While we are slightly off topic...

The single most critical factor for a keyboard to me is the key feel..

A board can be the best sound on the market..if it has poor keys, and yes I am referring to PSR type keys, even the slightly better E-50 keys...the sounds do not get the delivery that a great key-bed can give....

A great key-bed will even make less stellar sounds more playable and enjoyable..This is not folklore...It has been a proven fact by most musicians I have know for more than 25 years...

Weight to me, means more durable and better quality...You guys can spin all the nonsense you want about lighter constructed instruments are just as durable..they are not..

If Roland decided to make the top of the line keyboard without the current key-bed, and made the case of plastic, to make a board lighter to please "home players", I will stock up with a back up G70, and pass on the "new" Roland...

As solid as the E-60 was, it still was not in the same construction class as it's big brother, let alone features..If Roland decided to use the E-60 case and key-bed, added the "other" features that are offered on the G70, it would definitely be at the top of users "want" list, It would top out over the PA800, 76 keys being one edge...but if they made the updated G70 future model with same case and keys...that would be where I spend my dollars..


As I mentioned ..to me there is no other better overall arranger....

I have been hauling around the Roland over 40 pound arrangers since day one of the G800 days, followed by the G1000, and now the G70...I was over 50 when I used the G800 (new), and have owned the steel cased, super keybed boards since then...

Maybe I am in better condition than most guys here over 50...for sure I am in better condition than the guys over 65...

66 is right around the corner..

I think I will haul the MediaStation and the G70 to my gigs... ..Why?
Because I can..