Which getting back to earlier posts, makes it kind of interesting that, if they decided they were going to drop just one of the pedals, they chose to drop the sustain pedal rather than the expression pedal. And whereas, on a lot of boards, 73 keys are often used for splits, the split functions on the Vox are so limited that the focus on the 73 here again seem to emphasize its piano usages.
Besides not offering the 61, moving away from the orange color also further de-emphasizes its organ heritage. Yeah, consistent with how many of us have found that to be its strength. The discontinuation of the 61 version is further evidence that the natural niche for the Vox is as a semi-weighed piano and epiano keyboard. (Though maybe it is, if you're more into the transistor organs than the Hammonds.) A nod toward its "organ first" design I guess, even though many of us felt it was not the strength of the board. At least it still comes with the nice expression pedal. It not only used to come with a sustain pedal, but a really nice one. The Continental had been a nice exception. I think unless something is specifically marketed as a "digital piano" or a "stage piano," it's not likely to have the pedal. But there are even lots of hammer action boards with strong piano sounds that don't come with sustain pedals, like the hammer action Electros, Roland Fantom, Kronos (actually, I think all the Korg workstations), etc. I also noticed that Yamaha includes a sustain pedal in the YC73/YC88, but not the YC61 and Nord includes one in the hammer action Stage 3 but not the semi-weighted one. probably most of them, especially when it comes to boards without speakers and without hammer actions. Really crazy that they don't include the sustain pedal for a board which includes acoustic and electric pianos.Īctually, there are lots of boards with APs and EPs that don't include sustain pedals. I do have similar concerns for the black buttons on black panel on the new Vox Continental 73, it looks great otherwise but on a dark stage may be a bit of a nightmare, especially when it's partly hidden under another keyboard as mine usually is. I had no problems with the reverse black/red key SV1.
I bought it off the lady keyboard player (cant remember her name) wish Id kept it. My Vox Jaguar was from the NZ band "Toy Love" who did a tour here in OZ and sold it off before returning home. Ps for those New Zealanders on here bit of NZ music trivia. Was quite fetching against the orange top.Īt the time i was only 19 so seeing keys on a dark stage must have been alright as i cant remember that as a negative but as much as Id like that look now I fear that in my 60s i may find it difficult on a dark stage for key orientation. It looked like a Conte and had reversed keys. I actually owned a Vox Jaguar (original Vox Conte's non drawbar brother) back in late 70s as my 2nd tier on top of my yammy CP30 piano. May i ask have you played reversed keys before? Do you have any troubles on a dark stage?
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