Small synth for guitar player

My main instrument is guitar, but dabble with keys. plus we are a two guitar band, so the keys open up many other songs for us to perform. been adding more songs for keys lately, so I guess I'm fooling enough people. Presently use a Korg MicroX, which has a nice array of suitable sounds for a live band. two octaves can be tricky, but use the octave shift button often. (in general only a one handed player, though that is changing too).

now the question: Have been having some reliability issues with the Korg. pitch changes at random--not cool

Would like to get something more reliable, but not a huge/heavy unit. lots of stages we play are very small, plus I have my guitar stuff too.

any ideas? small and light are my favorites, but do want full sized keys--not a toy etc.

thanks for any help

full size keys and small size, light and I guess also not expensive....

well it's like wanting 23 years old blond secretary with long legs and 25 years of experience.

I'd suggest juno G or juno stage. The latter has nice keybed, bigger keys, something like fantom X but juno-g has sequencer which you might need.

actually, I don't really care about the cost. gig money will cover it.

I used to haul around a Yamaha DX-7, (yeah shows my age), that thing was beast when in a road case.---hence my size/weight issue

take a look at:

49 key would prob be pretty good. Novation makes a couple nice VA synths this way. More then 61 keys would be too big for what your wanting.

SH-201? They are very light, but mine seems solid (bedroom player, so I don't know how it will gig)

Might be too small for you, but the Akai Miniak is really cool, feel sturdy too.

Maybe the korg ms2000 ? It has 44 keys, and they're full sized

or the roland jp8000

Alesis Micron

+1 for Juno - G

It is very light and 61 gives you more room to split the keyboard than the smaller units.

The E-MU ShortBoard is supposed to be released soon. Or S.O.O.N.

nice touch