lol...what shud i get

ikkim12 · #1 01-24-2008, 07:58 PM

hmm i think this is right place to make a thread..so ya

well today is my birthday and suprsingly( i dint expect this at all), my parents are willing to spend above $1000 for my bdya present.

HOWEVER, i dont know what's their purpose but THEY ARENT GONNA BUY ME A NEW GUITAR (im suffering from this high action crappy squier nightmare). i wish i could get something like rick 4003 or nice fender p or j bass but they say no.

so here's the deal... they re gonna spend their money on the keyboards..i kinda prefer electric piano or rhodes piano because all of my friends can't play piano compare to me (yeah i could be cool like JPJ lol jkjk). so what electric piano should i get? i want to buy something like yamaha cp 70 or 80 (one that band pianist of Keane plays) but they(the yamah ones) are rare to buy or located to far away from where i live in ebay..

or shud i just wait till the new rhodes piano comes out?

so i would like to hear some nice suggestions from you professionals or enthusiast of keyboard. thx for reading this i rly appreciate it. im sry for posting here because i dont know any good keyboard forums.. so i m asking some mighty power of Tbers' thx again

bongomania · #2 01-24-2008, 08:10 PM

There are a couple of digital pianos by Roland, Yamaha, and Korg that have excellent Rhodes sounds in them. The good ones cost as much as a new bass though. Sometimes you can find a real Rhodes for not too much money by watching the local classifieds- people will dig them out of departed Uncle Eddie's garage or whatever and they just want the large heavy mass gone. If you do go to pick up a real Rhodes though be sure you can plug it in to test that every single key works- each key has its own mechanism and electronics, so sometimes a key or two will not work.

A side note- yr txt nglish iz hard 2 reed. Plz lurn 2 spel.

ikkim12 · #3 01-24-2008, 08:17 PM

well i kinda want something more like electric grand.. thats why i also want to buy cp80..

peaveyuser · #4 01-24-2008, 09:03 PM

Get any random keyboard. Then return it for store credit or sell it and buy a Rickenbacker. High action basses suck.

ikkim12 · #5 01-24-2008, 09:16 PM

i cant because my parents wont let me do it..(i would ve just bought a ric rather than keyboard... but ah sucks to be a student)

so anyone have some other suggestions on some electric grand like yamaha cp 70?

TrooperFarva · #6 01-25-2008, 01:35 PM

Some grammar or spelling lessons might be a wise investment.

Jeff Martinez · #7 01-25-2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TrooperFarva

Some grammar or spelling lessons might be a wise investment.

Damn. You beat me to it.

Fo' Shizzle · #8 01-25-2008, 02:34 PM

I'm just trying to remember when my parents dropped One Large on my birthday present.......

peaveyuser · #9 01-25-2008, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Fo' Shizzle

I'm just trying to remember when my parents dropped One Large on my birthday present.......

yah I never got that too.

What a ***** though, that could buy a NICE bass. Hmmm maybe have an "accident" with your squire and get a new bass, if you catch my drift.

Bard2dbone · #10 01-25-2008, 04:33 PM

Or just take the Squier to a decent tech to get it properly set up. That makes a world of difference.

While there is a cool factor to having a CP80 or something like one, DON'T DO IT !!! I used to be with a group that had one and it's a nightmare. Heavy as all get out and basically only regular piano sounds. (Okay, slightly altered)

The best deal out there for sound and feel is Yamaha's Motif series. Look for one of their 88 key models used. I personally prefer the Motif ES8. It has a really crisp feel and amazing sounds, especially the pianos. They were about $3,000 new. But the ES's have been replaced by a newer version, so you might be able to find a deal on evilbay.

ikkim12 · #11 01-25-2008, 07:44 PM

thx bard2.. ill look forward to it. i one time took it to the tech and it turned out horribly( couldnt play beyond 9th fret because strings hit pickup) so after that i decided that it's squier's fault. i tried to fix it by reading a book (you know, 101 bass tips by gary willis) and it didnt work also

Bard2dbone · #12 01-26-2008, 02:57 AM

Aw man. I just wrote out a whole long huge post and it disappeared.

Definitely get a setup from a competent tech. Apparently your previous guy might not be. If it turned out that badly before, either your tech sucks or you bass is basically ruined. A good tech can make a mediocre bass into an awesome tool. A bad tech can make a great bass into an endurance test.

