I really don't understand those on this forum that think $4,500 is a lot of money for a TOTL arranger keyboard. These are the same folks that don't blink to spend $45,000 on a new car, their wives spend $5,000 on an air bed that tilts, shell out $4,000 a year for lawn and garden services, pay $350 a month for condo fees, climb aboard a cruise ship with their spouse for a week and shell out $2,500 for fattening food and a small cabin, plus a booze bill of $1,200, and the list goes on. The cost of a Genos is chump change by comparison, especially for something that can not only provide you years of entertainment, for some of us, it could produce a damned good income for years to come.
Give me a break!
Gary
Gary, change the "condo" to HOA and dump the "cruise ship" and you just described me to a tee (actually my new Genesis was a tad more than 45k but who's counting
). It's not that I think the Genos is too expensive; it's just that I don't have $4500 worth of interest in ANY arranger keyboard, past, present, or future. As far as JUSTIFYING such a purchase, that's not something most MEN do (women, yes; men, no). If they want it and can scrape up the cash, they'll buy it, period. As far as I can observe, the only one's that could justify it from a BUSINESS point of view, would be Chony, DonM, Musicforyourday, and one or two other full-timers, but even in their cases, they could probably do the job with a less costly instrument. The only person that could TRULY justify it, based on project size and ROI, would be Russ; and I don't see him chomping at the bit to get one. Supports my theory that most people buy this type of stuff just because they want it. They may come up with a faux justification to satisfy a spouse or quell some sense of guilt over what they know in their heart is probably a frivious purchase. Anyway, that's just my take on it (which doesn't mean it's true
).
chas
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