A slight correction here. I said that the headphone jack was in mono, but meant to say it just has a single head phone jack for use for headphones, external speakers and recording.
Hi. I have a P-35 (which is a "lesser" model) and the headphone jack is stereo which I run very successfully through an external stereo amp and speakers (using an adapter branching into R & L entering the amp). We use it to accompany a choir and (for the money) it sounds great. Very happy with it. Thanks for your review.
I worked at a retailer for awhile, and I will absolutely concur on Yamaha. Across the board, on nearly every product, at each price point, they have quality that is comparable or exceeding the competition. Very well-made, and if you care for it, it’ll last a long time.
It's amazing just how many customers come back complaining about the deep scratch down the middle of their purchase, and have no idea how it got there !? Despite the fact that the carton clearly tells you not to use a knife to open the box !?
Nice review, but it needs to be said that the P45 can easily be used for gigs. The headphone jack is a STEREO output, so you need a cable with a 1/4 stereo jack in one end which divides into L+R jacks in the other end. Sounds great on stage, though you're going to need monitors. The simple design is kind of classy...not all those buttons which make keyboards look like the cockpit in an airplane.
Got a used P45 a month ago for my son. We have an upright acoustic, but he wanted a Rhodes sound and a sustain pedal, headphone jack, and also have keys that felt sort of real. Oh, and 88 keys! This works. It also has midi connection and I was able to hook up an iPad using the camera adapter and a usb midi cable and then try out some midi apps like NeoSoulKeys and a grand piano app. The sound then comes out of the iPad head phone jack. Or, with a laptop and midi software this is a great keyboard for anything you want, and used this way you have the p125 key bed in a lower cost keyboard. The key settings are important! Ours came with the velocity sensitivity off, and I did not know it had reverb! Thanks!
I advise learning the manual, or atleast what you want to know. The p125 has some very surprising reverb settings. Put the reverb type to concert hall or chamber and put the reverb depth to max..... sounds insane.
A few months ago so I could surprise my now wife (as of Feb 29th) at our wedding by singing a song at the reception. I taught myself to play piano. Just 2 simple songs Maybe I’m Amazed & My Love both by McCartney. In choosing a keyboard I’d narrowed the selection down to the P-45 & P-125. The P-125 hands down has a better sound of a concert grand piano which was what I was looking for. The Rhodes voice is how I ended up adding the 2nd song My Love. Since I’ve seen your review of the P-515 I really would like to try it out. But I didn’t find one anywhere here in the little town of Baton Rouge. But if the store I bought it from would let me trade up I’d pay the extra 1000 bucks. By the way both songs were a smashing success and tremendous hit. There were lots of tears which was the desired response I was going for. My son played the guitar solo and daughter’s granddaughters step daughters and one grandson 8 total came in at the chorus like a flash mob shocking everyone. I’m retired which is how I was able to learn to play piano. Now my P-125 remains out and no longer lives under a guest bed. I’m continuing to learn and having a great time doing so. Our honeymoon was postponed now for a year. We are taking a Viking cruise and one of the stops is in Vienna. Can’t wait to play a Bösendorfer in their showroom.
If you are interested in the p 515, check with Lafargue piano in Metarie, LA. I think that they have them in stock. I am from Louisiana, so that is why I am recommending them.
Yep! I also got the p125 yet I'm still watching at least 3 of these videos a day just coz I find it all so interesting. All the subtle differences really do add up and you can start to see price differences.
I know RUclips is getting smarter when it recommends a video like this! Interesting and informative video with helpful samples of music. I then went to your channel to see what to watch next. You've already convinced me that I should spend a little more money and get a Yamaha P125 or something else in that price range. Thanks!
The tone voice generator is an older technology, AWM (advanced wave modelling). This is the reason that it sounds different than the p 125/121 which uses the CFIIIs sampling which is newer technology
James Pavel Shawcross, (@2:30), the long, narrow strip of cardboard is there to protect the contents from razor knife incursion. It is held securely in place, directly under the 2 widest flaps' meeting point, by correspondingly sized indentions on the top of the foam blocks at either ends of the box.
The P45 was an option back when our church purchased a digital piano. We went with the P105 because of the line out option as well as the built in piano sounds seemed better on the P105. We are very pleased with the piano as it’s been played very hard (Pentecostal) over the past 6+ years and still feels and sounds the way it did when new. Very durable!
@@GamingShiiep Is that a joke? The lineage is 105 -> 115 -> 125, presumably the next one will be p135, he said they had this thing for 6 years. Also I notice there's a lot of P125 on sale atm (I just got one) so I suspect they will bring out the next incarnation in the next 12 months
Seven years ago when I first started playing piano, this was my first digital piano. Served me well. For my professional playing (in church), I now use a Casio PX-5S.
