Backup for me means a few CD's with my SMF's and backing routines recorded to audio... Then I use any keyboard I already have to play live parts on.

That's a damn site cheaper than a $3800 backup T3!

In the three years since I got my G70, I've used them once. In the ten years I had my G1000, I never used them at all. I figure that saved me many thousands, right there!

Gary ... best of luck with the T3 ...
t.

Hi Gary - Sounds like you're the next "T3 Convert"!! That would be great because you're just the guy we need to identify all the new wonders lying undiscovered under the T3 hood, and reveal them to all of us in "Travelin' Easy" plain English.

The T3 does sound and look like a great board! Have fun and keep us posted!

Randy

I may be a convert too, Gary...I will have one on my sample account next week, and once I've spent some time with it, I'll make a decision.

According to every new owner, it is awesome.

Ian

This is contagious, I listened and watched the demos with Glyn Madden, James Sargeant and Martin Harris. Very impressive no question about it. Could there be another convert in the house? You just never know.

How do you all practice? Do you lug your keys in and out of jobs, in and out of the house and repeat the cyle all over? Ghads, that's a lot of work and demand on a product. Give me a board in my car and a duplicate (yes, backup forbid) in my studio.

But, I only have (2) boards, not an array of equipment taking up the entire driveway

I don't 'gig' the way you guys do, but if I did, I wouldn't feel the need to have an -identical- backup keyboard if we're talking about the top-level price range. I'd have an E-50 as backup for my E-80. That would get me through the gig very well, I'd say.

In that perspective, I'd recommend Gary to keep one PSR-3000 just in case the T3 ever failed.

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PRACTICE!!?? I don't need no stinkin' PRACTICE. Five to seven nights a week for 40 years is enough playing for me.
To learn new songs, I can work out the chords on guitar at home. If I actually practiced, it might sound too much like the original! I sometimes go in an hour early and work stuff out using headphones. I also experiment on slow nights when most of the customers are drunk and/or friends.
O.K. as Eddie says I do generally have an extra kb around somewhere too. About the only time I spend at home on keyboard is when I get a new one and that's certainly no more than every couple of months.
I have never had a keyboard completely fail me on the job. I HAVE forgotten to load one at least twice and used the laptop to get through the job. Of course I'll never do that again because I'm older now and both my memory and eyesight are getting better. Anyway, if I had a backup keyboard, I would be just as apt to forget them both.
There have been several times I've forgotten other pieces of gear and had to phone my wife to bring something. So far she hasn't refused. Once I got to Longview, TX and realized I forgot part of a pa system. She met me halfway. Now that's backup!!
Monday is our 28th anniversary btw. For the first time in many years, it is on a night off, so I'll make her cook something special and dress provocatively.
What were we talking about? Oh yes, Gary, buy the new keyboard. It's going to be too cold up there in the North to go sailing much more until next summer, which falls on July 3rd. In your case, you should buy two because you won't want to negotiate your icy driveway carrying that over-sized, semi-fragile plastic box of chips, resistors and diodes. Or does Yamaha still use diodes?
DonM

Don,

For me, spring comes early, especially when it comes to sailing, usually in mid March. Yeah, it's still cold as hell, but I got a couple pairs of long-handled underwear, which makes it tolerable until summer arrives. The boat comes out of the water about the end of October, just before the first freeze.

If I had a pair of T3s, and a lot bigger boat, I would be heading south on the boat with my spare T3, make a right turn at Key West, then make another right at New Orleans and head for the Red River. Then I could spend winter in the sunny south and play music in Bossier City or Shreveport. Now that would be a fun trip.

I know that good-looking Cajun gal you're married to is NOT going to fire up the grill and cook dinner for you tonight. Yes, she will dress for the occasion, then if you play your cards right, she'll allow you to take her out to dinner at Earnest's Restaurant. BTW, at least in my case, it has always helped to have a small gift available, something made of 18 carrot gold and studded with a couple mid-size diamonds. Earrings seem to work best. Don't worry, though, you'll get a card, a big hug and a warm, tender kiss.

Have a great night,

Gary