Product Description

Add expression to your keyboard with the FC4 sustain pedal. Designed to perform like an acoustic piano's sustain pedal, the FC4 has become a necessity for all keyboards. Its solid construction and 6' cable will snsure that its quality lasts a lifetime. The FC4 can also be utilized as an FS controller for synthesizers, tone modules, and drum machines.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #104 in Musical Instruments
• Brand: Yamaha
• Model: YAM FC4
• Released on: 2008-09-09
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.75" h x 8.25" w x 11.75" l, 3.00 pounds

Features

• 6-foot cable
• 1/4-Inch Plug
• Works with any keyboard utilizing a sustain pedal with a 1/4-Inch connector.

Customer Reviews

Great Pedal
The sustain pedal that comes standard with the Yamaha electric pianos are definately lacking. There're small, light and don't feel quite right. The FC-4 has a good all around feel, more like a true piano pedal. It's also heavier and won't move around the floor while playing. Well worth the money.

Great product; needs documentation?
We got a Yamaha DGX-230 and the FC4 floor pedal for Christmas. My son recently started lessons, and he and my wife reported that when they tried to use the FC4, it didn't work, and they had disconnected it.

I plugged it in and tried it, and indeed, it was backwards. When it wasn't pressed, it sustained. When it was pressed, it didn't. There was no polarity or mode switch.

However, after about 20 minutes of Googling, I found an online PDF of the model 220 owner's manual that contained this snippet:

"Make sure that the footswitch plug is properly connected to the SUSTAIN jack BEFORE turning on the power."

It turns out I hadn't bothered to turn off the DGX-230 before plugging it in. When I followed the instructions, everything worked fine.

I also noted this caution as well:

"Do not press the footswitch while turning the power on. Doing this changes the recognized polarity of the footswitch, resulting in reversed footswitch operation."

So, although the FC4 apparently doesn't have a polarity switch, the DGX-230 can switch its OWN polarity.

Other models of course may work differently.

So far I'm quite pleased with both Yamaha products and I'm impressed with the thought Yamaha has put in to them.

Stopped working after five months
I was happy with this pedal until it just stopped working one day, almost five months exactly from day I ordered it. It completely stopped sustaining notes, pressing on it had no effect. I checked over and over again to make sure it was plugged in and everything. I practice 30-45 minutes a day, I didn't use it every single day but pretty often. I'm disappointed, I thought it would last longer. Instead of ordering another one, I went with the M-Audio SP-2 which so far is working just fine. Hopefully I won't be on here again saying the same thing about that one.