Yep, the time frame you gave sounds pretty much 'in the ballpark', especially with so many features & tweaking/editing capabilities to discover, learn & then finally adjust to just your liking. Though I was certainly able to take my keyboard (Tyros2) out the same week I bought it, I too didn't experience its full sound potential till many months later after finally learning about & mastering the pleothera of adjustments/settings available to further improve the sound & styles, as well as create custom regs for my entire performance repetoire. It's up to us to take the time to learn & master the full potential of our keyboards, as their out of the box sound is typically only a starting point to work from. Dud, looking forward to perhaps hearing a song recorded by you on your newly tweaked BOMB!. - Scott