As to the CP 80, the reason I have an opinion at all is that in my first really serious(Read that as paid.) gig, I toured with a guy who had one. (This was about 1981.) My first paying gig was the only group I've worked with that had a tourbus. The keyboardist had what was then considered 'a full touring keyboard rig': a Yamaha Electric Grand Piano(the CP 80), a Rhodes eigty eight, and a Hammond B3 with a leslie.

I eventually figured out they hadn't hired me for my awesome bass skills, but for my strong back. And I couldn't even curse while pulling the heavy equpment...it was a Gospel group.

ikkim12 · #13 01-26-2008, 10:27 AM

hmm i wanted to hear your full story lol owell that kind of things happens

hmm my real intention was doing things like piano at the bottom and a synth on the top of piano (like tim oxley in Keane). thats why i wantd cp 80 but after you told me cp 80 is just mediocre... i changed my mind to something else like new rhodes (coming out on feb i hope) or motif. well this whole thing, getting a piano, is just for entertainment. imean im not trying to make my living out of it(unfortunately, i cant be a musician.. my parents have a quite great expectation for me) o well i hope everything will go well

CanadaMan · #14 01-26-2008, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by TrooperFarva

Some grammar or spelling lessons might be a wise investment.

Beat me too, by a good measure, was just popping in to suggest the entire "Fun with Phonics" collection too. ):

tplyons · #15 01-27-2008, 12:01 AM

Dang, I didn't even get a grand for my high school graduation. Birthdays stop at about $200.

What did I get last year? A torque wrench and a bag of socks.

Bard2dbone · #16 01-27-2008, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ikkim12

hmm i wanted to hear your full story lol owell that kind of things happens

hmm my real intention was doing things like piano at the bottom and a synth on the top of piano (like tim oxley in Keane). thats why i wantd cp 80 but after you told me cp 80 is just mediocre... i changed my mind to something else like new rhodes (coming out on feb i hope) or motif. well this whole thing, getting a piano, is just for entertainment. imean im not trying to make my living out of it(unfortunately, i cant be a musician.. my parents have a quite great expectation for me) o well i hope everything will go well

I don't want to give you the wrong impression. For its day the CP 70/80's were seriously hot stuff. The problem is that that day was twenty-five or thirty years ago. There is a direct descendent of the CP 80 called the CP 300. They can be had new for about $2,200 new, and are pretty awesome. A similarly awesome, but unfortunately similarly expensive synth is the S90 ES. It has the same sound engine as the Motif ES for about $2,200 new.

With basses it's pretty cool to have a nice vintage piece. But with keyboards, vintage mostly just means old, and primitive.

I generally prefer the feel of Yamaha piano actions, so for strictly the feel of the key action, the CP 300 is my favorite keyboard, but it is limited to fairly traditional digital piano sounds.

I prefer the sounds from the Motif. If you could find a good deal on a used S90 ES, then that is probably your best possible bet.

ikkim12 · #17 01-27-2008, 11:44 AM

hey tplyons i never expected this coming. i thought i wasnt gonna get something expensive till i graduate from this school. i just got lucky ,and also i have my own background that affects this whole thing.

hmm ok bard sorry for my misunderstanding. hmm so should i go for yamaha s90 es or motif synth/workstation? i think motif looks cooler but s90 is cheaper.. hmm i cant decide lol

Bard2dbone · #18 01-27-2008, 04:37 PM

There are a couple of different S90's. The ES model has the same sound engine as the Motif ES. It can't do everything the Motif can do, but it can generally be had for about a third less money.

The other S90's are good keyboards, too. I just prefer the sounds on the ES version.

I almost bought a S08. Which is about half the cost of the S90. You could get a new one for around $1,000. But it really didn't sound as amazing as I wanted. It's got a lot of really good sounds. But the GC people put it right between synths that I either wouldn't try at all because it was a soft action 61 key synth(the S03), or would totally dig more than the S08 (the S90 ES).

Several of the Korg's and Rolands are nice, too. And if you find a good one, so are the Alesis, but if you go Alesis, look for an older model QS8 or QS8.1. After they went to the QS8.2 I think the changes were made by the marketing department in stead of by engineers.

I have the Alesis QS8.1. I got it on ebay for $500. But if I had had more money, I totally would have gotten the Yamaha.

Bard2dbone · #19 01-28-2008, 07:24 AM

And I just looked on backpage.com for the Denver/Boulder area. There is an Alesis like mine for $500, and a Hammond M2 for $200.

ikkim12 · #20 01-28-2008, 08:50 PM

hmm thx very much i think im kinda leaning toward to motif but ill see the conclusion when i talk to my bass teacher (he has a friend who plays keyboard)