Rate your keyboard by the company it keeps[kept]..
I bought my Roland G1000 in spring of 1998..
I thought it would be interesting to see what other keyboards I owned during the same period of time..[not including modules]..
Keep in mind, my mentality, is if I could only have one keyboard, which one would it be..
There are many great keyboards on my "gone" list,but the criteria is "the only one"..
I am sure I missed a few on my listing, but this will give an idea what the G1000 has beat out in my slug fest..
I have put an asteric{*}next to a keyboard that I would buy again..but not at the exspense of my G1000..

My "GONE" list:

Korg:
is5,is40,is35,i3 and Triton Studio 76.

Roland:
JV1000,XP80,VK7,VK8,VR760*,E86,E600,DisCover5,EXR5,D70,VA7*,and FP3.

Ketron:

X1,SD1*, and DG1,

Casio:

MZ2000.

Madison:

Madison 88.

Farfisa:

G7.

Yamaha:

PSR 2100, PSR2000.


Conclusion ...don't judge a book by it's cover, but by the company it keeps[forgot....kept]..

Fran. When I was on the road as a sales rep covering the whole of the UK. I always kept a small Casio and later a large number of different Yamaha PSS boards in the car boot complete with headphones to play each night in the hotel bedroom. These were very happy days of early learning to play from sheet music. later at home I had a PSR6100. PSR 6300. Korg i3. Roland E2000. Yamaha 9000 Pro (I loved that board). Now have a PSR 3K. which has surpassed my expectations.
I still very much like the Korg & Roland arrangers and enjoy playing with these at the 7 day Keyboard Festival in Caister On Sea on the East Coast UK.

Graham UK.

Over the years I've had lots of keyboards, mostly Yamahas, and I sincerely believe the PSR-3000 does much more than anyone could ask. There seems to be something new discovered about this incredible keyboard every day, and the learning curve is such that in a matter of a few weeks, most seasoned players can master the basic operating system. Hopefully, I've purchased my last keyboards (Yes, I have 2 PSR-3000s) and while I expect the next board to have more features, the 3000 is gonna' be a tough act to follow.

Cheers,

Gary

Gary,
I can remember buying a Lowry Contempo 80 organ in 76, thinking this is the last instrument I'll have to buy.
I thought that again when I bought a Yamaha 3-manual organ in the early 80's.
Since I've started buying equipment that doesn't break your back (or your life savings) I've been thinking, "This is the last keyboard I'll ever buy THIS YEAR."
DonM