Diki, you've no doubt heard the expression "straw that broke the camel's back?" A measly 5 or 10 lbs? That ain't measly, Diki. Have you ever done progressive weight training? If so, you know that 2 lbs can make a big difference. At some point adding only one lb. will make a lift impossible.

The difference between your G70 and my E60 is 18 lbs. That's huge. (And I wish the E60 were lighter, it kicks my ass at age 71 even without using a case and using the vertical method you describe)

As far as I have heard, there's little difference in the sound quality of the two, so that's no argument. and the E60 is far from unstable on the stand. it does lack the "extras" like mic input, harmonizer, multipedal controller capability, drawbars..
but none of those are essentials to me. I'd like to have them, but not for 18 lbs more.

I'm selling some of my vintage saxes (one went today)that i no longer play. I think I'll take a flyer on the M50, I'm sure the piano sound will be inferior to the E60 but
that's not so critical if gives me other advantages, plus it's about 8-9 lbs lighter.
I can afford to splurge on the higher-end M3 when i sell another horn, but at 36 lbs, no thanks. The m50 will do just fine.

I use Ev sx-100 spkr(s) and a 20-lb Behringer
5-ch powered mixer. They sound great and they are lightweight. For small rooms I use
one little 12-lb Roland cube monitor, and leave the Ev/mixer home. sounds good enough,
would sound fuller on my big rig..but I don't care, It sounds good enough, it's my'
performance that's more important than my rig. You of all people know this, to hear
you talk like a rig-fetishist is crazy.

But i have no objection to you carrying heavier loads if you feel what the heavier equipment offers is well worth the trade-off..just please stop objecting to others making the weight trade-off on the opposite side to your choice, especially when they don't think they are really trading off a lot of quality to gain lighter weight. There is room for both opinions, and both are valid, so please stop giving "permission" to those who are actually feeble but at the same time implying they will sound like crap compared to your rig. And please stop the "in your face" arguments re weight with
those of us who are not feeble, but find the
weight an important consideration, and nothing "measly" about it, and are not willing to concede that if they went heavier, it would make all that difference in the quality of what they present.
Most importantly, as you have agreed with me in the past, great players sound great on any equipment, and lousy players sound lousy.
That's not to say everyone shouldn't have the best equipment possible, just that if it's going to stress them out re the weight, it's not that big a deal. The fact you can handle it well means you are in great shape
(plus very attached to your G70 for good reasons) but you are not everyone else, and
can't always sit in judgment of others..no matter how right you think you are.


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Miami Mo