The cool thing about the SA guitars is that you can get an expressive bend without using the wheel.
John...you'll get used the S900's neat features in time...it's a great instrument.
Sure it's a little harder using the wheel in arranger mode, but you can still use it enough to add expression to your lines.
Ian
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