DroptopBroham

The KC400 is a great amp. You can do it.

Don't do it. You gonna need something for low end too, at that point you may as well get a 3300 and be done with it. My opinion, get a 3300.

Wasn't thinking about the pads and layers, you're right about that. The YC88 is a great board but if there is a real piano and organ available, I'm going with the og instruments. Brother Swaggart feels the same way too.

You call that an upgrade?

Two options: 1. Turn it up 2. Have guitarist rotate his Princeton so you are off-axis. PA and IEMs are overkill for that type of gig

Three keys ain't gonna do it for me.

CK88 is the way to go if you want a lightweight stage piano under 2K. They on sale now for 1350. Pianos, EPs and clavs are really good. The Hammond sound is a bit quirky but you can get good straight sounds out of it, Leslie is really weak though (easy and worth it to supplement with VB3m if organ sounds are important just one usb cable and you're done). Plus the board is very intuitive if you are looking to do splits and that sort of thing plus lots of controls for effects and eq right on the panel with knobs and sliders.

Not saying that it has to be Oasys level expensive but they've literally got nothing out there to compete with the Montage M / Fantom EX. What gives? Is Korg in dire straits teetering on the edge of bankruptcy?

Where is the Oasys for the 2020's? Or at least a Kronos successor. They're not game-changing, they've dropped the ball.

The Behringer Swing is small and would be 1000% better than the Korg Nano. The Swing has mini keys but at least they are real, not an Intellivision controller keypad stretched out into the shape of a keyboard like the Korg.

Ensoniq Fizmo. Trans before trans was cool.

I think it's really just the Aja and Gaucho albums that are the cornerstones of the Yacht Rock genre.

FIFY

I think you are talking about Herb Alpert's Rise.

+ I am talking for stage sound. If you aren't using IEM's, which I assume the OP isn't going to be doing, something like a KC600 is great. Has stereo XLR outs for FOH and sounds great on stage with a band. My only knock on it is that acoustic pianos don't sound great, but guess what? They don't sound great on PA speakers either. Maybe 78/100 on a KC600 vs 85/100 on a set of 12" powered PA speakers. But for EPs, synths, and organ sounds the KC houses a powered PA setup and is quicker to setup and break down. Honestly, I rarely use acoustic piano patches live, always go EP because they sound so much better. With my cover band I roll with a KC600 for stage volume/monitoring. For my jazz gigs where there is no FOH, hotel ballrooms, clubs, restaurants I use the stereo KC990 it has more than enough power and sounds great but I do avoid acoustic pianos which I'd be doing with a PA setup anyway. Having said that my experience is only with mid-tier PA speakers like QSC, EV, and JBL. Ferris seems to have some high end RCF's that he loves and people seem to love the Yamaha's but those are out of my budget. These mid-tier powered PA doesn't come close to headphones. I went down the PA route and it just isn't worth the hassle for gigs. I have my keyboards running through it at home in my studio and its fine but for gigs I want quick and easy set up and beefy sound.