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You can use a left hand Bass but not a left hand Organ Bass. Most Bands already have a Bass player (and most owners of the VR-760 probably Gig with the VR-760) so a left hand Bass although a nice feature is not necessarily essential in most cases. Unless of course your Band doesn't have a Bass player. But my main point is the VR-760 doesn't allow a left hand 'split' "Organ" voice while the VK-7 does. Having the ability to use a left hand Organ Bass "were talking lower registers here" to play simultaneously with a 'right hand' Organ sound to give the overall sound a rich deep and full sound to it would be a more realistic feature to have (for the Gigging musician at least IMO) than to have the ability to play left hand "Bass" which most Bands already have a Bass player as I mentioned. There is the possibility I think to use an Organ Bass in the left hand with the purchase of an SRX Expansion Board, ie., the SRX07 Ultimate Keys expansion board but don't quote me on that. But that is an added expense (at the tune of roughly $300). Plus no additional "assignable Outputs" to part different Voices to other devices, eg., a Leslie sim, etc. The VK-7 has that ability.

Again my suggestion to anyone thinking about getting a B3 clone is to wait for NAMM to see what shows up there. Or if you happen to find a VK-7 floating around anywhere GRAB IT. Another option is to get a Tyros! Yes, indeed; the Tyros won top honors at M.I.P.A. - (Europe's "Music International Press Awards") 2003 for best Organ/Portable Keyboard category beating out both the Korg BX-3 and Roland VK-88 for the top prize. Here is the link to the awards page for those interested in checking it out:
M.I.P.A. 2003 Awards PS: Click the "Keyboard/Software" link. You may still have to scroll down a bit to get to the Organ/Portable Keyboard category. NOTE: Red letter names are the winners in that category.

Best regards,
Mike

[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 12-27-2003).]