IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE, PLAY ON.

Advantages: Craftmanship at a reasonable price.
Disadvantages: None.

...I thought that I would extol the virtues of the Yamaha 500S as I have been a proud owner and player of this piano for some time, and feel that it merits a good word. DIMENSIONS. This piano is 44" high which is less than standard pianos but is more aesthetically pleasing to the eye, 58" wide, and has a depth of 23 inches. WEIGHT - 475 LBS. FINISH - The finish on mine is Sheraton Mahogany, and instead of the ply finish that I have experienced with other pianos, the wood is seasoned timber and solid, and built to last. LOOKS From a looks point of view, this piano is a little shorter than European standards, but to my mind is far more pleasing to the eye. It has a music stand that is beautiful, shaped almost like an open book of music, although more rounded, and it has three pedals. I always joke about the middle pedal...

thingywhatsit 07.04.2004 · Read review
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The Yamaha Blaster - The small contender

Advantages: Lightweight, powerful 200cc two-stroke motor, proven over time
Disadvantages: Wheel base and width cause instability in some situations.

...The Yamaha Blaster is a legend in its own right. It has been in production for many a year now and has sold in large numbers worldwide. Its success has mainly been down to the large spread of potential buyers that it caters for. Although its main target is the rookie rider, it has sufficient power to thrill most users while providing good value for money and great reliability. I have had my Blaster now for 7 years and had very few mechanical issues with her. Of course i have had to change tyres and top up fuel and oil levels when needed. I do as a matter of good maintenance, keep the chain and other moving parts oiled and greased, but this level of maintenance is expected on all such machines. I have recently rebuilt the top-end of my blaster engine and was very pleased to see that the condition of most of the internal waer parts was...

01ict587 16.12.2006 (01.09.2009) · Read review
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Yamaha Stage Custom Drumkit

Advantages: GREAT DRUM KIT 4 OUTSTANDING PRICE!
Disadvantages: NONE?

...This Drum kit is amazing. If your a beginer or even really good this drum kit will suit you this kit is awsome if your looking for a reasonibly priced drum kit this is for you. I bought this kit about 2 years ago ive only made 3 adjustments like putting remo pinstripe skins on it and buying anew cymbal pack and buyong a mapex double bass pedal but thats what ive done this is a great kit and i would recomend this product to nearly anyone. The most affordable all-birch Yamaha drumset ever! An incredible value, the legendary tone of an all-birch Yamaha drumset is now available in the Stage Custom series. The low fundamental and warm tone of Yamaha's birch drums have been the top choice of drummers for over 30 years. The Stage Custom Birch series is great for the beginner or the working professional. The staggered diagonal seam allows us to...

ReviewDude12345 04.01.2009 · Read review
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m500. All the information in the Palm in my hand!

Advantages: Stylish, light and functional
Disadvantages: No colour screen

...I've had the m500 for about two years now and it has never let me down. It's a good solid PDA work horse. The software that's preinstalled, although basic does "exactly what it says on the tin". The calendar / appointment function displays are clear and appointments can be set to repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. Various alarms can be set to remind you of appointments and there is also a vibration feature with can be used in conjuntion with or without the alarm. The address book is easy to set up and has enough fields to add e-mail and multiple telephone numbers for home, business mobile etc. There is also a basic "To do..." list function which you can assign priorities to and store in seperate folders. A useful feature for jotting things down is also available which works like an electronic post-it note. At first I...

paperback-writer 11.10.2003 · Read review
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Yamaha Grizzly 125

Advantages: easy to operate, good second hand value
Disadvantages: key in wrong position

.... You can get cheaper ATVs but what has to be thought about is the second hand value in two, three or even five years time and Yamaha seem to consistently hold their value, look on ebay for second hand ATVs and the 125 Yamahas will never be less than £800 to £1,000, not bad for a bike costing £2500 new!! Need to wait a couple of years to see if the Polaris equivalents will hold their value as well. One factor that should be thought about before buying a Grizzly or in fact and quad bike ? Where are you going to Use it? If you have legal access to a significant piece of ground, say 500 acres you should buy a bike. If you don?t really think hard about it. The new legislation in the UK giving a ?Right to Roam? access does not extend to vehicles with engines. So you have to get permission from a landowner for access to their ground, easy enough...

