The strange thing is, I always look forward to redoing everything each new arranger I get! Admittedly, I’m a lot slower to get new gear than many here, so it doesn’t happen often... G1000-G70-BK9, that’s it over 22 years!

But each time I do it, I figure now’s my chance to do some housekeeping, to review how my show and audience have changed, how my taste in sound or my audience’s may have evolved, how I can perhaps improve something I used to think was ‘good enough’, how I can leverage each new kit or sound or feature to change what I have got used to, or dare I say it, complacent about?!

What initially felt like limitations, backward steps in the OS, can often lead to firstly ‘workarounds’ that often end up being better workflow than I was used to! I definitely found myself using multiple Performances per song with the BK-9 because of the lack of an UPR3 Part. And this has lead to far less button pushing and more playing, which is always better!

I agree with you that the BK-9’s Hammond section is killer by arranger standards, and far superior to the G70’s, then add in the Chord Sequencer, the SN guitars, the audio stuff (I use a LOT of audio tracks these days with embedded lyrics), the better drum kits, the massive increase in MFX, the slider control of MFX, the 999 sized Performance List, etc., etc. I honestly felt that even if I need to rebalance many styles, what I gained was worth the work, even if I DIDN’T want to work on it anyway!

Oh, and that drop to 20lbs didn’t hurt either!!!

But that’s what I feel is the biggest advantage to finding one piece of gear and sticking to it for a decade or so... a willingness to do whatever it takes to make it sound its best, knowing it may be a decade before you have to do it again! 🎹😎