Very interesting thread for me. I'm so new to keys, only been playing about 4 years or so.....

I've been primarily a string player....guitar, mandolin, bass...a bit of banjo etc. As a kid(back in the middle of the last century :)), I started out on electric guitar...60's rock bands and all, but soon switched to acoustic guitar in the folk era.

I've been playing acoustic guitar ever since. That is until I developed a mild case of myelodysplasia...and my left hand started losing strength and started to shake when I played. That's actually the reason I started playing keys.

Thing is, I still prefer acoustic guitar over electric. For me, it feels as though I have much more control over the dynamics of the sound.

And what I'm finding with the DGX650, is that like acoustic guitar, I 'feel' like I have more control over the dynamics of the sound I'm producing vs. our arrangers.

The experience with the DGX650, has helped me to understand why some of my keyboard playing friends are willing to haul 50 lb. weighted keyboards to gigs. Or in the case of one good friend, who's made his living all his life with keyboards, hauls an 88 weighted keyboard and midi's that into a PSR S950.

My brother, a vocal music teacher, has absolutely no interest in organ style keys. He just bought a Yamaha P22m.

Now, my wife who is also a piano player of sorts, has really enjoyed the light touch of our PSR S970 as she is starting to develop arthritis in her hands.

As for gigs, the only practical solution is our S970...great weight, size and sound. The Tyros still goes out from time to time as well.

I am finding though, when I sit down to play, just for enjoyment, I go to the DGX650. I really do enjoy the 'feel' of weighted keys, even when I'm playing styles and using voices other than piano.

This has been a helpful thread for me.

Keep the thoughts coming.