Which keyboard for FCP?

I was a video editor years ago for a local TV news station and the extent of my editing was with 2 BETA-SP machines and a cuts-only "controller" (remember the kind with a shuttle/jog wheel on each side that you'd bang on and spin with one finger to get to the frame you were looking for?).
Years later, I'm just starting to get my feet wet with FCP6 and am missing my old shuttle/jog wheels.
Are there any special keyboards or separate controllers out there with shuttle/jog wheels that are well-suited for Final Cut?
Jason

I use the Bella 5102 EZ Keyboard for FCP, which has a "jog/shuttle" control, which is just a tactile J,K,L (shuttle) and left/right arrow (jog) controller. It doesn't respond in the same manner as an actual controller, but I do find myself using the "shuttle" occasionally (out of habit).
If you want more functionality/customizability, check out the JL Cooper MCS3 SP USB controller, but it also uses keyboard commands (and is like $800!).
I'm not sure FCP can even be controlled with the same response as an edit controller, since the controller functions refer to keyboard commands.
tim
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