Rally Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 I am curious about tuning. For those owners of a Vintage Vibe, do you have any comments or suggestions concerning tuning or general maintenance? Adam, those were two great videos you posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 On 5/5/2022 at 3:34 PM, Doerfler said: If one wants a Vibanet, all that is needed is to contact the company directly. One will make a deposit, then one will wait until it is finished being built (typically a 4 to 6 month waiting period). After that one will pay the remaining balance and it will be shipped. Easy peasy. I ordered my Vibanet in March of 2021 and got it in November. They were apparently quite busy in that period with other work. The original lead time they gave me was three months. I'd occasionally call after the lead time had passed but hadn't heard anything. They would give me shorter and shorter estimates but it was still moving further and further out until it was nearly done. There still is a Vibanet page on the VV site, but it's not linked from anywhere. If you're interested in having them build you one, my suggestion is to call them. I tried to contact them online but it didn't work for some reason. When you call, you can customize the build if you want to change the top or body color/material. 2 Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art-0252 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 On 5/16/2022 at 7:23 AM, Joe Muscara said: I ordered my Vibanet in March of 2021 and got it in November. They were apparently quite busy in that period with other work. The original lead time they gave me was three months. I'd occasionally call after the lead time had passed but hadn't heard anything. They would give me shorter and shorter estimates but it was still moving further and further out until it was nearly done. There still is a Vibanet page on the VV site, but it's not linked from anywhere. If you're interested in having them build you one, my suggestion is to call them. I tried to contact them online but it didn't work for some reason. When you call, you can customize the build if you want to change the top or body color/material. Hey Joe, do you mind telling us what the final cost was? There's no price on their site... Quote Live Rig: CP88, Nord Stage 3 Compact, Moog Sub Phatty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Art-0252 said: Hey Joe, do you mind telling us what the final cost was? There's no price on their site... jumping in for Joe here until he sees this, I remember about a year ago a base model was somewhere just north of US $6000. Everything in the entire world has gone up since then , I'm sure the same here Of course in addition fancy colors and whatnot are going to add to the final cost 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Dave nailed it. First, I can't speak to their current prices since things are changing in the world. Second, I ordered a custom tolex color that was $199 at the time (a custom color on the lid would have been $299, but I did not opt for that). I also had to pay for shipping. If you're lucky enough to live within driving distance of Vintage Vibe, I'm sure you could just go pick it up. I chose the lowest shipping option which was freight, so I had to go to a UPS terminal by our big airport and get it. I think I could have paid more to have it delivered to my house, but IIRC I saved a few hundred doing that. There might also have been an option to have it shipped to a commercial location, like if you work somewhere where you could have it delivered to the warehouse. That price was in between. The base price was $5999 plus the tolex $199 came to a total of $6198. My shipping (again this depends on the option and the distance from NJ) cost $430. If you call them up they'll go over all these details with you. You'll probably talk to Tom. BTW, if my post above sounded like I was unhappy or complaining, I didn't mean to sound that way. While it did take longer than they said and I had hoped, I'm okay with it. They're cool guys and it's a great instrument. I'm having lots of fun with it. I just wanted to let people know of the possibility about production delays and all that. These things are hand made one at a time. If the builder has a bunch of Rhodes rebuilds and/or VV Piano builds ahead of your order, it's going to take a minute. I think I saw a recent video from them where they were getting a second guy up to speed to do some of the production work, so maybe that will help things for them and their customers. 