Korg Kross 61-key all-rounder keyboard £250 Harrow

[Happy Jack]

So it turns out that buying new keyboards is just as addictive as buying new basses. Who knew?

 

 

This is a genuinely excellent, light-weight all-rounder of a keyboard, extremely portable, and with four banks of SIXTEEN presets each, making it an ideal gigging unit.

 

 

I haven't done a factory reset, so these are the settings I used for the presets at the last gig I played with it. Banks A and B are largely populated with presets from the factory (none of which were of any use to me) so my presets are in Bank C and Bank D is IIRC pretty much empty.

 

 

 

 

Strong suits are pianos and brass - especially brass - whilst organs and synths are fine. Weak suit is the strings, which can be tweaked endlessly to get the sound you want but are not as instantly lush as those with - say - Yamaha kit.

 

 

The carry handle is not just cute - it's really practical, especially at festival-style gigs.

 

 

 

On the original padded gigbag, the original power supply plus a photocopied manual.

 

 

How portable do you want it? This keyboard will even run off batteries with no loss of quality.

 

 

Gigbag has built-in shoulder straps for gigging by public transport.

 

 

 

Basschat is not a great place to sell keyboards (the clue's in the name) so I won't be leaving this here for months. If it hasn't sold within a week or two then off to eBay it will have to go.

 

Trying to gauge prices for pre-owned keyboards is a f***ing nightmare. On eBay I've seen these selling recently for over £400 and I've also seen these selling recently for nearer £200, with no apparent reason for the wide range. Not many at the £200 end, mind. LOL

It doesn't help that the Korg Kross II looks pretty much the same (no! really?) and people get confused.