juno-g and d keys not working
21 May 2009, 08:47okay, this sucks: I got a juno-d three years and three months ago (bought the two year warrenty from guitar center and the factory warrenty added one year to that so I had a three year warrenty). about two weeks ago a couple of the keys stopped responding as well, you have to press them really hard to get them to work. just out of reaction i blew real hard on them and they worked a little better for a few minutes, but shortly after went back to the way they were. So it was still playable and after a sweaty jam session on saturday i let it sit till monday. When i go to play it what do I find? To my dismay, practically the whole middle octave of the keyboard does not work at all. I blew and vacuumed and all that with no change whatsoever. So, i pack the bitch up and take it the nearest guitar center. This is when i learned about the warrenty practically just expiring, further pissing me off. Nonetheless, i needed a keyboard for a gig this weekend so I started playing around on them. I sat at the juno-g for the longest amount of time and while I was playing the grand piano patch, the keys start doing the same thing they did on my juno-d! It can't be a setting issue because why would it do it in the middle of my playing it? I showed the "Keyboard Specialist" who seemed astonished, claiming; "I have a Juno-600 (or something) from the 80's and it's keys still work." That's a big help dude. Then he proceeded to advise me to call Roland saying, "I wonder if they know about this problem?" Then it dawned on me, of course they know about this problem. This was the only keyboard in the room with a big red sticker on it offering $100 rebates on juno-g and juno-d! Not to mention the only thing in the whole store i saw with a bright green sign on it saying "When you purchase this keyboard today you get a $45 guitar center gift card!" Needless to say I did not buy another keyboard just yet. I want to stick with Roland because everyone I have talked to says it's their instrument of choice and the keys should not be having this problem. So i brought my juno-POS to work to try and clean it more thouroughly but i really don't think that should be a problem after having it only three years. I'm just wondering if other people have had this problem with a Juno-d or g and if the stage has the same problems. I understand that these are the lower-end synth keyboards but it doesn't seem right that roland would make a shitty keyboard that breaks (right after the warrenty is up no less). I loved the juno-d, the interface is simple and user friendly, very good for preformances and a great sound for the money. I would like to get a Juno-stage but I don't want the same thing to happen. Any Roland G is way out of my price range. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to get or what to do? Is anyone here actually affiliated with Roland? Why is there not a recall rather than a liquidation scam? Thanks for reading if you did, and thanks for your help if you do.