Even though I have never been a keyboard player....

I tried to learn keyboard..being the guitar player I was.

Here's a bit of history:

Roland 88 key: My kids were around 10 years..1988(???)...had to convince the first wife digital keyboards were the future.

Casio Privia 88 key 2004: my grandkids have this one

Yamaha Psr E423: My grandkids have this one

Yamaha Psr S710...I started playing left hand chords...learned what these arrangers can do. Traded for Psr S950..mostly for harmony...

Sold Yamaha Psr 950...got a friend...guitar player/singer bought it from me, trying to learn as well.

Tyros 4...Found out I could be a one man band...sort of.

Tyros Psr s750...had a PA...traded even up.

Perhaps I will trade the S750 for an S950. Maybe I will try to trade the S750 for an SD7??

The SD7 has bugs but has a lot going for it compared to other keyboards..love the on-board speakers...wish any Tyros had that.
Compared to any other instrument(I've paid many $$$ thousands for instruments) price wise for what it can do...It's a steal.

By the way, the Tyros is a steal too.

That said, I think I would buy an SD7 at this point.

Best of luck.

If I did all that buying and selling in that time frame, I would now be shopping for another wife. Yep, no doubt about it, she would have traded me in on something newer.

All the best,

Gary

Gary,

Back in 1972, that's when I started a duo...wife included. Didn't matter the instrument(me on guitar)...around 1999 ended that relationship.

My kids still perform....

From 1999 to 2003 met a wonderful person...a civilian...in the end a new life...musical or not was what she wanted....so she said....
2003 we got married again.

She's the best vocalist I've heard in years. We still do two to four gigs a month...

Thing is: nothing for her is more important than her kids/grand kids...weekends included.

So, doesn't matter what I find to do(and we are in the best of the best locations(western MN)for live gigs..vacationland...May...Sept), I'm on my own.

hahaha At 14 I was giggin' on stage with bands, playing KB since 1966 almost 20 years before Arranger KB's were even thought of... I had one of the first ones KORG SAS20 lol..

Wow, my first time on stage was not until I was 18 years old, 1958, in Barcelona, Spain, playing a 6 string guitar with a 50-watt tube amp. That amp exploded on night when one of the guys forgot to plug into the power adapter that allowed us to use their 220-volt circuit. Today, that could not happen because all the plugs are differently configured to prevent that from taking place.

My first arranger keyboard was nut until 1982. It was made my the same company that made our microwave oven back then, I believe it was Samsung. It had just 6 voices and 12 styles, but to me it was a big turning point from which I never looked back.

All the best,

Gary

My first music job was when I was 15. That gave me the income I needed to buy my first kb, a Farfisa organ. It wasn't cheep and only sounded like an organ. BTW that first job was church organist. I played in bands for the next few years. When I was 21 I heard a guy playing a Cordovox with a drum machine and singing. He really knew how to entertain. I took notes all night. The next day I bought a Lowry organ with a built in Leslie. I was 21 and that was my first OMB setup. From there I went to B 3 and later many other setups. I discovered the Roland G 800 in the mid 90's and have never looked back. I thought I had died and gone to heaven.

Joe

My first OMB setup was a Lowery organ also. Holiday I think. I had previously only played in bands.