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I had a P 120 for about 5 years. It was very useful because of the speakers.

 

I have a P140 now which is a bit better.... it is less "plunky" in the midrange somehow.... I think due to the speaker selection.

 

There are many things that are good about the older Yamahas. Many of us used them for years.

 

Anyway.... I am enjoying the P 140. One trick with these is to use a subwoofer with them.

 

One thing I like about the older Yamaha samples is the low register . The mid is a bit suspect. I wish the would have used a more extensive key touch range ala Roland. But the P 140 is actually pretty nice with the subwoofer still.

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I used a P120 with a Nord Electro 2 module for years, playing Southern rock and country. It was a great piano, especially after Yamaha replaced the entire keybed free of charge, with lighter and much more durable P140 keys. My only complaint was the exaggerated attack.. But since I wasn't playing bebop or Chopin..one of my heroes David Maxwell played a P120, in several YouTube videos of live versions of his Maximum Blues album cuts. The P120 had a better low register for that style, IMO, than the Yamaha CP33 or CP300.
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I remember P120dUdE. Despite his initial dislike of the P250, I think he eventually bought a P250 and changed his name to ChrisM250.

 

Other names I remember on Harmony Central were Yoozer and Kirumamoru (spelling?!)

 

I don"t know if these guys still post these days. I am not all that frequent a poster myself.

 

Migrated here from HC, I remember those guys vividly

 

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he was a kid who grew up online during the course of his posting career

 

Lest we forget--he was also the owner of West Brook Studio, and head of it's keyboard department...

 

And his studio was not open to the public..

 

lol I remember that! Great stuff...

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Mike, I am so happy you took the time out of your day to give us this visual aid. The X-Files poster is, perhaps, my favorite touch. :roll:

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Mike, I am so happy you took the time out of your day to give us this visual aid. The X-Files poster is, perhaps, my favorite touch. :roll:

 

I didn't make these. I just found them in the on HC Forum thread on the same subject.

 

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