I always used a Kurzweil PC88 for gigs, it is a lovely piano, but quite heavy to be lugging around. When my spare PC88 bit the dust, I bought a P45 to replace it, and it does the job, while being much lighter to haul around. I also bought one for my grandson's high school graduation last year, and my daughter bought the same unit for her violin teaching studio.
I happen to own the P35, the predecessor of the P45. I think, it's absolutely fantastic for the price. Two comments: 1) I’m using a 6.3mm-stereo cable to connect it to i.e. an amp - of course it’s stereo! 2) Besides playing single sounds you can also layer sounds by pressing the Grand Piano-Button and two „Sound-keys“. I especially like the Grand Piano layered with E-Piano 2 ;-)
I have just started studing to learn playing the piano, after watching videos about learning to play the piano for many years, because of this locking down period, and suddenly I discovered something that no video said: to learn to play the piano you need to learn to play it without watching the keys, simply because the piano is played by two hands and if you watch to one hand you cannot watch to the other one!
it’s nice to be able to play w/o watching your hands but you should use every applicable sense you have available, especially while learning new music. yes, it’s difficult to see both hands while playing & you will need to look at the music as you go along but you shouldn’t stare at any one place all the time. you need to train yourself to scan around as necessary. once you memorize music you are free to look elsewhere.
Yeah, no the reason is that you can’t take your eyes off the sheet you are reading. In fact, you must learn to read ahead of where you are playing. But, that is sight reading, where there is all too often no accounting for theory. If you know some theory, then look at you hands as one and remember there are only 12 keys (a famous piano star told me this in a recent RUclips ad).
Hi James, I wanted to thank you for helping me decide whether or not to upgrade from my Yamaha P-45 to a P-125. For quite a while, I thought that since I was running my keys through a Line 6 POD which had stereo outputs, I wouldn't really need an instrument with stereo outputs, but I'm finding the superiority and extra features of the P-125 to be so enticing that simply playing my P-45 feels like i'm settling for a poor imitation of the real thing. That being said, I definitely agree with you saying the P-45 is an excellent beginner to mid-level piano, it certainly helped me grow as a pianist in the two years I've had it, and its helped me get creative with how I can tweak my live sound and really dial in the different tones and combinations of features like layering, balance, and octaves. I'm excited to try out the P-125's split tone function and hear how it sounds through my amp. I'll know i'll be kicking myself for not upgrading sooner!
Hi, Thanks for sharing your experience, do you think P45B was a good decision or is it quite limitting to after few months of practice? We're looking for a entry level Piano or a Piano aimed keyboard for a beginner. In fact my for my girl friend. She's been playing keyboard sometime ago. So, our concern was also if a P45B would be limitting too soon. Would it be better to start off with a PSR-EW300 76 keyboard which we initially planned. It's aimed at beginner paino players and then later we planned to upgrade to good piano in 3-4 years. But now, we've found a bargain for P45B, only a 100$ more than PSR-EW300. Do you think, it's better to go with this? How was it for your beginner 2 years?
Vaga_bonder for a beginner don’t go for anything less than a p45 especially if you plan to upgrade. You need those weighted keys more than you realize to start building technique
i really appreciate you and like you, i really like Yamaha. My teacher had 2 steinways and I had nightmares of playing a whole piece and not hearing anything because it was like chopping wood to get a sound. My piano teacher had a Steinway from the 30's - wonderful piano. Have a wonderful day !!!!!
I bought this over the 125 because of the clean look, I really like that. It's one of the few digital pianos that has an almost clean front, back, sides etc. For sounds I recordings I use midi... BTW I am not a pianist, wanted a piano to play in the living room.
Very good review as usual, keep it up! P125 is the better choice here, better sounds, line out...Price difference is negligible imho, when you buy any musical instrument that's going to last you years to come...not even 150 difference with the p45 here in the EU. Anyways, love these reviews, well done.
I think the reason the samples sound different is a difference in the amplification/speaker setup on the P45B. It's one of the things all the keyboard manufacturers cut cost on to keep the price down. One hundred dollars more buys a lot of fidelity in that price range. This would also be why there isn't separate left and right channel line outs.
If you like music, you might want to check out my second channel "Milan Recording Studios". Feel free to subscribe and hit the bell icon if you want to! ruclips.net/channel/UCu1LrpmWwK1ztTvIayRar9w
I have a P105 (older model) and is very happy with it. Agree with the music disk, too short but I added a piece of Perspex for single sheets. . This has the same sounds as the P105
I will definitely consider this one. Thank you very much for the honest review. Can you also review Alesis instruments? Because every other reviewer says pretty good things about them.
Really? I live in quite poor country and every kid have an iphone, airpods, Ps or xbox, tons of crap that costs way more than 499 and do not really need.
It is beginner in the sense that it's at the bottom of the price range for full size weighted keyboards. You could get a beginner grand piano too. If you want a "beginner" keyboard, you can get one for $69 all day.
