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Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:50 pm

Mmm, sounds great. =O.O=

ik · Post by ik » Wed May 11, 2005 9:00 pm

I'M SO HAPPY !!! YEAH YEAH Very Happy

Congratulations Zio!
I know how do you feel! I felt the same way about a year ago when I rolled home with a Hammond C3 and Leslie 147.
ik.

griels · Post by **griels** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:46 pm

Congrats Zio! Beautiful playing on that mp3 by the way.. And of course, beautiful sound from the beastie

SaviorNeeded · Post by **SaviorNeeded** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:11 pm

That was my first keyboard! A marvel, truly. But I moved around a lot and tuning was a huge chore. BTW, tines do break with heavy use. They come in several sizes which you cut to length when you install (you likely know all this)--if you run across some, be sure to grab 'em.

Tom

PS I bought it new for $800 usd. I literally have no idea what I did with it!! Ah, the early years.

pheeleep · Post by **pheeleep** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:24 pm

Very nice Hommage to Ray Charles and your dad

I am keeping this on my playlist!

Your Rhodes sounds really good and you have skills. Awesome man.

loomchild · Post by **loomchild** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:55 pm

ZioKiller wrote:Audio clip:
http://www.soundfonts.it/MyRhodes/mk1.mp3

It's my version of "Georgia on my mind", a little tribute to the great Mr Ray Charles Robinson, may the Lord bless him (and my dad!)

The mp3 and the A/D conversion (Yamaha 01v) made it lose some quality, the instruments sounds far better from live.
For now I don't have a Fender amp so I just connected it to the Behringer V-Amp pro and set it up quickly with a tube preamp simulation... I must admit that this behringer sounds better than what I'd expected though

Sorry for my bad playing... now I'll have to study some more piano technique

Bad playing? I wonder how many here would love to play "as bad" as you do!

Landphil · Post by **Landphil** » Thu May 12, 2005 1:18 am

Nice catch, Zio.

You'll enjoy it!

I found a Suitcase 73 silver sparkle top at a garage sale a couple of years ago and paid $100 for it. Everything works, but it's suffered the wrath of several small children who thought it was some sort of drum you could beat on!

I have plans to send it off and have it refurbished somewhere.

Anyone here have any recommendations for a good Rhodes tech?

BTW... if you're a do-it-yourselfer, here's a link to the service manual along with a guide for stretch tuning and various adjustments / maintenance.
http://www.fenderrhodes.com/service/manual.php

FlounderEye · Post by **FlounderEye** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:16 am

It seems like all the Rhodes on ebay are expensive. Where do you guys find these ridiculous sub-$300 deals?

Landphil · Post by **Landphil** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:50 am

strunk wrote:It seems like all the Rhodes on ebay are expensive. Where do you guys find these ridiculous sub-$300 deals?

Most of the time you don't find them. They just happen by chance, and you've got to be ready to strike. I found mine through an ex-boss who was test driving a new car and just happened to pass a garage sale and noticed a "funny looking keyboard" that was silver and sat on top of an amp. I knew what it was, got a cash advance from work, hopped in the company truck and grabbed it within an hour of the phone call.

I should hit more garage sales. You never know what you'll find.

Landphil · Post by **Landphil** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:57 am

Another BTW, Ziokiller...

MIDI for your Rhodes!

Well, I never!
I think I'll check this place for restoration. They seem to have good feedback. Thanks for getting me off of my ass with this thread!

[edit]

The clip you posted is great! Sounds like your Rhodes is happy and healthy.

ZioKiller · Post by **ZioKiller** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:01 am

Italian singer overdubs my Rhodes:
http://www.soundfonts.it/store/georgia.mp3

I'm stunned! This guy has a beautiful voice and the duet with the Rhodes is fantastic!! Have a listen

lalo · Post by **lalo** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:28 am

S_A_P® wrote: I see some corrosion on the tone bars, but dont use benzene or gasoline to clean that off. I saw that someone suggested this method on the yahoo rhodes users group. that is a

i've the same situation in my mark I 88 (1978)

what do you suggest instead kerosene as suggested in rhodes forum?

thanx
lalo

PS : complimenti ZioAssassino

congrats ZioKiller

dsp music · Post by **dsp music** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:28 am

ZioKiller wrote:The RHODES...
I just bought a REAL Rhodes Mark I Stage 73, born on August 25, 1977.

well your machine is older than me for a week !!!!

Enjoy it!!!

sonicsmurf · Post by **sonicsmurf** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:54 am

Hey, that's a pretty good singer on that recording.

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Thu May 12, 2005 9:02 am

ZioKiller wrote:Italian singer overdubs my Rhodes:
http://www.soundfonts.it/store/georgia.mp3

I'm stunned! This guy has a beautiful voice and the duet with the Rhodes is fantastic!! Have a listen

Oh! This is marvelleous!

Would you like doing a clicked version so we could work out some little arrangement?
I know, it takes away some of the rubato mood, but I think this could also be cool with a little band playing along. Maybe herodotus (or whomever) could play some decent drums. I could do bass or guitars, if required. And maybe even some choir would be appropriate.

But hey, even if not, this is just great - the vocals are pretty cool (no need to mention the Rhodes, it's beautiful!).

Finally I bought it !!! YEAH !! :-)