euan.ferguson68 16.05.2007 · Read review
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Yamaha CP300 Stage PIano

Advantages: reasonable price, reasonable sound, portable, built-in amplification & speakers, USB port
Disadvantages: no music rest supplied, a few dodgy-sounding notes around D4

...Other than from an economic angle, I was never a fan of Yamaha acoustic pianos. So back in the 1980s it came as no surprise when their digital instruments failed to impress me. In my opinion Yamaha pianos sounded too 'wooden' at the top end. They had none of the 'singing' tones common to European pianos like Blüthner, Bösendorfer or Bechstein. However, after moving into an apartment in 1996 I was obliged to get a piano that took cans and chose a Technics PR900, which in my view was the nearest thing to an acoustic piano. It sounded like some of the best German pianos I had played. Early incarnations of this model had a very annoying background 'static', only noticeable when the piano was silent. By 1998 this static had been fixed by Technics. But in 1996 it was driving me so crazy that I sent the PR900 back to the store and got...

jasonford 31.12.2008 (09.04.2009) · Read review
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yamaha descant recorder

Advantages: easy to learn
Disadvantages: none

...it as a kids instrument, but I still like to play the recorder even now. You can buy a descant recorder in toy shops or from a music shop, for approx £10, this includes a begginners guide to get you started, also they come in a range of different colours. There is loads of interesting music you can play on a recorder, I remember looking at a book in the music shop and there were songs that Boyzone sang in it. They music books vary in price, (£5.00 upwards) In my opinion a Yamaha recorder is the best one to by, well thats my opinion anyway I have done this review on Dooyoo Thanks for reading...

jenny967 08.12.2007 (24.12.2007) · Read review
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Yamaha Student trumpets

Advantages: Good quality and always reliably in tune.
Disadvantages: Cost a bit more than similar student trumpets.

...Yamaha have been making musical instruments for over one hundred years and I have always found their brass instruments to be reliably in tune, which is not always the case with other student trumpets. Since about 1980, they have always had a student instrument priced between £250 and £300. The 2320 model was originally the only one in this price range. It is a well made instrument with quite good valves, and hard wearing gold colour lacquer finish. It has a mobile third valve slide for fine-tuning the low D and C#. As prices of instruments were rising, and the 2320 went over the £300 mark, they introduced a cheaper trumpet into the UK. The first of these was the T100S This is a silver plated trumpet, with a smaller bore than the 2320, making it suitable for younger players. The valves are reasonable, so long as they are...

johnalderton 01.03.2001 · Read review
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The Yamaha EX7 Workstation Synthesizer experience

Advantages: Versatile, Endless potential, timeless, a very powerful instrument
Disadvantages: Can take a while to learn

...start to finish with its fully functional sequencer with no computer or any other instrument. Whether you have used a synthesizer to model your own voices before or not it doesn't really matter. You can get on and start playing with the built in voices straight away. However if your a synthesizer techie there is plenty of potential for modeling your own sounds from using several built in wave modelers. Fancy sampling your own sounds? no problem. The built in sampler will take care of that as well and the effects module has many high quality effects you can apply to any voice. The user interface I would say is the only let down. The main competitor when the EX came out was the Korg Triton which I have heard was very easy to use with its touch screen interface. The Yamaha is very complex compared to that, and almost bordering...

mokeyb 17.09.2009 · Read review
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Roaring off on my Yamaha

Advantages: The Yamaha brand name
Disadvantages: Low on looks, high on practicality

...Yamaha are well known for motorbikes and keyboards, but over the last 20 years they have built up a fantastic reputation for building guitars of the very highest quality, and at prices usually well below the more illustrious names in the business such as Gibson, Fender and PRS. They also have the advantage that they are readily available from most music shops, so you don't have to go searching for them. I bought my Yamaha Pacifica 112 a couple of years ago from eBay, and paid the princely sum of £40 for it. Initially I bought it because I wanted a guitar I could put in the back of the car and use for practice whilst staying in hotels. What surprised me most of all was the staggeringly good build quality for such an inexpensive guitar (the RRP is still below £200). These things really are built to last, and play far better than almost...

matsu65 26.09.2005 · Read review
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