Any chance you’ll review the yamaha montage 8 or modx8? Curious to what you think about them before I potentially buy one. Love your reviews man. I trust them
Hey! Just to let you know, the strip of cardboard running across the top is to prevent product damage, which is partly what the box flaps of smaller boxes provide. Though, on larger boxes it saves a lot of material to just leave a strip like that instead of making rediculously long cardboard flaps haha.
If you know something about electronics and don't care about a warranty, you can open up the case and add a line out jack to the keyboard. The parts will be less than $10 and you will need a drill and a soldering iron.
@@samanthacalderon3951 An acoustic piano or a better digital with graded weighted keys. That’s what I did. My P-45 was only good for a few months. I bought an acoustic piano after that. I still have my P-45 though, because it’s nice to have a digital piano to use with apps. :)
But why should a beginner and intermediate player require different quality. Surely either something has a good feel and sound regardly of what level you are at? Besides I thought the p45 has the same acoustic mimicking weighted keys as the more expensive models?
Thanks for your reviews, much appreciated in this dark times! I am very interested in the twice as expensive Yamaha Ypg S54 piano! Please review this piano, and is it twice as good as the entry level portable pianos? Best wishes!
It is very hard for something to be “Twice as good” as something that is already pretty good if your a beginner-intermediate go for the p45, if you are more advanced and don’t care about the price go for it.
@@ThePianoforever Thanks for the reply! Great piece and really enjoy your videos. I've been hunting for new keyboard and I know 100% that your reviews have kept me from making a few mistakes.
P125 has four dynamic levels of sampling as Yamaha says. P45 is quite old for now and I think its sound set is rather similar to P115 or even P105 which should be three dynamic levels instead of four. Maybe P105 was released together with P35. But those church organs are still like the same :)
What is the name of the test piece? I enjoy the videos. Thank you for making them. I just bought a used Yamaha P-105 and I really love it. I'm so excited to be learning and to have access to such great information online.
I bought the P45 recently. While the action is lovely, the sound I find just about adequate. Obviously the sound is much better than the keyboards at half the price, but I do wish I had paid a bit more for a better sound. To me, the sound is quite fuzzy and metallic (even with good quality headphones), the top quarter of the notes are quiet and thin, and there's a key or two near the middle that make a weird jarring sound. If you play too many notes at once, the sound seems a bit distorted/unclear (perhaps that's the limited polyphony?). The FC3A pedal you can buy with the half-sustain function does improve things a bit, but that is another £80GBP. I think enjoying the sound really is important as a beginner, because if you don't, you are not inspired to practice, and therefore slows your progress/you quit. I went with the P45 as it seems more reliable than the other brands in its price bracket with regards to reported technical issues etc. It is ok, but I am already looking forward to an upgrade. Think I'll try a Kawai next.
I think Kawai are more expensive but if you can afford it I think its a very good option, some say Kawai have some of the best piano sounds in the market. Did you had any problems playing trills in your yamaha p45?, because I heard its difficult to practice advanced pieces with this digital piano and Im thinking of buying it.
@@BigBoy-cb5nu I am so sorry I only just saw this comment, I didn't get a notification for it! I have never had a problem with the few trills I occasionally come across, but I don't do anything too advanced so I am not too sure about that. I have heard that sound-wise it is limited for advanced pieces, though I thought that was due to the small polyphony rather than action. I definitely find the sound gets a bit weird when the number of notes start building up. Which piano did you end up going with?
the P45B may have the same sound samples as that of P125’s but since the former is a cheaper version, its speakers may be a tad smaller than the latter’s, hence the tinier and less-full bodied sound. have you noticed a difference when it’s played side by side with P125 over a good set of speakers?
2:18 ... the upper long "cardboard" thing is there just to avoid damaging the box contents using some longer "unboxing cutter". When you use a short one (as you obviously did), it seems to make no sense why it is actually there :-) but when using kitchen knife for example, it could have pretty fatal consequences ...
Another great video! I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on the Korg D1, I've been told its very well priced for the Keybed but I can't try one out at the moment (for obvious reasons)
I find the lack of outputs (and midi) slightly annoying, but it’s not a big thing for the kind o piano gigs I usually do (that is, almost always with the piano being an additional instrument, the main vein organ, or with me as singer first, accompanied by my own piano playing): I just either bring a DI and plug in the mixer from that or, for the smaller gigs, plug in a small mixer directly. The demo pieces are actually pretty fun for kids, I’ve found; I totally agree about the EP (and, IMHO, DX7 too) sound: it just doesn’t cut the way it should. The strings are fine but far from being great.
I also like Yamaha. I replace the footledal with the alrernative which I really like. I solved the music stand size by buying light Plexiglas which is a little taller and longer, however that system isn't suitable if using a heavy book.
