I thank you all for the info. I was curious as to how much the overall price for top of the line psr has increased since the 3000. Seeing as the 975 is now available everywhere for 1995 its only 300 more in 12 years. I'm still planning on using best buy in the world Gary, until the next upgrade comes out. Still working on learning how to use the OP on the 3000 hoping that there won't be much of a learning curve on the next upgrade. Drake indicated that he made a decision early on to create indv song styles instead of using registrations making it easier to migrate to a newer model. I'm planning on doing the same.
And yes, once again, thank you Gary, Your old trusty 3000 is now my trusty 3000. Truth is, I'm realizing that the ability to use usb sticks is the 3000's biggest upgrade feature. BUT I must say that that is the biggest better feature. I'm also sure that the more time I spend with the KB the more locked into its OP and it will be much harder to justify moving up to anything else.