of this review in the sound department. I would rather have an alternative keyboard for "on the road jobs". It will last quite long if you put a plastic cover over it to keep the dust from lodging under the keys, if you don't let it fall and if you don't play the keyboard with the volume too high. Value: I think it should be much cheaper. The quality of the electronic components and the power of the internal amplifier do not justify the price that this keyboard is available at. This applies not only to the psrs700 but also to the psrs900, which cost â‚¬1000 and â‚¬1650 respectively. Manufacturer Support: As far as technical assistance is concerned, I have no complaints. Very accessible and fast. The Wow Factor: Aesthecially it would be a good asset to may music even if I did'nt know how to play. Overall: I think the biggest downsides of this keyboard are: 1) no harmonizer, 2) the LCD is blue instead of being in colour and the internal amplifier power which should be 20W +20W instead of 12W+12W.

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Yamaha PSRS700 61-Key Arranger Workstation Keyboard

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"Try it, like it, buy it!" submitted July 1, 2010

"If you don't want to go over 1 grand it's still a good choice, however consider the GW-8 as well, and if you want to go over 1 g" submitted March 23, 2009

"Ideal for at home musicals." submitted February 13, 2008