Hi Nigel,

Yes I did have the SL-880 and I must say, the 880 felt much better for me. I like a heavier feel and the 880 feels heavier. I really did like the feel of the 880. I've played the 990 in Guitar Center and preferred the 880 to the 990. The 880 felt heavier than the 990. It's been a while since I felt a 990.

One thing also with the Studio 90 Plus that I noticed is the black keys go do to almost the top of the white keys. When I play the first inversion of a D chord and I use the thumb of my right hand to hit the F#, while the F# is depressed I can feel the adjacent F and G with the flesh of my thumb that hangs ever so slightly over the F# (if you know what I'm trying to say). I don't care for this, but I'm getting used to it and it's causing me to put a slight more arc in my hand, which I'm not particularly hay about.

When I want to play soft and smooth I take arc out of my hand and so my fingers sort of creep from chord to chord. With my hand arced more, I play a little less smoothly, which depending on the piece or my mood may be what I want..


anyway.... I think the 880 is a great feeling board. But that board is even less user friendly to change parms on.


Bob
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