1 1 Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bjosko Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Beautiful 🤩 How is the tones made ? Tiny fragile reeds like the old Wurlitzer? Quote /Bjørn - old gearjunkie, still with lot of GAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 52 minutes ago, bjosko said: Beautiful 🤩 How is the tones made ? Tiny fragile reeds like the old Wurlitzer? It's a tine piano. Vintage Vibe not only acquired the original machine that fabricated the tines, they acquired the magic formula for the alloy. The pickups are a big contributor to the tone. I can get that tone on my ancient '67 sparkletop piano, but not on my '76 stage piano. Different pickups. And I'm no slouch with voicing those things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 11 hours ago, Joe Muscara said: Dave nailed it. that's what I do. 11 hours ago, Joe Muscara said: I also had to pay for shipping. If you're lucky enough to live within driving distance of Vintage Vibe, I'm sure you could just go pick it up. Or if your name is Darrell Hall, then they will bring it to you in exchange for video rights of the delivery 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 New Matt Johnson Model Vintage Vibe...... Here's video of him demoing it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 21 minutes ago, Docbop said: New Matt Johnson Model Vintage Vibe...... This variable pickup slider is pretty darn cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Matt Johnson Signature Model Base: $8799.00 Variable Voice Control: $1,299.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjosko Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Clever, but very expensive cable and some hardware 🤨 Quote /Bjørn - old gearjunkie, still with lot of GAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Vintage Vibe video show the new voice control. I figure this is what they would be doing, but cool to see the mechanism at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 31 minutes ago, bjosko said: Clever, but very expensive cable and some hardware 🤨 I think I'm in same boat. I like that they figured out how to do this but I'm not immediately lusting after it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 22 hours ago, Docbop said: New Matt Johnson Model Vintage Vibe...... Here's video of him demoing it. So this sounds great, but driving me crazy - - at around the 25-35 sec mark, he's jamming and the VV is shaking quite a bit. Get a rock solid stand for this thing PLEASE!! For $8-9K, this thing shouldn't be shaking, amirite? Yes..realize this is a closeup and maybe the camera angle makes it look a bit exaggerated, but it's noticeable. Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 31 minutes ago, TommyRude said: So this sounds great, but driving me crazy - - at around the 25-35 sec mark, he's jamming and the VV is shaking quite a bit. Get a rock solid stand for this thing PLEASE!! For $8-9K, this thing shouldn't be shaking, amirite? Yes..realize this is a closeup and maybe the camera angle makes it look a bit exaggerated, but it's noticeable. I took note of that in the video, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Docbop said: Vintage Vibe video show the new voice control. I figure this is what they would be doing, but cool to see the mechanism at work Guess my post wasn't visible on the left coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 more VVVVC goodness (yes, I'm a fanboi ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/23/2022 at 1:32 PM, bjosko said: Clever, but very expensive cable and some hardware 🤨 My take is it's similar to a guitar player changing pickup positions while playing, YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Doerfler said: My take is it's similar to a guitar player changing pickup positions while playing, YMMV This isn't like a guitar player changing pickup while playing this is like adjusting the pole pieces of the pickup and distance from the string the pickup is set to. I think what they've done is very cool, versus doing it with circuitry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack W Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 The wait for a deluxe 73 is now at 9 months and counting thanks to covid supply issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassdad Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 I find this Variable Voice Control very interesting, as in my old Rhodes days (I had an early suitcase, and later a stage). I was always moving the pickups around to try to get the sound I wanted. But the mechanical movement of the VVC I’m seeing here seems to be moving the pickups only in the vertical plane (up and down). Now, I understand that will indeed change the distance from the end of the tine to the pickup. HOWEVER, the effect that I always loved and used, simply moved the pickup in and out (on the horizontal plane). When I’d move the pickup very close to the end of the tine, man, could I get the most WONDERFUL raspy, almost distorted sound, that sounded glorious when the key was struck forte (hard / loudly)! In listening to these demos, I do not hear that “raspy attack” changing at all, just really the overtones. Perhaps it will do what I’d want, but I’m just not hearing it in these demos. And wow would I be upset paying that kind of money and not being able to achieve my desired sound. Anyone else understand the sound I’m discussing, and not hearing it here? Quote Ludwig van Beethoven: “To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.” My Rig: Yamaha MOXF8 (used mostly for acoustic piano voices); Motion Sound KP-612SX & SL-512. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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