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I got some good ideas for a new keyboard for our curmudgeon keyboard player from this forum.
The Roland Juno DS did quite well when we both went and tried out a used DS61 at GC; it was $650.
But the keyboard player still claims that is old 90's Yamaha PSR500 is the cream-d-la-creme. It's fricking dying though!
GC had a used Kurzweil PCe LE7 for $539 that I liked. "Oh that's too heavy. I'm not carrying that to gigs."
I had him audition with another rock band that I played in.
He showed up with a Casio and the band mates said "get this guy out of here that thing sounds like a toy keyboard."
Frankly, I think the Yamaha PSR500 also sounds shitty and outdated. I taped it on a gig for him to hear himself and he said "oh that's your camera that sounds like crap, not my keyboard."
I actually bought with my own money a Yamaha DX88 for him to try (ohhh the keys are too heavy ) and then a DX61 (oh mine sounds just as good). I returned both. (God bless Guitar Center with there 45 day return policy.)
His idea of a new quality keyboard for gigging is the Yamaha PSR EW310, a $269 keyboard. He actually bought one, but returned it saying "it can't do what my Yamaha PSR500 can do."
What can I possibly say to convince him otherwise?
Can't be lack of money; he had a $million in his 401k up until he bought his kid a $225k house.
Should I leave him be? Should I start looking for another keyboard player?
P
The Roland Juno DS did quite well when we both went and tried out a used DS61 at GC; it was $650.
But the keyboard player still claims that is old 90's Yamaha PSR500 is the cream-d-la-creme. It's fricking dying though!
GC had a used Kurzweil PCe LE7 for $539 that I liked. "Oh that's too heavy. I'm not carrying that to gigs."
I had him audition with another rock band that I played in.
He showed up with a Casio and the band mates said "get this guy out of here that thing sounds like a toy keyboard."
Frankly, I think the Yamaha PSR500 also sounds shitty and outdated. I taped it on a gig for him to hear himself and he said "oh that's your camera that sounds like crap, not my keyboard."
I actually bought with my own money a Yamaha DX88 for him to try (ohhh the keys are too heavy ) and then a DX61 (oh mine sounds just as good). I returned both. (God bless Guitar Center with there 45 day return policy.)
His idea of a new quality keyboard for gigging is the Yamaha PSR EW310, a $269 keyboard. He actually bought one, but returned it saying "it can't do what my Yamaha PSR500 can do."
What can I possibly say to convince him otherwise?
Can't be lack of money; he had a $million in his 401k up until he bought his kid a $225k house.
Should I leave him be? Should I start looking for another keyboard player?
P
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