I need help buying a beginner keyboard?

Hi.

At £50 :

- its got to be 2nd hand.

- Best bet are newspaper ads

- No chance of weighted keys, especially not full piano-style

Buy an Electric Organ (floor standing two tier job)

When I were a lad they were commonplace in households. Not so now, and so can be picked up VERY cheap (you'll be suprised what £50 buys). Any decent organ will have

- Ace rhythms and beats, which sound like real bands

- Roof lifting volume and depth of sound (I had a wah-wah one once)

- Phono jack

- Right foot for volume

- Left foot base pedals

Mmm, I think I just talked myself into buying another !

A Farfisa I think

Wrong, wrong, wrong. Do not buy a keyboard. Invest in a real acoustical piano with 88 keys. Why? Glad you asked, It is always better to have the keys and not need them than to need them and not have them. Pianos always seem to have some resale value. Keyboards like any electronic stuff lose their value only after a few years. No one wants to buy old technology, they want to buy the latest and greatest. Most piano teachers will ask you what you will be practicing on. If you say keyboard, most will say that will be ok for 6 months but after that you need to get a real piano. Even though pianos and keyboards have black and white keys I feel the keyboard is for someone who already knows how to play, it is not for learning on. I own both a piano and a keyboard. Both are top of the line in their respected field. I never felt I could play serious music on my keyboard. It is just so different from a real piano. It's only big advantage is that it is portable. It weighs 80 lbs. My piano weighs a 1000 lbs and does not fit in a pick up truck. Go with a real piano.