Fair enough yes we are all entitled to our opinions, BUT it does not mean its appropriate that we can say whatever is on our mind.

thats where common courtesy and basic social skills come into place...

MY opinion your ugly, the worst player i have ever met, you stink, don't know anything about music.. bla bla bla.

my opinion, but does that make it okay?

we just need to discipline ourselves to stay on topic. "You stink, he stinks , she stinks " are opinions but i guess they would have nothing to do with the topic ! so stick to the topic and i guess ALL opinions are welcome !

I agree, it is only personal opinions,and as a yammie lover i easily took offence over the "bad design" thing.Only reason i was startled over it is:not only does my 9000 still have the original strip, i only came accross two boards that required the strips.Mabey some of you heard of more cases i did'nt,but i am on alot of keyboard sites.I know of tyros1 that needed them.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mr9000:
[B]I agree, it is only personal opinions,and as a yammie lover i easily took offence over the "bad design" thing.Only reason i was startled over it was that not only does my 9000 still have the original strip, i only came accross two other keyboards over the years(forums) that required the strips.Maybe some of you heard of more cases i did'nt,but i am on alot of keyboard sites.I do know of one or two tyros's(1) that needed contact strips.

So the question is, do three year old Rolands, Korgs, Ketrons, and GEMs that are used heavily for gigging ever have to go into the shop?

Beakybird

Hey Beaky sounds like your gonna try something new?

I have gigged TOTL Rolands for over ten years now. Five to ten gigs a week, 4 to 8 hrs a day, during the season (March to October). Usually outdoors, often next to the Gulf of Mexico on the beach... Basically, close to the worst environment you can be in.

NOT ONE PROBLEM..... EVER.

Mind you, I NEVER let it sit in direct sunlight, and use a full ATA flight case for transportation. But, all in all, my experience is that build quality does make a difference if you play a lot in hostile environments (other than Baghdad)...

(Disclaimer... SOME others may not have had this good fortune, your mileage may vary, objects in mirror closer than they appear, it's just what happened to me...)

Diki, exactly my experience also[over23 years of top Roland models..]..

I have had my pax for nearly two years. I had a problem with one of the speakers about 4 months ago and the sound was just wrong . The repairman messed around with it and it is fine. I dropped the keyboard once and broke the joystick ( its sa blooming heavy keyboard fellas) and had that repaired. Other than that i have had no mechanical/electrical problems. The OS system is very stable and obviously the keyboard is vastly improved since i purchased it thanks to Korgs very gracious OS update policy. In fact i still have not fully explored potentially 40% of the keyboards features because i have just been having such a good time playing the instrument and korg nicely keep supplying new features !

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