I received a new July 1, 2009 Roland price list last week and noticed that the price list has eliminated a catagory called "Professional Arrangers". The G-70 was the 0nly model in this catagory and now it is officially gone! I called Roland today to see if there were any left for a customer who called today looking to buy one. They are all gone. The only catagory is now called "Creative Keyboards" and this includes:
E-09
E-O9W (white)
EXR-5S
EXR-46or (middle eastern)
Prelude
(GW8 is not is this catagory but rather "Synthesizers")
For now, these are the only offering from Roland. What a shame!


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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

Are RolandUS willing to comment on whether this is just the US market, or are the E and G-series dead planet-wide?

You might point out to them, also, that they can call the GW-8 anything they want, heck, call it a SUV for all we care, it IS an arranger..

If it walks like a duck, and it talks like a duck....

[This message has been edited by Diki (edited 07-13-2009).]

All this speculation...I am telling you..the new G model is right around the corner...

BTW: Sweetwater has them in the new dream book...and they have G70's in stock..

Well, I remember Roland used to name the E series arranger keyboards for "Intelligent Synthesizers"
since years ago when I had the E-20.
Maybe the intellect are disapeared now so what's left is "only" Synthesizers?
What about the rest of the newest E series, as i.e. the E-50, E-60 and E-80? End of the history too?

Yeah, you're right, what a shame!

GJ

So was the Audya years ago .....

Looks like you Roland fanatics are screwed!!

Only kidding!! I'm sure you guys can get another 10 yrs out of your G70!!

Fran...If The New Roland G Arranger is just arround the corner, where is it being built?...Didn't Roland Italy send their People Home a while back?...BEST wishes HAROLD

http://www.musicmagicusa.com/mmnews.htm


Then who are the imposter's making the Roland V-accordions.. ...in the Roland Italy factories (plural)..

Haven't you been predicting that same thing for about two years now, Fran?

I predict that the world will end... I am just unable to say WHEN. But it's right around the corner

Cosmologically speaking..!