Reviewer: Bernie Koenig
e-mail: gdvibe@sympatico.ca
Date submitted: July 6, 2004
Purchase Price: $7000 CAD
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Sound & Tone
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Rating:
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10
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Comments:
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Beautiful rich tone. All ranges are clear. I am finding that my style of playing is changing because of the clarity in all ranges. I use the extremes more.
And the swivel pedal makes sustaining notes across the ranges easy.
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Design & Construction
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Rating:
| 10
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Comments:
| Excellent construction. solid. Love the dual pulleys on the motor. Some real thought went into this instrument.
It is a bit heavy and transport may be a problem, but any inconvenience in carrying it is more than worth for the overall quality of the instrument.
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Appearance
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Rating:
| 8
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Comments:
| Basically great. The only change I would make is that the front resonator bars make the full half circle.
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Customer Support
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Rating:
| 10
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Comments:
| When I went shopping, no one had any instrument in stock. My local dealer arranged for me to go to the Yamaha warehouse in Toronto. I was met by the instrument specialist who set up two instruments for me. I was able to play as much as I wanted and got him to demonstrate so I could hear how the instrument projected.
If I had a large enough vehicle he would have let me take the instrument home.
Great service.
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Overall Rating
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Rating:
| 9
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Comments:
| Love the instrument. Love dealing with Yamaha.
I am primarily a jazz drummer-vibist. My approach to teaching drums is to get students to play along, so I use the vibes for all kinds of musical styles, from jazz to rock to latin. The instrument responds beautifully. A change in mallets results in a change in timbre.
This is a great concert or school instrument.
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