I own one and it is like a P125 on steroids. I mean, the action is similar but has better speakers, more sounds, better display, more rythms and so on. If you don't plan to move it around, it is a good contender for the P125 for only a bit higher price
The DGX 660 will be 5 years old by the time of 2021 NAMM, and since DGX 620 Yamaha had made an incremental upgrade every 2-3 years is quite possibly that a new DGX 670.may be launch at the show, so if you plan to by a DGX 660 it may worth to wait until Jan/2021.
Hi James, thanks a lot for your very helpful reviews on your channel. Could you please also have a look at Yamaha DGX-660 B? It's recommended as a starter piano. Thx!
I get that features are often held back on lower cost instruments by manufacturers to not eat into their other higher priced products but one headphone jack on the back (of all places) is a design flaw/poor user experience in my view. At least put the headphone jack on the front!
I understand the customer annoyance, but that probably is the best placement if you want are cheaper instrument that's also light and balanced in weight. The back is where everything else is on the motherboard/PCB.
Ei KaRumba, I believe you are correct that this was done to get people to move to a more expensive product, but in all honesty this is likely a product that does not make them any money. It is just there for the customer that needs a very basic keyboard and the one really good thing about it is that it comes with the same action as the P125.
Could you review the CVP-809? That is the opposite end of the digital spectrum (really expensive), but I would be curious what you think of that action as compared to an acoustic instrument.
Great video as always ! I think you have tried all the actions most important, now you just need to try the kawaii action,Grand Feel Compact. Thank you!
I've had one for 2 or 3 years and some of the keys are clicking a little. time to open it up and grease their mechanism. I also wish the music stand had clips to hold books open, but otherwise...its a great piano
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A slight correction here. I said that the headphone jack was in mono, but meant to say it just has a single head phone jack for use for headphones, external speakers and recording.
Very good correction. I was like 🤔
Hi. I have a P-35 (which is a "lesser" model) and the headphone jack is stereo which I run very successfully through an external stereo amp and speakers (using an adapter branching into R & L entering the amp). We use it to accompany a choir and (for the money) it sounds great. Very happy with it. Thanks for your review.
ThePianoforever I love your reviews, very professional and informative.... without the gimmicks.
Can I buy a three pedal system for this digital piano?
Is the p45b the same as only p45?
I worked at a retailer for awhile, and I will absolutely concur on Yamaha. Across the board, on nearly every product, at each price point, they have quality that is comparable or exceeding the competition. Very well-made, and if you care for it, it’ll last a long time.
Does this come with a leather jacket?
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The cardboard in the middle is that you don't accidentally cut too deep in the packaging.
Thank you.
I think it's just to make sure you can't peek the piano if the tape is transparent.
Same thought, brilliant idea when you have your keyboard straight underneath.
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It's amazing just how many customers come back complaining about the deep scratch down the middle of their purchase, and have no idea how it got there !? Despite the fact that the carton clearly tells you not to use a knife to open the box !?
Nice review, but it needs to be said that the P45 can easily be used for gigs. The headphone jack is a STEREO output, so you need a cable with a 1/4 stereo jack in one end which divides into L+R jacks in the other end. Sounds great on stage, though you're going to need monitors. The simple design is kind of classy...not all those buttons which make keyboards look like the cockpit in an airplane.
Thank you for posting. I was thinking about getting it to practice accompanying myself and take it out busking.
Got a used P45 a month ago for my son. We have an upright acoustic, but he wanted a Rhodes sound and a sustain pedal, headphone jack, and also have keys that felt sort of real. Oh, and 88 keys! This works. It also has midi connection and I was able to hook up an iPad using the camera adapter and a usb midi cable and then try out some midi apps like NeoSoulKeys and a grand piano app. The sound then comes out of the iPad head phone jack. Or, with a laptop and midi software this is a great keyboard for anything you want, and used this way you have the p125 key bed in a lower cost keyboard.
The key settings are important! Ours came with the velocity sensitivity off, and I did not know it had reverb! Thanks!
Happy to see Henry Bowers getting into a nicer hobby
That made me laugh harder than it should have
Reminds me of a young Eric Christian Olsen
lol
I actually really like the simplicity of the interface... all those buttons are distracting for me.
Yeah true and I dont really need much more stuff other than the piano itself and metronome too
I have only ever accidentally used different settings on my digital pianos, the only thing I ever use is the volume haha.
@@Deeznutsmynamejeff21 same
I advise learning the manual, or atleast what you want to know. The p125 has some very surprising reverb settings. Put the reverb type to concert hall or chamber and put the reverb depth to max..... sounds insane.
A few months ago so I could surprise my now wife (as of Feb 29th) at our wedding by singing a song at the reception. I taught myself to play piano. Just 2 simple songs Maybe I’m Amazed & My Love both by McCartney.
In choosing a keyboard I’d narrowed the selection down to the P-45 & P-125. The P-125 hands down has a better sound of a concert grand piano which was what I was looking for. The Rhodes voice is how I ended up adding the 2nd song My Love.
