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Offline waydrummer

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« on: December 15, 2005, 02:46:42 PM »
Does anybody have a fender Rhodes?  I was called stupid for selling mine but I am a drummer
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Offline B3Wannabe

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« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2005, 08:41:19 PM »
YOU SOLD YOUR RHODES???!!!!
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Offline Freddy229

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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2005, 11:37:06 PM »
You aren't stupid for selling it...you're a drummer!! What would be stupid s if you practically gave it away not charging enough!!!

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« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2005, 08:35:40 PM »
I sold it for $500
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Offline lady_minstrel

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« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2005, 08:13:08 AM »
Nah, you wasnt stupid.  If you're not going to use it and you know someone who will put it to good use then you aight.  But I sure would like to find one of those.  Anybody know where I can find one?
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Re: Fender Rhodes
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2005, 09:36:14 PM »
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Nah, you wasnt stupid.  If you're not going to use it and you know someone who will put it to good use then you aight.  But I sure would like to find one of those.  Anybody know where I can find one?


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Offline jkelly

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« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2005, 09:54:34 PM »
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I sold it for $500


Was it a "stage" rhodes or "suitcase" rhodes?  Meaning did it come with that big ole amp that you sit the rhodes on or just the metal legs?  Also was it 73 keys or 88 keys?  I'm just curious.  But $500 sounds like a good price, I would definitely pay that for one that was in pretty good condition.
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Offline gospel-lover

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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2006, 05:06:04 PM »
If you had the one that sits on the amp then I wouldn't have sold it, unless it went to someone I you who already knows how to play. The ones that sit on the amp are very nice.

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« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2006, 02:51:06 AM »
I have one.  I bought it in Chicago for $500 years ago.
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Offline Muziqmann

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« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2006, 12:55:10 PM »
I have one it was my grandpa's I spent a lot of time and money having it restored to playing condition.  It's one of my most prized possesions.
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Offline MrTea

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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2006, 06:13:37 PM »
I have a Rhodes.  I bought it in '77 or '78.  It's 88 keys and sits on top of its own amp.

 For some reason, all rhodes pianos don't sound the same.  I wanted mine to sound like Stevie Wonders, but it didn't. It sounds a lot darker.  I have since learned that, the rhodes has gone through several changes.  The pianos made in the sixties, sound more bell like then the pianos made in the seventies and eighties.

   I didn't like the sound of mine for a long time.  But over time, I have gotten use to it.  It does sound a lot better with age. Better than any digital piano out there.  I wouldn't sell it for anything now.
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Re: fender Rhodes
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2006, 04:53:45 PM »
Actually, you can adjust the pickups and the action and get it to sound like just about any Rhodes you'd like.  There are plenty of sites out there with information about this.
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« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2006, 07:02:27 PM »
Well since you are a drummer,   it guess its not TOOOOOOOOOO bad.



But I definitely wouldn't have sold one.


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Re: fender Rhodes
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2006, 04:47:51 PM »
Ok, check this out.  I've never played a Rhodes.  The only experience I have with a Rhodes is hearing Stevie play it sometimes in concert.

I have a question.  I mean no offense.  This whole Rhodes cult following isn't a bunch of old fogies sitting around dreaming about the "good old days", is it?  I mean no disrespect.  I’m just trying to figure out why technology from 30+ years ago can be more desirable than what’s out now.

I have to try this thing out!  Where can I get my hands on a Rhodes without buying through ebay first?
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Re: fender Rhodes
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2006, 06:22:57 PM »
Quote from: playhear on May 26, 2006, 04:47:51 PM
I have a question.  I mean no offense.  This whole Rhodes cult following isn't a bunch of old fogies sitting around dreaming about the "good old days", is it?  I mean no disrespect.  I’m just trying to figure out why technology from 30+ years ago can be more desirable than what’s out now.

I'll tell you, it's the exact same thing as the guys that say "these new organ sounds arent cutting it for me, I need a real B3".  Is that your organist dreaming about the good old days, or does he have a valid point? 
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« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2006, 11:44:04 PM »
Agreed MT_Spiffy.

These keyboard companies are spending big loot trying to get these keyboards to have an authentic rhodes sound.  Why, if you had the real thing, would you then go and sell it.


Lots of cats besides Stevie wonder still using the rhodes in live production.

D'Angelo  ( he was killing it throughout the brown sugar  and Vodoo album)
Maxwell
Alicia Keys (Unbreakable)
Kirk franklin

and thats just off the top of my head.


Its not that you have to go out and "buy" a rhodes.  You can get a keyboard that does that.  But if by some some means you ended up with one ( especially a  stage rhodes) then  you just gots  to keep it.


Its like saying I got a yamaha full size grand piano, but I sold it because I wanted triton LE.    Just don't make no since to me.


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Re: fender Rhodes
« Reply #16 on: May 28, 2006, 07:21:08 PM »
I've got a Mark II, suitcase model im thinking about selling.  ITs a 73 key.  Its got a little cosmetic damage, but it sounds like a million bucks.
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