So I’m at Musician’s Friend checking out a fairly decent Alvarez guitar, which I’ll likely be using to further prove my allegiance to my credit card company in a bit, and I see this synth. Oh god, I want. Want so bad. Don’t have the credit for it, but I will in a few months. Think I’m gonna bum a ride down to Guitar Center tomorrow and see if they have the sucker on display, I need to try this thing out.

If I get this, though, it begs the question of what the hell I’ll do with my Yamaha. Probably give it to my dad, it spends more time at his place than mine anyhow… (It’s a Yamaha DGX-203 if anyone’s interested. A damn fine consumer-level keyboard, but I’m not 100% happy with the quality of the voices, and the keys are a tad stiff, but that’s more of the “synth keys versus piano keys” debate. Still, a very nice board, and a huge step up from my old Casio.)

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I just watched a couple of videos on Roland’s website. I’d still like to play with it before dropping a grand (plus the cost of the keyboard amp I’ve been meaning to get) but I think it’s safe to say that I’m buying this fucking board the second I’ve got the free credit for it. (By my count, about six weeks from now, give or take.) Sorry, Dad, that Alvarez is gonna have to wait. >_>;;