Since I’ve seen your review of the P-515 I really would like to try it out. But I didn’t find one anywhere here in the little town of Baton Rouge. But if the store I bought it from would let me trade up I’d pay the extra 1000 bucks.
By the way both songs were a smashing success and tremendous hit. There were lots of tears which was the desired response I was going for. My son played the guitar solo and daughter’s granddaughters step daughters and one grandson 8 total came in at the chorus like a flash mob shocking everyone.
I’m retired which is how I was able to learn to play piano. Now my P-125 remains out and no longer lives under a guest bed. I’m continuing to learn and having a great time doing so.
Our honeymoon was postponed now for a year. We are taking a Viking cruise and one of the stops is in Vienna. Can’t wait to play a Bösendorfer in their showroom.
How do you like the P-125? I just ordered mine!
Samuel B how do you like yours? Im about to order one hehe
If you are interested in the p 515, check with Lafargue piano in Metarie, LA. I think that they have them in stock. I am from Louisiana, so that is why I am recommending them.
All the hits. This was my first keyboard. It served me well for my first 18 months of piano. I traded it in and upgraded to the FP-90 thereafter.
The p45 key noises?
I came to this channel to get a good review for the P125, and for some reason I keep watching these even though I've already bought it xD
same
exactly same
How’s the keyboard?
@@Muzart i luv it
Yep! I also got the p125 yet I'm still watching at least 3 of these videos a day just coz I find it all so interesting. All the subtle differences really do add up and you can start to see price differences.
A terrific no nonsense review. Just the facts and useful demos and opinions. One of your best! (and I love the piece at the end!)
I know RUclips is getting smarter when it recommends a video like this! Interesting and informative video with helpful samples of music. I then went to your channel to see what to watch next. You've already convinced me that I should spend a little more money and get a Yamaha P125 or something else in that price range. Thanks!
The tone voice generator is an older technology, AWM (advanced wave modelling). This is the reason that it sounds different than the p 125/121 which uses the CFIIIs sampling which is newer technology
James Pavel Shawcross, (@2:30), the long, narrow strip of cardboard is there to protect the contents from razor knife incursion. It is held securely in place, directly under the 2 widest flaps' meeting point, by correspondingly sized indentions on the top of the foam blocks at either ends of the box.
The P45 was an option back when our church purchased a digital piano. We went with the P105 because of the line out option as well as the built in piano sounds seemed better on the P105. We are very pleased with the piano as it’s been played very hard (Pentecostal) over the past 6+ years and still feels and sounds the way it did when new. Very durable!
Why the 105 and not the 115 or 125?
@@GamingShiiep Is that a joke? The lineage is 105 -> 115 -> 125, presumably the next one will be p135, he said they had this thing for 6 years. Also I notice there's a lot of P125 on sale atm (I just got one) so I suspect they will bring out the next incarnation in the next 12 months
The cardboard strip on the top in the packing is to protect the instrument when you use a knife to open the box.
Seven years ago when I first started playing piano, this was my first digital piano. Served me well. For my professional playing (in church), I now use a Casio PX-5S.
How long did it last you?
I always used a Kurzweil PC88 for gigs, it is a lovely piano, but quite heavy to be lugging around. When my spare PC88 bit the dust, I bought a P45 to replace it, and it does the job, while being much lighter to haul around. I also bought one for my grandson's high school graduation last year, and my daughter bought the same unit for her violin teaching studio.
The small cardboard at the very beginning is just to protect the piano in case somebody inserts a knife deep from above to open the box
I happen to own the P35, the predecessor of the P45. I think, it's absolutely fantastic for the price. Two comments: 1) I’m using a 6.3mm-stereo cable to connect it to i.e. an amp - of course it’s stereo! 2) Besides playing single sounds you can also layer sounds by pressing the Grand Piano-Button and two „Sound-keys“. I especially like the Grand Piano layered with E-Piano 2 ;-)
I have just started studing to learn playing the piano, after watching videos about learning to play the piano for many years, because of this locking down period, and suddenly I discovered something that no video said: to learn to play the piano you need to learn to play it without watching the keys, simply because the piano is played by two hands and if you watch to one hand you cannot watch to the other one!
it’s nice to be able to play w/o watching your hands but you should use every applicable sense you have available, especially while learning new music. yes, it’s difficult to see both hands while playing & you will need to look at the music as you go along but you shouldn’t stare at any one place all the time. you need to train yourself to scan around as necessary. once you memorize music you are free to look elsewhere.
Yeah, no the reason is that you can’t take your eyes off the sheet you are reading. In fact, you must learn to read ahead of where you are playing. But, that is sight reading, where there is all too often no accounting for theory. If you know some theory, then look at you hands as one and remember there are only 12 keys (a famous piano star told me this in a recent RUclips ad).
God bless you James. Thanks and continue the good work!
