The BEST LIVE ARRANGER is whichever one floats YOUR boat. For me it's been and continues to be the Roland G70 - for the criteria you listed. If you add portability, I'd have to stop and think a bit.

I saw a great young band in Destin last week called Good Enough for Good Times. Two guys from Galactic (bass and guitar) and a drummer and keyboardist also from NOLA. Keyboard player played a chopped A100 into a Leslie 147, and a Rhodes Suitcase... period.

Portability is whatever you are comfortable with! A 45 lb. G70 seems a deal compared to that rig!

Ahhhhhhh ... the days of transporting the Rhodes ... AND we had to play gigs on the second floor with no elevator !!!
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That's what I always say to people who think the E-80 is too heavy to gig — it sure as hell doesn't seem like it after a few years with a Hammond B-200.

Has anybody any rec's on a hard case for the E80??

Sorry to hijack the post, but it's a pissing contest anyways! Let's make it helpful!

Do you need a hard case? I use Roland's own padded soft case, which affords enough protection for my purposes (in and out of the back of a car), without adding much weight. It's wheeled too, which is a boon. Highly recommended.

Seamaster,
I would like a nice LIGHT hard case, or a semi-hard plastic/nylon case. Where did you find that padded case?

At this snails pace,i'm holding out for the Tyros 100..

er..perhaps the Tyros 1000..

[This message has been edited by mr9000 (edited 04-01-2009).]