I agree about the stigma Chas, however, it has never stopped me from using an arranger, and using one quite successfully, I might add.

I have also spent many years on other keyboard instruments, from organ, Rhodes, Wurlies, and synths, and all of that experience using those instruments has contributed to the way I play an arranger, not to mention the work I have done in bands.

Musically, I've always zigged a little when others zagged so going against the grain is hardly an obstacle and more like a challenge.

So, I'm pretty comfortable with my choice of keyboard.

And let's face it, some people, including some pretty advanced organ and piano players, just can't work themselves into playing an arranger keyboard...it does require a certain combination of skills to pull it off so that it sounds great, and not just mediocre or amateurish.

Ian