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I took delivery of the Technics SX-EX35 last week after waiting a month for the shipper to get it to me. Paid $115 on US Ebay for it.</p>
I will say that overall I like it, nice sound, especially the solos. It is fairly easy to figure out how to register it, and there are tons of ways to program registrations and such, even setting up the chord progression for a song to learn the melody. I can imagine that back in the day this would have made an excellent organ for a beginner.</p>
Flutes are a bit disappointing, mostly because there is only 16,8,4,2 with a 2 1/3 percussion selection. Putting together combinations of sounds is OK from the standpoint of what can go together. You can have 2 poly voices and 1 solo voice combined, but no way to have more than that. That is a bit limiting compared to some Lowrey's of that day and most older, tab controlled organs. But you can have a wider variance in the lower keyboard than many I have fiddled with.</p>
One of the nicer parts is that each section, poly; special; and solo have individual volume controls, as well as an overall volume control. Matter of fact, almost all voicing, drum and acc. sections have a volume control. Because of these individual volume controls, the relatively limited number of tab stops can be made to come together with a bit different overall tone. </p>
The automatics are very nice, I like the rhythm and accompainement patterns a bit better than my Lowrey GX-1, Aurora, and Wurlitzer 625T. Plenty of selection of these, with 2 variations in pattern each and a 'melodic' setting that can be added. All in all makes the autos quite nice for chord players.</p>
The manual is pretty much like most of the instruction manuals that came out from Asia at the time. So much information in them, describing the various functions, that sometimes you just get lost in the verbiage.</p>
Setting presets is quite easy and can go so far as to have upper, lower, pedals, ryhthm pattern, acc. style, the various volumes and such programmed that changeups during a song are easy. Of course, the downside is how to document the various settings so you can go back a bit later and re-register those presets.</p>
Another nice touch is that the organ breaks down into two pieces. This makes transporting it not so much a problem. Heck when broken down, you could pack it in the back of my Pontiac Vibe with no problem, maybe even into the trunk of a big sedan for that matter.</p>
Looks are more functional than beautiful. It is not dimensioned like most organs I've had or seen. For instance, it is so shallow that a music lamp just won't fit behind the music stand. While that thinness helps in placement in the room, it is a bit of a PITA if you need to get some light on the sheet music. </p>
One quirk I noticed is that if you are using the 'fingered' chord settings, you can either finger the chord entirely or use one key to get it. However, if you are fingering and switch to single key, there is a very noticeable lag while the organ figures out what you've done. That is irritating! My GX-1 makes that switch just simple and quick, no noticeable lag at all.</p>
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