After receiving great advice here, I should introduce myself as well. I'm a transplant from north east Florida to California. I'm a guitar player who's played for 30 years but always desired to play piano since I was in elementary school and would receive Highlights magazine every month. (They would put a simple piano piece in every month.) Pianos were big and bulky and I don't think I could have convinced my parents to buy one so that idea was shelved.
Deep Purple was my motivation to learn guitar but I was also in awe of Jon Lord's playing. (He's still one of my favorite players to this day.)
Took jazz guitar lessons and wanted to get into the biz but as a hard rock guitarist. Moved to So Cal in '89 to break into the biz. Grunge came out and that was the end of that. No whiny crap for me.
Last played in a band in '89 and then headed back to college for a proper degree in '97. Now that I have recently graduated with a Finance degree, I am ready to seriously get back into music and learn piano. Just purchased the RD700sx for a graduation present and I think it's great...all I use (for now) is Supreme Grand. I can't stand plastic, skinny, wimpy synth keys now!!
Other keyboards I've had in the past (and now) include a free Wurlitzer (since given away), Korg Poly-61 (stolen from me!), a Casio CZ-1000, and Roland XP-10.
Music I enjoy includes 70s Prog and Hard Rock, Jazz influenced Pop such as Steely Dan, straight ahead jazz (Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum), and some instrumental Jazz-Pop (otherwise known as "Smooth" Jazz.)
Fave players: Jon Lord, Emerson, Wakeman, Corea, Hammer, O. Peterson, Tatum.
I'm still learning and enjoy the advice and comments from the veterans here.
Carl