#100 - ZOMG! 100TH POST! CELEBRATION!
Jan. 10th, 2008 05:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
reileenAfter doing some random browsing on eBay yesterday, then checking out some prospective models at the local SamAsh and Guitar Center today, I finally made my choice and went on eBay to drop about $700 on a new Casio Privia PX200, with stand, pedal, and free shipping (though I did have to pay $6.95 for shipping insurance).
My first choice when I started looking at digital keyboards was the Kawai EP2, but that was/is a bit out of my price range - combining my checking and savings, I had a little over $900 to spend, and for (possibly very silly) reasons of pride, I was a bit reluctant to ask my parents for money on this. I thought about the Yamaha P70 when I was looking on eBay, since it was Yamaha and fairly cheap, but when I tried the model out in SamAsh, I didn't like the feel of the keys. The Yamaha P140 was far better, but it was also out of my price range even on eBay. It was a good thing that I wrote down the brand names for some of the other keyboards I tried out, 'cause that's how I ended up settling on the Casio Privia PX200: it was decently priced, had a nice sound, and a weighted feel to the keys.
I'll have to purchase headphones and the bench separately, but that's fine - I should have enough digi-green to cover for both of them. I should be able to get a decent bench for cheap on eBay; we'll have to see about the headphones, and anyway I'd need to double-check the type of headphone jack on the keyboard. *is a n00b at this*
All right, Gods, help a poor artistwritermusicianista out here and make sure that her keyboard arrives in perfect condition and stays like that for a good long time, aight? Pretty please? With incense on top? :D;;
EDIT: Snagged a bench for $19.99 plus $10 shipping, which ends up being the retail price for that bench anyway. Fine by me. Time to go research headphones!
-Reileen
I will swallow, if it will help my sea level go down
My first choice when I started looking at digital keyboards was the Kawai EP2, but that was/is a bit out of my price range - combining my checking and savings, I had a little over $900 to spend, and for (possibly very silly) reasons of pride, I was a bit reluctant to ask my parents for money on this. I thought about the Yamaha P70 when I was looking on eBay, since it was Yamaha and fairly cheap, but when I tried the model out in SamAsh, I didn't like the feel of the keys. The Yamaha P140 was far better, but it was also out of my price range even on eBay. It was a good thing that I wrote down the brand names for some of the other keyboards I tried out, 'cause that's how I ended up settling on the Casio Privia PX200: it was decently priced, had a nice sound, and a weighted feel to the keys.
I'll have to purchase headphones and the bench separately, but that's fine - I should have enough digi-green to cover for both of them. I should be able to get a decent bench for cheap on eBay; we'll have to see about the headphones, and anyway I'd need to double-check the type of headphone jack on the keyboard. *is a n00b at this*
All right, Gods, help a poor artistwritermusicianista out here and make sure that her keyboard arrives in perfect condition and stays like that for a good long time, aight? Pretty please? With incense on top? :D;;
EDIT: Snagged a bench for $19.99 plus $10 shipping, which ends up being the retail price for that bench anyway. Fine by me. Time to go research headphones!
-Reileen
I will swallow, if it will help my sea level go down