Thats so cool, keep going 😁👍🏼
I love how a person like you reviews the pianos.
Thanks! 😃
Good to see that you are putting the lock down to goo use James. Stay safe.
Hi James, I wanted to thank you for helping me decide whether or not to upgrade from my Yamaha P-45 to a P-125. For quite a while, I thought that since I was running my keys through a Line 6 POD which had stereo outputs, I wouldn't really need an instrument with stereo outputs, but I'm finding the superiority and extra features of the P-125 to be so enticing that simply playing my P-45 feels like i'm settling for a poor imitation of the real thing. That being said, I definitely agree with you saying the P-45 is an excellent beginner to mid-level piano, it certainly helped me grow as a pianist in the two years I've had it, and its helped me get creative with how I can tweak my live sound and really dial in the different tones and combinations of features like layering, balance, and octaves. I'm excited to try out the P-125's split tone function and hear how it sounds through my amp. I'll know i'll be kicking myself for not upgrading sooner!
Hi, Thanks for sharing your experience, do you think P45B was a good decision or is it quite limitting to after few months of practice? We're looking for a entry level Piano or a Piano aimed keyboard for a beginner. In fact my for my girl friend. She's been playing keyboard sometime ago. So, our concern was also if a P45B would be limitting too soon. Would it be better to start off with a PSR-EW300 76 keyboard which we initially planned. It's aimed at beginner paino players and then later we planned to upgrade to good piano in 3-4 years. But now, we've found a bargain for P45B, only a 100$ more than PSR-EW300. Do you think, it's better to go with this? How was it for your beginner 2 years?
Vaga_bonder for a beginner don’t go for anything less than a p45 especially if you plan to upgrade. You need those weighted keys more than you realize to start building technique
Nothing wrong with being honest, I'm not sure why people or so quick to shoot down an honest opinion . Good job
18:00 Pirates of the Caribbean?
The most popular digital piano in the world. Every musicians and music student have at least one
i really appreciate you and like you, i really like Yamaha. My teacher had 2 steinways and I had nightmares of playing a whole piece and not hearing anything because it was like chopping wood to get a sound. My piano teacher had a Steinway from the 30's - wonderful piano. Have a wonderful day !!!!!
Thank you James, I bought P45B yesterday! 😁
Sobhan Samantaray how was it? Is it heavy to carry around?
looking at this too... how was it?
Sorry for the late reply. It's about 11 kilograms
I honestly agree with James :)
2:19 the long cardboard is there to prevent damages to the piano from cutter blade upon all RUclips unboxings.
Nice review. I bought this pisno for my kid, and i think it's a great piano to start with. Keep up the good work.
That's a cool piece at the end! Good job :)
I bought this over the 125 because of the clean look, I really like that. It's one of the few digital pianos that has an almost clean front, back, sides etc. For sounds I recordings I use midi... BTW I am not a pianist, wanted a piano to play in the living room.
samiebuka that was a mistake the p125 is so much better dont judge by design
Very good review as usual, keep it up! P125 is the better choice here, better sounds, line out...Price difference is negligible imho, when you buy any musical instrument that's going to last you years to come...not even 150 difference with the p45 here in the EU. Anyways, love these reviews, well done.
I think the reason the samples sound different is a difference in the amplification/speaker setup on the P45B. It's one of the things all the keyboard manufacturers cut cost on to keep the price down. One hundred dollars more buys a lot of fidelity in that price range. This would also be why there isn't separate left and right channel line outs.
You played that Debussy piece (can't remember the title) beautifully. You're a fine musician.
clair de lune
clair de lune
It would be a real pleasure if you would review the KAWAI CA99
Great presentation style. Very helpful. Thanks!
It's OK. It'll hold up but the internal sounds are on the low-end of Yamaha keyboards. Your test piece did sound pretty nice on it.
you are a cool cat. love your love for pianos dude. and you play so very well!
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2:16 this piece of cardboard protects the instrument from your knife ;)
“I believe “ this was a great review. Thanks a lot !
I have a P105 (older model) and is very happy with it. Agree with the music disk, too short but I added a piece of Perspex for single sheets. . This has the same sounds as the P105
You should be able to use a Y cable with any headphone jack.
I will definitely consider this one. Thank you very much for the honest review. Can you also review Alesis instruments? Because every other reviewer says pretty good things about them.
$499 for a beginner piano? the world truly is an expensive place
Yep I’m in college and bought this now I’m halfway to being broke
Really? I live in quite poor country and every kid have an iphone, airpods, Ps or xbox, tons of crap that costs way more than 499 and do not really need.
For something this nice, $499 is a great deal. Yamaha makes a high quality product whether it be guitars, pianos, or motorcycles.
The keys are like butter with a rich sound....definetely worth buying.
It is beginner in the sense that it's at the bottom of the price range for full size weighted keyboards. You could get a beginner grand piano too. If you want a "beginner" keyboard, you can get one for $69 all day.
