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I am constantly grateful for a rig where I can have amp on a shoulder strap, cab in one hand and bass in the other.

Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry

To answer your question, there are some other Steinway pianos in the Numa Player, the Steinway D is a paid option and is far better than the free ones delivered with the app. I didn't say that the keybed was the same for all Nord and Studiologic, but all coming from Fatar with different models according to the series, just like you mentioned. I love the Steinway Model O, it's a superb grand piano. Concerning the action, here are my thoughts. I had a Studiologic Numa Nero (TP/40 Wood) before the SL88 GT Mk2 and there's are some improvements (triple sensors and double escapement) with the TP/400 Wood, it's really close to a grand piano action wise, at least the ones I had the opportunity to play when I was learning it in a school. I also had a Casio GP-510BP with a Bechstein grand piano keybed and I find that the TP/400 Wood is better, especially the escapement, that was too light on the Bechstein/Casio. That said, I now own a Casio AP-750 and, even if the keybed is still from Bechstein, I find it lighter, more like an upright piano, but the pedals response is far better, just like the new sampling or is it because of the new amplification, but for a real grand piano, the SL88 GT Mk2 is the best to me and superior to the Kawai Responsive Hammer II that I really hated (I sent it back, on the next day, the ES 920 that I just bought for that reason) or the Roland PHA-50. The keybed of the Kawai VPC1 (RM3 Grand II) didn't convince me. I would like to try the Kawai Millennium III Hybrid keybed of the Novus series though...

Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd

Basses: Best: Music Man Stingray 4 3EQ fretless, 2005, just one off the shelf, nothing special, but feels and plays the best Second best: Music Man Stingray 4 2EQ, 2005, same as above Third place: Harley Benton MP-4, occasionally fitted with Tone Pump Jr. Rather good: Spector NS Pulse II Worst purchase: Fender AVRI '62 Precision Gear: Best: Ampeg SVT-3 Pro Second best: Aguilar Tone Hammer preamp v1 Worst: Ashdown Mi10 with a 3rd party speaker

I’ve been the same over the last couple of years too, in my efforts to make gigging as easy as possible. And you know what, I always managed to get a decent enough sound irrespective of whatever the rig was.

I also have the same there shirts with epoxy and CA glue. CA skilfully evades careful handling.

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Band on the Run - Wings

I'm quite fussy about what i hear on stage Daryl. If i know what the rig is and its decent quality i might use it but normally the provided backline is old Peavey cheap stuff that just doesn't cut it for me. Same in most studios i use altho i tend to just put up with it in studios. Dave

Travelin' Band - CCR

Just back from leaving James Oliver Band in Portsmouth. Only went to meet a mate of mine. Still does nothing for me, and he seemed to drag Norman Watt Roy down to his level. Hugely disappointing. I wasn't expecting to enjoy JO but NWR was a surprise. Timing was all over the place.

Genuinely a pillar of the genre. The soundtrack of my childhood featured an enormous amount of his playing. God bless and sleep well Steve Cropper. You moved a lot of people and, very much like the great bassists you played with, you always supported the song.

My understanding, correct me if I'm wrong, is that the Steinway in the Numa player is not the same as the downloadable update one for the Numa X. The original Numa D samples were rather lukewarmly received but the update is considered, and to my ears from comparing demos is, a substantial upgrade. The keybeds for the Electro (TP100) and Stage(TP40) are also not the same as the 73 (TP110) and the 88 GT (TP400w). Supposedly they represent noticeable improvements, but I'm just going by user reports. Also the Nords aren't graded, and the Nord Stage action is for whatever reason not the same as the slightly nicer version of the TP40 on the Nord Piano (those I can confirm from my own experience). How do you find the GT action? I'm not a great pianist though I did study for over 10 years, but I do have for reference a very nice and still quite well-regulated Model O that I inherited from my grandma (who was good). I've never found a digital that felt anything like the real thing, but the top Roland/Kawai portable actions do at least feel responsive and musical.

What would you want to ask? "What string have I got" type questions? I suspect current LLM technology will struggle to pull consistent data out of the forum text even if you could scrape it without affecting the rest of the forum's stability.

Saw him live in the Festival Hall, London with the Blues Brothers ban (- Jake & Elwood) when the band toured after the Blues Brothers 2000 film. He and the rest of the guys were obviously having a lot of fun playing. A true great of the guitar.