I also owned and enjoyed a Roland G800 long time ago when I first knew of arranger keyboards. I have to agree with Uncle Dave and Fran that G1000 is way much better than G800 except with minor flaws of button changes owing to cost-cutting from Roland, and the noisy ZIP drive. I specifically like the disk link feature of G1000 that gives you almost instantaneously access of hundreds of your favorite styles in the Zip disk. I have not found the problem of sound dynamics reduction with ported G800 styles on G1000. The G1000 also has some very usable accoustic styles that the G800 does not have. Solton SD-1 is nice, but it is a creature of another league - almost three times as much as the G1000 now.

Paul Ip
from Texas