"It's the finer points of navigation, comfort, expression and quality workmanship that put a kb in the next catagory"

Ironically, the navigation, comfort(weight) and expression, not the sounds, are what moved me from Roland back to Yamaha.

The 740 isn't nearly as good as the 2000s but compared to G1000 it is light, has better effects, has a mic and vocal harmonizer (not as good as the later ones, but useable if you tweak it right) and playing it for four hours every night didn't make my fingers sore and stiff, as the G did.
Again, for a piano player I could see where you would want weighted keys. As a keyboard player, I want the really fast action that the light touch affords.

As far as workmanship, I had more problems with the G8000 in three months than I've had in 20 years of playing Yamahas. Maybe I just had a lemon. And the G1000 was better and improved, but still similar in build quality as far as I know.

There were some really neat features on the 740, including the automatic Groove options that immediately converted every style to a "new" style which completely changed timing, such as converting a 4/4 to a 6/8, or a shuffle to a 4/4. This in effect doubled the number of styles. I wish Yamaha had left that feature.

Just another point of view, and it's all what works for YOU, not me.

Personally I can't wait to try out a Gem Genesys Pro. (But that's another price range). Just wish it was easier to spell.

DonM


[This message has been edited by DonM (edited 02-13-2004).]