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I live in Nashville TN. and wanted a portable keyboard to take down to broadway and play the bars! This Keyboard is AMAZINGLY portable, feels great to play, and the sounds are up to the Roland standard! This keyboard feels like its worth a lot more than $300.00. Do yourself a favor and grab one of these great keyboards! Plus its RED(my favorite color) ;)

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Nifty simple keyboard. I like how the keys feel and it pretty much has everything you need to get going with composing/producing keys-driven music pieces and parts. It has some pretty good sounds too, but as another reviewer said, most of the piano/organ/etc sounds do leave something to be desired. If you use this mostly as a midi controller you'll be very happy, but at that point there may be cheaper options. It's still very usable as a typical keyboard though, and if you want something a little more like a piano then you'll probably want to look at the GO:PIANO instead. Overall it's seems to be more of a sequencer than a good live gigging piano. It was good for practice if you want to practice on non-weighted keys, since it has bluetooth functionality, line ins, headphone outs, and touch-sensitive keys.That being said, mine broke after a little over a year of owning it. I accidentally stepped on the USB cable while it was plugged in and it completely tore the USB socket from the board. I tried to repair it myself but wasn't successful. It's mostly my fault here, so I won't dock the rating but you'll definitely want to be careful with that. I can't tell if it was made cheaply, though the solder points did seem quite weak.

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Contrary to what your eyes may tell you, this is NOT a toy. Ok, the speakers aren't great, but they are good enough for practicing in your room or office. The sounds are great, and for the money you get a lot of them. There are some things I don't like. I'm not a big fan of the action. It's ok, but it is very tight. I've never played a synth action this tight. I also don't care for the buttons, or lack thereof. I prefer physical buttons and knobs, but I understand keeping costs down. I won't dive to deep into how it works, but there is no way that I've found to save favorites. I get that no one would really use this as a gigging instrument, so I can't fault them for it. Overall, for the money I would recommend this to anyone. I know my cons outnumber my pros, but they don't necessarily outweigh them. I don't think anyone would really be disappointed in this keyboard, because you can't compare it to more expensive instruments.

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Sorry about the novel ahead of time but there are very limited reviews on the gokeys so I wanted to be thorough. I bought this keyboard cause I was tired of lugging around an 88 key Korg Kross as my bottom board (using a MX49 as my top board). Wanted to lighten my load for gigs as I mostly just use my bottom keyboard for piano/ep patches anyways. I figured although the gokeys doesn't have the ability to edit patches, split/layer or set favorites that it would at least have a couple usable piano/ep patches to meet my needs (since patches are derived from the Juno series? from what I read) and is super lightweight like my MX. I think I literally read every review ever on it and watched a bunch of demo videos beforehand (since I could not find one to try in store) and ultimately decided to give it a "go".. and ya know save a few bucks vs buying a mid-range replacement board for more then x2 the price.. Although the gokeys looks like a toy, it feels surprisingly sturdy compared to other personal piano type keyboards. It doesn't feel like just a plastic piece of junk like I expected but is still super light weight. The keys have a nice feel to them (non-weighted). They are kinda textured and not smooth which I like. Honestly think the keybed felt nicer then the one on my MX.. That being said the gokeys did not even come close meeting my needs or expectations (which weren't high to begin with). I could not find even one piano patch that was usable or up to par. There are a couple ok? EP piano sounds, had a few usable synth/pad patches but all the modulations/cutoff/res are preset and as previously stated you cannot edit the parameters at all (beyond chorus and I think reverb). The sounds/patches are what they are. The onboard speakers may as well not be there. They do not sound good and peak very easily. Even if I had kept the Gokeys I would never have used the onboard speakers even for home use. Youd be better off using a $20 pair of skullcandy or sony headphones. Beyond the sub par sounds and low quality speaker.. Although the key bed felt decent, there were keys that had little to no response (this could be a one off, I did purchase it as blemished). I even set it to max sensitivity and showed no improvement. I sent it back (zZounds gave me a full refund including shipping cost because of the key response issue, p.s I love you) and picked up a Juno DS instead which I couldn't be happier with. Overall underwhelmed with the gokeys.. I was hoping I could save a few bucks and get by but its has a low price tag for a reason. I had a Casio CTK6000 once upon a time and the Casio walks mile over the gokeys in every aspect! Its still not the greatest keyboard and definitely falls short from mid-range boards like the Kross, Juno, MX, ect, but the sounds on it are phenomenal compared to the gokeys, the speakers are actual good and can get loud without breaking up, it has an onboard 16 track sequencer, arpeggiator, a tone editor, multiple insert effects, split/ layering, and is about $120 cheaper. I would recommend the Casio over the gokeys all day. I gigged on the Casio and the person I sold it to still gigs on it to this day, I would never even try to gig with the gokeys. HOWEVER my real suggestion would be to take the $200-300 you would spend on either of these and double it.. Invest a little more in something that will meet your needs and you will be happy to grow into even if you are a beginner. Save yourself the time and hassle and spend a little extra $. The gokeys fell short of the already low expectations I had for it.

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I play keys in a worship band. I was looking for a synth and pad sound to support ambience. I love this keyboard I actually play a Yamaha keyboard for melody and use the go keys for my bass sound and sustain sounds for prayer and transitions. This is my favorite. I love sounds.

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Gone are the days of the old Chord organs. Those were organs that made sound through a blower and reeds. Like an accordion but piano/organ style. The better ones were made by Hammond in the 50's. Magnus made some pretty nice ones but later in the late 70's they were more toy like. However not meant to actually be toys. With the old Hammonds, There were clubs in every town, they had a monthly newsletter, and with just one finger on the chord button and one finger on a key you sounded like a real musician. You just needed to know the alphabet and count to 22. Since the letters and numbers were printed on actual music in the books you could learn to read music even if you didn't intend to or if you really wanted to you could. The idea is anyone could play music. Then in the 80's came crappy keyboards. The problem is they were neither super simple to play with real music , and kids had fun with them but never really learned anything. So now, in current day, it's really not having any musical ability or lots of musical knowledge and talent. Kind of one or the other. So those people that want to actually play something but aren't "musicians" are often ostracized by "true" musicians who don't want anyone playing anything unless they are at their level. NOT all musicians of course, but it's a syndrome among many to keep non- talent out of the arena. That sucks. This keyboard allows people who just want to have fun with music just play, and if you can really play well you can also use this, without the Loop function if you choose to. I LONG for the comeback of the chord organ, but until then, this is one fun way to play music without having to prove anything to anyone. Just play and have fun. It's a great keyboard.

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This is my second review of the Roland GoKeys. After having this keyboard for three months I realize it is much better than I thought. It has full size keys, octave shift, sturdy body, tells tempo, bluetooth, etc etc. An adjustable mini cable can be bought for about $8.50. The mini cable on one end connects to the keyboard and the other ends fits a regular amplifier connection. Great buy for $299.00!! Great sounds too!

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