Adam Burgess Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Currently using my Stage 2 and Kronos 61 five nights a week in a mon-fri residency and love the combo. Now got a Friday and Saturday afternoon gig in a different venue. Was contemplating getting maybe one board to cover the new gig and save the transport... Something cheap like the Casio or maybe wait for the big new Kronos? Any other good all-rounders you'd recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 What genre / material? "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Burgess Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Middle of the road Soul/Pop/Rock. Needs to be an 88, just bread and butter stuff - AP, EPs, organs, odd mono lead here and there. Mostly simple patches, but I am used to plenty of control within them, however, with the Nord's morph thing and 3x pedals each on the existing boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKeys Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 What kind of budget? Jimmy Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. Groucho NEW BAND CHECK THEM OUT www.steveowensandsummertime.com www.jimmyweaver.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Burgess Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Budget isn't a huge issue. I'm lucky to be busy enough with very few expenses at the moment so I'd spend - but would like to think of a new board as an investment or, at least, have a decent resale value... Torn between the weight issue because it can life semi-permanently at the venue till the gig stops but also I'm 4000 miles away from home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Casio PX-5S is 88 keys, better than decent sounding, 25 pounds, and costs less that US $1000. It's not perfect of course but the most bang for the buck available with 88 weighted keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 For that kind of thing I like the Roland VR-700 BUT you want 88 and I am guessing weighted. I'm a Yamaha guy when it comes to bread and butter sounds but... the organs suck. That leaves me with 3 choices. 1) The Kronos - but you would probably want to wait for the new Kronos. 2) Kawai MP-7 - it is a great general sound set and a great interface, especially as a single board where nothing will get stacked on it. The Organ tones on the MPs are decent and you have quasi drawbars.... sort of. 3) The Casio PX5S. it is only $1000 and it doesn't suck. Maybe it holds you over until the new Kronos comes out. What I would probably do if I was in your position is look for a used Fantom or used Kronos if I was going to leave it at the venue and you won't take a huge hit from depreciation. "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Just some good clean fun. But not weighted keybed. [video:youtube] [video:youtube] "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Well, if budget and weight aren't necessarily an issue, you could just duplicate what you have at the second venue. ;-) With the transport back and forth you're doing right now, do you even have to take both boards? Or does the Nord alone cover it just fine? Other than a Stage 2 (or a Kronos 88), if you want a single board to cover AP, EP, organ, mono lead), sure, the Casio PX5S could cover it at low cost and low weight, though be aware that there's no true mono lead mode. Up from there, I'd look at the Kawai MP7, which I think probably beats it in all those sounds (not sure about EP?) as well as in action and interface/ergonomics, and is still very well priced. Or if you want to go high end, maybe look at the Kurzweil Forte. (edit: Kurzweil Artis could be another more moderately priced possibility.) Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickzjamm Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Forte, Kawai or the Roland RD800. You don't know you're in the dark until you're in the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Oh right, forgot the RD800 as another possibility. Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3bluesman59 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 PX-5S.....best bang for the buck...sounds good, lightweight, and will have excellent re-sale value if you decide to sell later. Ebay has several dealers selling brand new units for $780 to $799, no tax, free shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 and will have excellent re-sale value if you decide to sell later. ...this is based on what, exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3bluesman59 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 this is based on what, exactly? _____________________________________________________________ To Sven: Popular used keyboards such as the PX-5S that are in good condition bring the best resale prices. "Excellent" is a relative term regarding music items. I did an extensive internet search and could not find one used PX-5S for sale. That tells me that the private parties and/or dealers are not dumping them or if they are selling their used units they are not using Ebay or other online outlets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3bluesman59 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 To Sven: The last two PX-5S boards that were listed here on the forum sold quickly, one within three days in October for $750 and the other in September for $675. Jim A. has one for sale for $900 but that includes many extras and is for a charity event. Considering you can buy a brand new unit for under $800 I'd say the resale prices posted were "excellent". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Burgess Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 I'll go try the Casio soon! Bit tricky to test stuff out here in the Middle East but I've seen someone with one! I'll hunt him down... Maybe I could squeeze everything out of another Nord Stage but there's that waiting game with the Stage3? May as well wait for the new Kronos... Not a fan of the RD800. Can't think exactly why but it just didn't have that brain finger ear connection thing... Hmm, I'm no further forward haha! As for the resale thing, the UAE is a small place and would need something popular and known that's not too niche'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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