Sounds are very good for a digital. I love the "Number 2" Piano setting for pop and jazz playing and cutting through the rest of the band. There are some cornier sounds on it like the "Jazz Scat" (I don't know why Roland keeps advertising it as a really impressive feature, it's pretty worthless) but overall the sounds are very expressive.

It has pretty much everything I could ask for. The session partner is interesting, and takes some figuring out, but is useful once you know it. The recorder is a nice feature, though I would love more than two piano and one rhythm track for recording, as well as the ability to save...

The product is extremely reliable and well built, and I gig it very frequently. However, I have two major complaints, both surrounding the keyboard action. The first and foremost is the incredible amount of noise the keyboard makes when played. Each keystroke makes a sort of dull thud/click, which can get extremely annoying, especially when one's girlfriend is asleep and one is playing with headphones; the instrument is never silent. The other is the key feel, which I have found to be only moderately good for a digital. I believe that the length of the keystroke may be just a fraction too long, which makes the keys feel sluggist, especially when playing fast runs or triplets.

Yeah, it's a pretty standard moderately-high-end digital piano, and it fits pretty well among the prices of similar instruments. If the price were perhaps a couple hundred cheaper, this instrument would be phenominal.

While I haven't had to deal with Roland for my FP3 yet, they have been only moderately helpful when dealing with my other Roland instruments, especially my Juno. Be wary as, once they no longer manufacture a product, they seen to try to conveniently forget that it exists, and the FP3 is being phased out for the FP5...caveat emptor.

I don't know: the FP3 just isn't a sexy instrument. I mean, the gold-champagne color is pretty cool, and it's definitely a good piano for those trying to fit it into tight spaces, but it's hardly exceptional enough to really say "Oooh, I'd just love to have an FP3!"

Rock, pop, jazz