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Ricecold

Love the Yamaha CK88's features, not a fan of the action...

Well, I finally went and got myself a Yamaha CK88! Been eyeing them for awhile to be the central part of my setup, I love Yamaha and it seems like the Swiss army knife I've been looking for.

I mainly use mainstage for bigger gigs and program out my shows, so the onboard sounds are really just a fall back. The Bluetooth speakers, built in audio interface, inputs for a mic etc. are all perfect for making rehearsals, recording, TalkBack mic stuff a breeze, one big problem, I kind of hate the action!

I had been playing the floor model at GC and it definitely seems stiffer than that one, so maybe I just need to play it more. Idk, I have an older Roland fp and a Casio CGP 700 and I really love the action on those. I also like nord actions and the Yamaha YC but those aren't really in my budget. Also was eyeing the kurzweil k2700/PC4 but those seem like way too much keyboard to be using as a backup lol

I'll likely just suck it up and get used to it, but was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on the matter.

The feature set on the CK just seems too good compared to literally everything else out there...

Posted Sep 6, 2026, 3:23 AM UTC

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