I have a yamaha allegro tenor sax and I really like it. Yamaha has really good products
Excellent video, thank you for this!
James could you please review korg d1 against FP30, they are almost at same price range!
Oh my god, what was that second song you played called? I wanna learn it 😭😭 someone tell me.
i have the same question
Excellent video and explanations of this keyboard. THANK YOU!
Any chance you’ll review the yamaha montage 8 or modx8? Curious to what you think about them before I potentially buy one. Love your reviews man. I trust them
That was a very good review as usual, James ;) Would you do a review of the Kawai CA58?
Hey! Just to let you know, the strip of cardboard running across the top is to prevent product damage, which is partly what the box flaps of smaller boxes provide. Though, on larger boxes it saves a lot of material to just leave a strip like that instead of making rediculously long cardboard flaps haha.
Great review! I'm still using an Alesis QS8 as my main, but only as a midi controller for VST.
If you know something about electronics and don't care about a warranty, you can open up the case and add a line out jack to the keyboard. The parts will be less than $10 and you will need a drill and a soldering iron.
Also, I checked this keyboard at my friends place, and if you're okay with it it is TRS
I have that piano. It’s great for beginners, but I echo the other comments that once you hit the intermediate levels, you would want an upgrade.
Upgrade to what?
@@samanthacalderon3951 An acoustic piano or a better digital with graded weighted keys. That’s what I did. My P-45 was only good for a few months. I bought an acoustic piano after that. I still have my P-45 though, because it’s nice to have a digital piano to use with apps. :)
@@NicoleRetuta I've got a p125 and it's awesome!! I'm just a beginner but I can see it lasting me years.
But why should a beginner and intermediate player require different quality. Surely either something has a good feel and sound regardly of what level you are at? Besides I thought the p45 has the same acoustic mimicking weighted keys as the more expensive models?
Thanks for your reviews, much appreciated in this dark times! I am very interested in the twice as expensive Yamaha Ypg S54 piano! Please review this piano, and is it twice as good as the entry level portable pianos?
Best wishes!
It is very hard for something to be “Twice as good” as something that is already pretty good if your a beginner-intermediate go for the p45, if you are more advanced and don’t care about the price go for it.
Love your Treble Test Piece! Have you posted sheet music anywhere for that? Would love to learn to play it.
Sorry, no
@@ThePianoforever Thanks for the reply! Great piece and really enjoy your videos. I've been hunting for new keyboard and I know 100% that your reviews have kept me from making a few mistakes.
ThePianoforever hello , wath is the name of the piece you play , thanks and saludos cordiales from Spain
Could you consider sell the treble and bass test pieces scores? They are so wonderful 😀
fantastic playing
is there an option for a sustain pedal? Great video by the way!
Awesome review (as usual) -
Would be curious to hear your opinion on the Alesis Recital Pro as a budget conscious option
P125 has four dynamic levels of sampling as Yamaha says. P45 is quite old for now and I think its sound set is rather similar to P115 or even P105 which should be three dynamic levels instead of four. Maybe P105 was released together with P35. But those church organs are still like the same :)
James, Have you reviewed any of the Artesia digital pianos? Any impressions you can share? Thank you!
Waiting for your review of the Roland FP-10
What is the name of the test piece? I enjoy the videos. Thank you for making them. I just bought a used Yamaha P-105 and I really love it. I'm so excited to be learning and to have access to such great information online.
Great review! Have you done one for the relatively new Roland FP-10? Thanks!
I bought the P45 recently. While the action is lovely, the sound I find just about adequate. Obviously the sound is much better than the keyboards at half the price, but I do wish I had paid a bit more for a better sound. To me, the sound is quite fuzzy and metallic (even with good quality headphones), the top quarter of the notes are quiet and thin, and there's a key or two near the middle that make a weird jarring sound. If you play too many notes at once, the sound seems a bit distorted/unclear (perhaps that's the limited polyphony?). The FC3A pedal you can buy with the half-sustain function does improve things a bit, but that is another £80GBP. I think enjoying the sound really is important as a beginner, because if you don't, you are not inspired to practice, and therefore slows your progress/you quit. I went with the P45 as it seems more reliable than the other brands in its price bracket with regards to reported technical issues etc. It is ok, but I am already looking forward to an upgrade. Think I'll try a Kawai next.
I think Kawai are more expensive but if you can afford it I think its a very good option, some say Kawai have some of the best piano sounds in the market. Did you had any problems playing trills in your yamaha p45?, because I heard its difficult to practice advanced pieces with this digital piano and Im thinking of buying it.
