Well Phil.
Maybe you need to read the post again. I was talking about where it can and can't be baught.
Not Who made the board its self.
Figure the tax @ 9% and see for your self.
Than and take a day off from work to go see one if you can find it,and see what that cost you.
And how do you know where I play?

I do play at home now and on the road for more than 5 years.

Where did you go Phil?

Haha, im right here. I just think that your comments were rude to Roland. They made a board that so many people wanted. Yes, it is exspensive no matter how wealthy, but what can you exspect from a board of this calliber. Yeah, they are hard to find, but not impossible. Im sure George could ship outside of the state if not, i bet others could, and also save your 9% of tax.

Phil

Not true with out I know someone in California that can walk in George's store and buy it for me.
In Which case tax would still have to be paid and so would shipping charges to me.
I have received an e mail from George and this was what he told me.

Georges E mail


Gene,
The price for the G70 is $3495.00 and the only way you could buy one from
me is if you know someone in Southern California who could ship the keyboard
to you and they could buy it from me.
You are correct that none of the web stores can sell the G70s.
Regards,
George Kaye
kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566

Well Phil:
You had better fight with me while you can my bad mood is going away and soon I will be an Angel again.
HA.HA.

G-70 is assmbled in Italy, designed by worlwide musicians and engineers.

but the end result is dissappointing.... I have had the tyros the , korg pa1X and the g70 next to each other in the same Store in Birmingham England. The korg is a better sounding keyboard without doubt, then comes the Tyros and as for the G70, its sounds were so awash with effects i could not honestly say i wouldbuy it at half the price. Until you hear these instruments next to each other through the same set up you wont appreciate the hinesty in what i have said

Price of the G 70 in Italy: 2690 euros

but the end result is dissappointing.... I have had the tyros the korg pa1X and the g70 next to each other in the same Store in Birmingham England. The korg is a better sounding keyboard without doubt, then comes the Tyros and as for the G70, its sounds were so awash with effects i could not honestly say i would buy it at half the price. Until you hear these instruments next to each other through the same set up you wont appreciate the honesty in what i have said

I would back up Spalding here.
You are all going on about the price tag, and some of you actually say it is a great keyboard, but I have played it a number of times at my friend's who has now had it for three months and not once did I get away with the thought that I would like to own one.
doing a comparison out of the box with Yamaha and Korg is useless anyway cause the G70 sounds simply awful out of the box.
I , and many others, have already stated that the amount of tweaking that you will have to do is staggering. It is a bit like a computer with a 500Gigabyte harddisk (at least I presume they exist these days) and Windows XP pro on it, and that is about it, the rest you have to figure out yourselves).
My friend has meanwhile fitted all sort of extensions, boasts he can now download and install 2000 styles in a jiffy, (great, but these styles are all old stuff, VA7 at its very best). The style and sound structure to the best of my knowledge is identical to the VA series. If I were a US citizen and musician, I would not hold my breath. Go get yourself a Yammie or a Korg, or even both !!!! I mean for the G70 price you could probably get yourself a Yammie AND a Korg AND a Roland !!!!!!!
As you know I play the cheapo Korg PA-50 at present and it is a great keyboard,little different from the PA80. You can pick those up for substantially less than 1000 bucks, add a Yammie PSR3000 and you probably have enough money left to get yourself a decent second hand Roland (G800, G1000, VA5, VA7)
Talking about wise and musical investment!!!!!
anyway that's my view,
regards
john smies