Ya, the guitar players have too much fun with new gear around here...
$499 SweetWater - They have one more in stock.
+ $70 Plixio Piano Keyboard Stand w/Wheels - Z Style Adjustable & Portable Professional Heavy Duty Digital Piano Stand (Fits 54-88 Key Electric Pianos) - See Amazon
Dan, after you get to play with it a bit, do tell us about the weighted action. How well it plays/feels compared to an acoustic piano. There have been lots of improvements over the years.
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Just delivered to my home. That is roughly 24 hours from sweetwater warehouse to my house. That has to be a record?? Now for the unboxing video.
Of course the real heros these days are our medical staff, but in this case I have to give a node to the FedEx, UPS and USPS folks. They are doing a bang up job.
That is roughly 24 hours from sweetwater warehouse to my house.
If you believe Google Maps, we live almost exactly the same distance from Sweetwater. I get that same next day time window. They are awesome. And the people there are great. If Covid allows I hope to go to Gearfest this June. I wanted to go last year but it ended up being virtual. I watched most of the demo videos.
I wonder if I own stock yet with the amount of money I have spent there.
I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.
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Nice keyboard! I always liked the Studiologic stuff for the price, played many of them over the years working at a music shop. Never got myself one though as I've had a Yamaha S90 for years - the action on it is still nearly unbeatable at any price, but for the price of free it was even better!
Dan/Eddie, maybe we could meet at a future gear fest there at Sweetwater. Not too far for any of us. Packages from there get here to St. Louis pretty fast too.
Dan/Eddie, maybe we could meet at a future gear fest there at Sweetwater. Not too far for any of us. Packages from there get here to St. Louis pretty fast too.
I bought a synth from there a couple months ago and it got here the next business day. I'm pretty sure they warehouse stuff across the US and my synth probably started it's journey within a few hundred miles from here. I'm guessing your location probably has a warehouse near there too.
Make your sound your own! .. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
3 people involved in this thread all live the same distance from Sweetwater +/- about 20 miles. Steve is furthest at 365. I am 211, you are 220 (per Google maps). Dan is about 215.
Many years ago I drove there because I was buying a guitar and wanted to TOUCH it. They let me handle close to a dozen Les Paul Standards before I bought #4.
I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.
1. How much did you make in 2023? 2. Send it to us.
I am thinking of getting my Guitar from Sweetwater. I live within a day's driving distance. Was thinking it would be a nice trip and maybe stay over night.
I've been a Sweetwater purchaser for over 10 years myself and have never made it to the gear fest. I always see the articles about it in their mail fliers and it looks fun. I look forward to going to one maybe next year or later.
If I go I will take my trailer and generator so I can run the AC. I think they'd be fine with me pulling Chunk around in the buggy as I go to the outdoor exhibits. Inside stuff is probably not going to fly, so he'll have to go into the trailer if I go to any demos inside. With the AC running he'll be fine, but the June heat beating down on that aluminum box es no bueno for a dog. And if I go, that would be the start of a trip up to the UP of that state up north.
I will go into that state up north. I just can't say the name!
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I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.
1. How much did you make in 2023? 2. Send it to us.
If I go I will take my trailer and generator so I can run the AC. I think they'd be fine with me pulling Chunk around in the buggy as I go to the outdoor exhibits. Inside stuff is probably not going to fly, so he'll have to go into the trailer if I go to any demos inside. With the AC running he'll be fine, but the June heat beating down on that aluminum box es no bueno for a dog. And if I go, that would be the start of a trip up to the UP of that state up north.
I will go into that state up north. I just can't say the name!
Stop for gas at the border so you spend as little $$ here as possible. (hope at least Eddie gets the reference)
/Real question is, if you visit the unmentioned state will you want to go back? <grin>
Make your sound your own! .. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
Real question is, if you visit the unmentioned state will you want to go back? <grin>
I have never been more sure about anything than that! I plan to try and find out from a local how a word that ends with "nac" is pronounced like it ends with "naw"!
I will spend a night at the casino on the mainland, drive over, spend a day seeing as much as I can of the UP, park at a spot I know of where I can stay overnight for free, then spend day 2 seeing more before crossing back and hitting the casino again, and then deciding if I head home through that state up north or go west into cheeseland to avoid it...
I just looked at Sweetwater and it appears they are accepting/declaring that Gearfest is going to be virtual again. And I JUST found a spot in Greenville where I could park overnight after leaving Fort Wayne!
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I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.
1. How much did you make in 2023? 2. Send it to us.
I'll be honest Dan, it borders on being too complex. Spending more time figuring it out than making music.
I bought a used Motif once. Had it 3 hours and returned it. I don't want a keyboard SO fully featured that I need an advanced degree in electronics to use it.
I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.
1. How much did you make in 2023? 2. Send it to us.
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