@@BigBoy-cb5nu I am so sorry I only just saw this comment, I didn't get a notification for it! I have never had a problem with the few trills I occasionally come across, but I don't do anything too advanced so I am not too sure about that. I have heard that sound-wise it is limited for advanced pieces, though I thought that was due to the small polyphony rather than action. I definitely find the sound gets a bit weird when the number of notes start building up. Which piano did you end up going with?
the P45B may have the same sound samples as that of P125’s but since the former is a cheaper version, its speakers may be a tad smaller than the latter’s, hence the tinier and less-full bodied sound. have you noticed a difference when it’s played side by side with P125 over a good set of speakers?
No the P45 sound samples are not as good, but very good for the price.
@@ThePianoforever It is the fact that the p 125 uses a better tone generator than the p 45. The tone generator in the p 45 is an older technology.
2:18 ... the upper long "cardboard" thing is there just to avoid damaging the box contents using some longer "unboxing cutter". When you use a short one (as you obviously did), it seems to make no sense why it is actually there :-) but when using kitchen knife for example, it could have pretty fatal consequences ...
20:10 omg my favorite piece when I was a kid so beautiful I’m buying it lol
Song name plz
@@damienwarnotte5912 Clair de lune - Debussy
@@damienwarnotte5912 Clair de lune -Claude Debussy
Hi, can you a review on korg D1 it would be really great... Thanks..!! And your videos are really helpful.
Another great video!
I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on the Korg D1,
I've been told its very well priced for the Keybed but I can't try one out at the moment (for obvious reasons)
This is the kid all the jocks would look down on and think is lame, but could probably melt a girls heart in seconds with these piano skills.
I find the lack of outputs (and midi) slightly annoying, but it’s not a big thing for the kind o piano gigs I usually do (that is, almost always with the piano being an additional instrument, the main vein organ, or with me as singer first, accompanied by my own piano playing): I just either bring a DI and plug in the mixer from that or, for the smaller gigs, plug in a small mixer directly.
The demo pieces are actually pretty fun for kids, I’ve found; I totally agree about the EP (and, IMHO, DX7 too) sound: it just doesn’t cut the way it should. The strings are fine but far from being great.
Thanks. Best review out there
I also like Yamaha. I replace the footledal with the alrernative which I really like. I solved the music stand size by buying light Plexiglas which is a little taller and longer, however that system isn't suitable if using a heavy book.
Dave Derrick, what foot switch did you buy?
@@johannwilder1437 Hi,I purchased a Yamaha FC3A (in Australia) works really well. It has rubber grips to stop it moving on most surfaces.
Great review, I have the P-125. I think that the middle C area is too bright on the P-125. What do you think?
Nice thanks Im thinking of buying this or the yamaha 103. why you never review that kind of piano 103?
Could you do a review of the Yamaha DGX 660?
Yes.
I own one and it is like a P125 on steroids. I mean, the action is similar but has better speakers, more sounds, better display, more rythms and so on. If you don't plan to move it around, it is a good contender for the P125 for only a bit higher price
The DGX 660 will be 5 years old by the time of 2021 NAMM, and since DGX 620 Yamaha had made an incremental upgrade every 2-3 years is quite possibly that a new DGX 670.may be launch at the show, so if you plan to by a DGX 660 it may worth to wait until Jan/2021.
Mine lines out into my PA or hard disk recorder with no problem.
Hi James, thanks a lot for your very helpful reviews on your channel. Could you please also have a look at Yamaha DGX-660 B? It's recommended as a starter piano. Thx!
I get that features are often held back on lower cost instruments by manufacturers to not eat into their other higher priced products but one headphone jack on the back (of all places) is a design flaw/poor user experience in my view. At least put the headphone jack on the front!
I understand the customer annoyance, but that probably is the best placement if you want are cheaper instrument that's also light and balanced in weight. The back is where everything else is on the motherboard/PCB.
Ei KaRumba, I believe you are correct that this was done to get people to move to a more expensive product, but in all honesty this is likely a product that does not make them any money. It is just there for the customer that needs a very basic keyboard and the one really good thing about it is that it comes with the same action as the P125.
He looks like Henry Bowers from It 2017 and 2019 😂
Great video. Could you review the Kawai MP7SE sometime?
I wonder how this compares with the Yamaha YDP103B that is currently on sale at Costco right now.
Could you review the CVP-809? That is the opposite end of the digital spectrum (really expensive), but I would be curious what you think of that action as compared to an acoustic instrument.
Thank you for the review
My pleasure!
Great video as always ! I think you have tried all the actions most important, now you just need to try the kawaii action,Grand Feel Compact. Thank you!
Hi James, any chance you could make a review of the Korg B2 to see how it stacks up against the Yamaha P-45?
Ik it’s in the title but just to confirm this is fully weighted and heavy keys
I get it today for my 9year old.
I've had one for 2 or 3 years and some of the keys are clicking a little. time to open it up and grease their mechanism. I also wish the music stand had clips to hold books open, but otherwise...its a great piano
Thank you !!!! Greg
If I put the headphones on, does the sound come out from the piano? Or just the headphones?
that cardboard is there to prevent you from cutting the product when opening.