Korg Stage Vintage Piano 73 Key Inc Speakers

Simply put, this board is truly amazing!! The pianos, Rhodes, Wurlitzers sounds like the real thing!! The keybed feels like a real piano whenever I play it. The fact that I can tweak it on the fly and there’s no drop off from any of the notes is truly astonishing!!! I. Love. This. Board!!!!! Next to the Korg Kronos, this is the best board!!!!

I have been playing the piano, basically over sixty years and I have not experienced a better keyboard, then this one. The fill is acoustic,but yet grand. Electronics is sentilating with realisic vibrant synths of strings, horns that can be layered. Accompanying with drum beats. That you can customize to your taste. Just! Sensational!A must buy. My last keyboard.

Best keyboard buying decision I have made!

Perfect sized stage piano for the studio and gigging player. Wide range of sounds, excellent keybed, and easy to connect to PC/MAC and manipulate/sculpt sounds with the Korg editor. I can't say enough good things about the SV2. It's such a joy to play. Sam Ash was a pleasure to deal with, and the keyboard arrived earlier than expected. Happy musician!

Great Keyboard

I had an SV-1 for a while and loved it. I finally decided to upgrade to the SV-2 and am very happy with my purchase. The piano, especially the Fazioli, Steinway, and Bosendorfer are great and you can't beat the slightly over-driven Rhodes and Wurly sounds passed through the tube and amp modeling. I also love that it feels like a real instrument and not a computer. That said it is fairly customizable. I spent my first evening with it plugged in to my computer with the editor tweaking the various sounds to my liking and now I can just recall them from the instrument itself.

It's Amazing

I've had this keyboard for about a year now. The keybed is great, sounds are perfect, and the amp sims are handy for the Wurlitzer and Rhodes tones. The build is rock solid. It's an elegant design & feels like a future classic. I've never owned an SV1 so I can not compare to the older models, but from what I've heard, this one has a better piano library.One odd quirk is the encoders are very precise, so if you're adjusting a parameter, you really have to roll the knobs around&around to make deep adjustments. This is not a problem, and I appreciate fine adjustability, but it can be annoying making changes on the fly.I'd also recommend the Korg matching stand plus the old SV1 soft case. The matching stand screws into the bottom of the keyboard and is highly stable ... MoreI've had this keyboard for about a year now. The keybed is great, sounds are perfect, and the amp sims are handy for the Wurlitzer and Rhodes tones. The build is rock solid. It's an elegant design & feels like a future classic. I've never owned an SV1 so I can not compare to the older models, but from what I've heard, this one has a better piano library.One odd quirk is the encoders are very precise, so if you're adjusting a parameter, you really have to roll the knobs around&around to make deep adjustments. This is not a problem, and I appreciate fine adjustability, but it can be annoying making changes on the fly.I'd also recommend the Korg matching stand plus the old SV1 soft case. The matching stand screws into the bottom of the keyboard and is highly stable and looks great...AND the collapsed stand fits in the Korg case. Nice design! It's heavy but the wheels work fairly well.

Review of Refurbished SV-2S 73 Stage Vintage Keyboard (with speakers)

Sounds good, looks good, feels great to play. Only reason I didn’t give it the full 5 stars is down to personal preference (I would prefer if the controls felt more analogue) and because the built in FX feel a little limited. I’ve not tried the available editing software yet, maybe some of the FX can be tweaked with that.The refurbished unit, to all intents and purposes, looks brand new. I wouldn’t have known it had had any previous use if not told. Price wise I have seen used examples priced at more than this and they don’t come with the peace of mind of a factory warranty and often have some signs of use/wear.

Stage keyboard? Maybe. Stage Piano? Never.

For vintage EP and organ it’s ok.Strings are very nice and lush. For piano, SEEK ELSEWHERE!!! It’s the worst live sounding piano I’ve ever heard. Even people that listen to our live rehearsal sessions mentioned how bad the piano sounded compared to other keyboards I’ve had.User friendly, yes.Stage friendly, NO!!If you have to have a computer to access all the features of a keyboard, What is the point??? Buy a MIDI controller...I really tried hard to fall in love with the SV2. Just couldn’t do it. Returned it. Bought a Roland RD 2000. Absolutely no regrets!

The keys break easily and Korg is not helpful

I was so excited about the Korg SV-2, but it's been a bit of a disappointment. There are a few things I'm not that happy about, but the big thing is that two of the keys broke early on. I bought some replacement keys and asked Korg for a repair manual, but they actually wouldn't give it to me. They said I had to take it to a Korg certified repair shop. I actually went into debt a little just to buy the keyboard, now it needs a repair that I can do and I'd rather just do it myself instead of paying hundreds more for their repair shop. I think they should #1 make a robust keyboard that professional musicians can put through hard use gigging for YEARS before worrying about, but short of that they could at least make it easy for me to clean up their mess. I'm thinking I ... MoreI was so excited about the Korg SV-2, but it's been a bit of a disappointment. There are a few things I'm not that happy about, but the big thing is that two of the keys broke early on. I bought some replacement keys and asked Korg for a repair manual, but they actually wouldn't give it to me. They said I had to take it to a Korg certified repair shop. I actually went into debt a little just to buy the keyboard, now it needs a repair that I can do and I'd rather just do it myself instead of paying hundreds more for their repair shop. I think they should #1 make a robust keyboard that professional musicians can put through hard use gigging for YEARS before worrying about, but short of that they could at least make it easy for me to clean up their mess. I'm thinking I should have gone with the Nord Electro 6D..

Three and a half to four stars

Gorgeous electric pianos, great feeling keyboard, easy, pleasing interface, lovely effects and nice looks make this keyboard special. Speakers handy, but here come the flaws....over the speakers the tube vibrates on a couple of notes, making an annoying rattling sound. Sent my first sv-2 back, pmt very helpful about it. Waited over 2 months for replacement to arrive and it has the same problem! Only fix is to wedge something under the tube. There is some kind of occasional erratic note stealing effect with damper pedal on, which spoils the playing experience. It unlikely to be due to polyphony max out. There is not a single acoustic piano I really like on the unit (or in the editor) - all have too much box noise and not enough character. They sound like the mics ... MoreGorgeous electric pianos, great feeling keyboard, easy, pleasing interface, lovely effects and nice looks make this keyboard special. Speakers handy, but here come the flaws....over the speakers the tube vibrates on a couple of notes, making an annoying rattling sound. Sent my first sv-2 back, pmt very helpful about it. Waited over 2 months for replacement to arrive and it has the same problem! Only fix is to wedge something under the tube. There is some kind of occasional erratic note stealing effect with damper pedal on, which spoils the playing experience. It unlikely to be due to polyphony max out. There is not a single acoustic piano I really like on the unit (or in the editor) - all have too much box noise and not enough character. They sound like the mics were placed close, which is not what I want to hear as a player. Elsewhere, it takes ages to turn on and the knobs are not very tactile (they need a lot of rpm to move the values, clickety click). Effects really ought to have one extra dedicated knob or shortcut control. Using the pc editor is a bit 1990s. Not convinced - have to summon a lot of motivation to make patches, and have not been so pleased with the results. A lot of functionality not that interesting (mixing amps and cabinets). At £1600 how about a wireless tablet app and more sounds to choose from?