All good folks, not off topic at all. I guess the wider thing for the guitar > keys transition is knowing how to choose a certain size of keyboard if you’re not familiar with theory. (You never have to question whether a guitar has enough frets or not hehe.) I put this question out to a few mates and others, and pretty much all of them did say the 49 rather than the 37 was the logical next step because it helped them play the whole middle of the keyboard, where with the 37 they still had to page around or transpose a bit more to avoid playing in the same key. I’m leaning on experience of others there, but I can already see how this will (eventually) make sense.
The message I’ve heard is that 49 is a decent sweet spot as a next step from the entry level mini 25s - especially if 61+ isn’t possible (which it isn’t in my case.) 37 is very popular from what I understand because these boards can be slim and somewhat compact (Arturia Keystep, Akai MPK Plus) or fullsize (Novation Launchkey/FLKey 37.) This is good because they give you more range than the 25 does, but in a package that is still quite portable. But I’ve also heard from multiple people that (as @monquixote says) as soon as you get a 37, you’ll want the 49 to progress. As a good middle ground I think this gives me plenty to build on for now.
Hopefully this is useful if anyone else comes searching with a similar question.
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