Never had a complete failure in more than 20 years of gigging under some of the worst conditions. I remember when I was talking with Hank Bowman one night and he told me his PSR-2000 had a drinking problem. Said on at least two occasions someone dumped a full vodka martini into the keyboard. Both times he opened the case, dried it out with a hair dryer and went back to work the next day. Amazing how much abuse these things can take without falling apart.
My current backup is my 12-year old PSR-3000. It has never skipped a beat in all those years. I recently had to replace one of the foot pedal jacks, which in reality didn't fail, but the solder joint was faulty and the service guy just replaced the jack. Cost a whopping $65 and I was out of the repair shop in less than an hour. Can't beat that for service.
Cheers,
Gary
He didn't tell you the entire truth, he didn't open it up, just wiped it off and kept on playing! Next day he blew the hair dryer on it, but I doubt it helped at that point.
That 2000 is STILL in operation. It has burn marks all over it, scratches, dents, you name it. I think he was TRYING to tear it up so he could buy something new. I sure miss him.
DonM
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