YAMAHA sustain pedal

This is a genuine Yamaha part bought for use by my son with his Yamaha keyboard. This is a very sturdy product that works perfectly every time. Looks and feels really solid, we always look after our equipment and are hoping for many years continued use from this item. Genuine Yamaha excellent product well worth the money, buy Yamaha buy once. Delivered quickly well packaged.

My grandson says it is excellent quality and really enhances sound of his keyboard

Does exactly what it says on the tin - plugs into my Yamaha keyboard, and sustains things.

I use this for a guitar expression pedal with Logic Pro 9 and Mainstage 2 via an Apogee Gio guitar interface. works absolutely fine, pretty sturdy pedal. improvements i'd suggest; removable cable would make it easier to store and transport and I found the sweep extremely large. I'm used to using a dunlop cry baby so this just makes my ankle hurt after a bit. That said i've been using for well over a year, it's been gigged a lot (mostly support slots where you're treated like dirt and barked at to get your kit on and off instantly so no time to be gentle with anything). On the grounds that it does what it says, is compatible with Gio and has spent the last year being kicked about, slammed in and out of bags, often with the cable getting pinched by the pedal (see suggested improvements), without breaking down on me, I'd say it's well worth the money

I bought this pedal as an upgrade from the one that came with my Yamaha P45, and WOW is it an upgrade! I am still a relative beginner to piano/keyboard (around grade 4/5 as an adult learner) but the difference is astounding. It feels very much like a real piano pedal and allows for actual pedal playing, which the previous one didn’t. It is expensive but it has completely revolutionised my playing so I consider it fully worth the money. Highly recommend for anyone looking to upgrade from a simple on/off pedal.

I should mention that I haven't in fact used this yet, so my five stars are based on this pedal's physical properties rather than its performance. I chose this one over all the rest of its type because it was physically the largest I could find, which together with the rubber underside I'm hoping will keep it in one place when I use it. It's satisfyingly heavy and seems to have just the right amount of resistance when closing it, which it does smoothly and quietly and does the same when returning to the open position. It appears to be very substantial and well made as you'd expect from Yamaha and it should be borne in mind that these pedals have to stand up to a lot of use and abuse so they need to be tough. However, anyone buying one of these must be sure that the keyboard/instrument they will be using it with has the option to change the polarity in software as it doesn't have a switch. I suppose it would work out of the box with any Yamaha gear and probably most other manufacturers too, but it's worth bearing that in mind. Incidentally, years ago I had a similar sustain/damper pedal from some other keyboard manufacturer which had a quarter inch jack socket at the back instead of a lead so you could use whatever length of cable you wanted and your choice of straight or right angled jack plug at either end. I liked that idea because I prefer to keep my cables at an optimum length to avoid the inevitable snarl-ups, but I haven't seen it on any of the many pedals I've been looking at recently.

Excellent quality, instantly turned my plinking keys into something more musical

UPDATE from my original posting below : I still stand by all I have said below, but after nearly 8yrs of service, the pedal has died on me. I think perhaps I have abused the pedal too much - mainly plugging the jack into the back of my organ keyboard, then lowering the pedal, from behind the keyboard, down to the ground, by holding the cable - so the full weight of the pedal is dangling on the cable. So, with said abuse, 8yrs service is pretty good. I have decided I will buy another Yamaha FC-7 - and resolve to take better care of it ! Read my comments below, from 8yrs ago - it has been a great, reliable pedal : 2016 - My thoughts : Excellent volume/expression pedal. Up until recently, I had a Hammond SK2 dual-manual organ clone - and I used the corresponding Hammond EXP-50 expression pedal. While the EXP-50 pedal is built like a tank, it is perhaps too heavy. My main gripe with the EXP-50 is I play the organ, standing up, as I have my e.piano below it. The EXP-50 isn't great to use standing up. I sold the EXP-50 with my Hammond SK2. I bought a new Hammond "clone" - a Mag C2 organ. I needed a new volume/expression pedal - and my main thought was the Yamaha FC-7 pedal as everyone else raves about it. I now can see why. It does look a bit too generic for my taste though - not very stylish. It feels as solid as the EXP-50, and feels just as solid. I haven't noticed it sliding around on the floor either. However, I works great - and important for me, with a 3 min adjustment (unscrew ONE screw, pull out a metal clip, slide the whole mechanism and footplate itself, further back about 1cm, then replace the metal clip and screw) - it now works easily standing up - without any strain on the ankle or knee. Great result. And, it's much less expensive than the EXP-50. Also quite handy, the cable wraps up inside the pedal when being stored - although that is a bit fiddly to do.