Yeah… Yamaha have always made the transition from one model to the next as painless as the procedure gets. No, not always seamless, but generally far less traumatic than Korg or Roland did.

I certainly didn’t hear an awful lot of grumbling from 970 users when the SX appeared. Certainly nothing close to the tsunami of chaos that erupted after the PA5x appeared!

I’m just lucky… Roland are out of the game, their last high end arranger is a total gigging gem (for me), I have two so backup is assured, and there’s nothing else that ticks all its boxes. Yes, there’s some nice new features just starting to come out, but none of them are housed in a 20 lbs keyboard with a 76, and cost about $2300 (remember, the BK9 was nearly $2k less than the G70 when it launched!).

So, gearlust on hold, probably indefinitely! 😂🎹