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L.A. Rhodes Paradise


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Ben is one of the people behind the amazing “Down The Rhodes” book/documentary:

 

https://www.jwpepper.com/Down-the-Rhodes/10428790.item

 

I think you can still find plenty of interview clips from it on YouTube… it has nearly every major player you would associate with the keyboard featured. A wonderful piece of history. I never knew he had that “showroom” - very cool.

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I never listen to videos more than a few minutes…..  an hour and 15 minutes later I was still watching this one.  Absolutely captivating to me!  Thanks for sharing.

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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.

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Fascinating comparison between different eras of Rhodes pianos.

My first keyboard was a 1973 stage, a gift in 1978.  Good sound but too easily masked by distorted guitars.  Spongy action hurt my hands after a weekend of playing on it.  Sold it in 1983 and was not anxious to own another for a long time.  What got me back into them was the disappointment that sampled Rhodes did not do them justice.  Starting about 2005 I got into them again, went through three of them and the one I own now is a "mutt" - a sparkle top that was a lucky find in a store.  Previous owner had gutted the original electronics/speakers and swapped out the original felt hammer keyset with the later one with plastic/wood hammers.  Combine that with the original Raymac tines, square resonators, and pickups (which have a wonderful dynamic timbre), with the right external tube amplifier, and it's a magnificent piano.

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That resurrected Zawinul Rhodes sounded so beautiful! Unbelievable work. I also have the coffee table book + DVD, it's very worthwhile if you can still find it.

 

I've played a lot of Rhodes models through the years, but never owned one! A MK8 would be a dream...

 

Curiously, I think the "E" Jay Graydon model they mention later on in this video, is sampled onto Keyscape as the "L.A. Custom E".

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On 11/8/2023 at 12:47 AM, tapes said:

...Curiously, I think the "E" Jay Graydon model they mention later on in this video, is sampled onto Keyscape as the "L.A. Custom E".


Yes, OrangeTreeSamples also released a library featuring that legendary Eddy Reynolds sound.

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