Donny.., the reason I estimate that price is because this looks to be replacing Roland's current low end arranger the E-09. The E-09 hit the street at reasonable price. So (I know I'll get heat for this), but "assuming" this model is possibly replacing the E-09 I would then estimate the price to be less than the GW-8.
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