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Lester Burnham

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  1. This is Brecker playing an EWI on the studio / album version from Step's Ahead, Magnetic album:-
  2. Always wanted to get an EWI myself. Hearing Michael Brecker play one on a Steps Ahead album from the late 80s, was epic (In a sentimental mood).
  3. I own two current model Casio digital pianos - an AP-245 (AP-250) and a PX-150 (bought when the promotion including the stand and pedal board was on). I've been delighted with both. My main draw has been value for money - not cheap price, per se. Both of mine are entry level of both ranges, but I've been very happy with them, and consider it money well spent. I like the action - in fact I'd say on the current Celviano and Privia range, that's delightful, especially as it's common throughout the range(s). I bought the AP-245 cold - I hadn't had opportuinity to play it, or other models, when I purchased it (online). That's a decision I've been happy with, as since I've had several opportuinities to play pianos from other competing manufacturers, and it's reinforced it as being a good, if perhaps a bit lucky, decision. It was being so happy with my AP-245, that very much made buying a PX-150 for an upstairs room, an easy decision.
  4. I have an acoustic, an AP-250 and PX-150 on the CS-67 stand - the reason I questioned that, being it was something that was mentioned in another forum, and I measured the height of my AP-250, PX-150 (on the CS-67) and acoustic piano. They're all about at the normal height for a piano.
  5. I thought the height was in the normal range for a piano keyboard height?
  6. I realise this topic is a few months old, but I have a PX-150 on the CS-67 stand (I also have an AP-250 - well the AP-245, the badge engineered version of the AP-250). And removing the PX-150 from the CS-67 stand is quite easy - you just undo the butterfly nuts and lift off - which I suspect is exactly the same for the PX-350, given it's the same stand, and just as easy, as the PX-350 and PX-150 weigh the same.
  7. Special edition / anniversary models - that's just semantics and marketing. It amounts to the same thing. It seems the PX-A100 is sold in the US, I've seen youtube videos by a notable US vendor. As to the model itself, it's a PX-150, with some extra DSP modes.
  8. I can see sellers in France selling the PX-A100, but none in the UK, yet. Not sure I understand why - you'd have thought with it being some special edition, there would be more push by official Casio stockists. As for the 245, as far as I know, the only difference between it and the 250 being the number: 245. And I think they get the AP-250 in the US.
  9. I've noticed on some of the international websites that there's a special edition of (what appears to be) the PX-150, in the PX-A100 (in either a fetching red or blue...). Are they only available in the US, or will they be officially sold in the UK? I'm considering buying a PX-150 for an upstairs room (already have a Celviano AP-245). Also, not entirely unrelated, was the Celviano AP-245 only sold in the UK, or was that an international model - just that it was only the UK site I seemed to see links for it, and haven't seen comment about it being bought in other regions.
  10. Personally I don't think they should change their name or rebrand, per se. I own other Casio products, too, namely watches - I have several Casio watches, the odd G-Shock, several Lineages (which are surprisingly delightful), an Edifice and a couple of Casio Oceanus watches - practically all are analog watches. I also have several Seiko watches, too - and they have a prestige brand (Grand Seiko) which is JDM only (as Casio's Oceanus brand / range is now). The most expensive Casio watch I have - a Casio Oceanus (OCW-M7000) is a delightful watch, analog, solar powered, multiband 5 atomic clock sync, titanium case and bracelet (with titanium carbide hard coating), sapphire glass, world time, tide graph, 100m WR, chronograph, and alarm. Was part of the first 5 motor range of watches, too, I think. Compared with my other Casio watches of various ranges (Lineage, G-Shock, Edifice) this Oceanus is clearly marketed slightly differently, on the face, the branding says "Oceanus" first, and is in a larger font, underneath that in a smaller font, is "Casio" (the same is true for my Edifice watch, although not the case for my Lineage range watches), Clearly the impression they are trying to convey is "Oceanus, by Casio" as opposed to "Casio Oceanus". Now true enough, they're probably never likely to achieve the cache of some of the prestige watch brands, but then, they don't make mechanical watches. They do, however, compete with the other Japanese watch manufacturers that make similar types of watches, and their mid and upper range watches tend to be tremendous value for money, and competitive on quality and finish. I think that's not bad idea for things like the Privia and Celviano range, ie Privia by Casio, or Celviano by Casio, and I think Privia and Celviano are good choices in branding names for their digital pianos. It's my experience of many of their different watch lines, that was a big aspect of why I bought a Casio Celviano, as opposed to a different brand of digital piano - at the price point I was buying it, the other makes didn't provide the same degree of capabilities plus as decent action. I don't think it makes sense (and in my past, I've worked in corporate retailing - not actually in retail outlets, I mean back / head office work for a retail organisation) to abandon the main make / brand - unless it really is tarnished / damaged. Otherwise, some organisations do things, lose focus and brand recognition - which has long-term impact, whilst chasing short term benefits. Yes, I'm aware of the Lexus thing, Acura and Infiniti - and get why they would do that - but then cars, and to a lesser degree things like watches, are more of a status symbol, than a musical instrument. In my opinion, a brand that represents decent quality and respectable performance are more valid in terms of musical instruments, than perceptions of status that apply to different types of products. Putting the emphasis on different aspects of branding - and perhaps making them more prominent, I think may reap rewards, though, both in terms of changing perceptions (in a positive manner), as well as encouraging interest, whilst still not abandoning their core company name.
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