George,
Thanks for replying... It's not a pissing contest. I was curious if Yamaha's were the same. I just don't think it's fair to black ball Casio for this and glorify Yamaha if they do the same thing.

And yes I strongly feel that (even beginners) the extra features on the Casio would be VERY beneficial. I can't tell you the countless number of times I've seen users upgrade from beginner models because they've "outgrown" their current keyboard.

A keyboard should also have room for the user to "grow". If the user starts to look into basic voice editing and wants to try it.. guess what the Casio has it, if they want to get a basic understanding of organ draw bars, gee lookie here, Casio has drawbars so the user can familiarize themselves with them and their functions. If the user wants to dig into effects and get a better understanding of what the different parameters do--they're in luck because the Casio's oddly enough have good effects and many adjustable parameters for the user to use and "learn from".

I just feel that Casio's having these extra options are a greater benefit to the player for when their skills improve, and when they want to venture into those areas the keyboard already has those features. Then they won't need to "upgrade".

I've always said to customers when I was selling keyboards is that "Buying a keyboard is like buying a child a pair of shoes. You have to buy a pair that's not too small, but just a tad bigger so they have room to grow". I apply the same concept to keyboards -especially beginners-

Squeak

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