Polkahero Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 My bandleader thinks the intro to this Ronnie Milsap song he wants to cover is a Rhodes. I think it's a Wurlitizer with some phase shifter or chorus effect. Maybe it's something else. What do you guys think or use if you cover this song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYrXp8aQHsE 2 Quote '57 Hammond B-3, '60 Hammond A100, Leslie 251, Leslie 330, Leslie 770, Leslie 145, Hammond PR-40 Trek II UC-1A Alesis QSR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Number Four Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 I would have guessed a cp70/80 with tremolo and chorus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamanzarek Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 1979 ad. 1 Quote Gibson G101, Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, Vox Continental, RMI Electra-Piano and Harpsichord 300A, Hammond M102A, Hohner Combo Pianet, OB8, Matrix 12, Jupiter 6, Prophet 5 rev. 2, Pro-One, CS70M, CP35, PX-5S, WK-3800, Stage 3 Compact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Wurly all day. 3 Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedKey Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Wurly for sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickzjamm Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 WURLY. 2 Quote You don't know you're in the dark until you're in the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 1 hour ago, Polkahero said: I think it's a Wurlitizer with some phase shifter or chorus effect. Agreed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Wurlitzer. That was easy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niacin Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 regardless of what they used for the recording I’d go with a Wurly 1 1 Quote Gig keys: Hammond SKpro, Korg Vox Continental, Crumar Mojo 61, Crumar Mojo Pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinLeo Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Wurlitzer +1 1 Quote NS4 73HA, Yamaha MODX7+, Korg C1 Air, Roland TD1-DMK, Harley Benton TalkBox, Sony F-760 dynamic microphone, Scarlett 2i2 3rd gen, M-Audio Track Duo, MacBook Air M1, Logic Pro 11, Kontakt 7, Mainstage, Cubasis 3 (IOS), Korg Module (IOS), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Little hurly burly in his curly wurly. 2 Quote FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Definitely a Wurlitzer. 2 Quote Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.F.N. Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 8 hours ago, Polkahero said: My bandleader thinks the intro to this Ronnie Milsap song he wants to cover is a Rhodes. I think it's a Wurlitizer with some phase shifter or chorus effect. Maybe it's something else. What do you guys think or use if you cover this song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYrXp8aQHsE Quite often non keys players reference for electric piano is Rhodes. We all know this is a Wurly, fairly processed. 2 Quote "You live every day. You only die once." Where is Major Tom? - - - - - PC3, HX3 w. B4D, 61SLMkII, SL73, Prologue 16, KingKORG, Opsix, MPC Key 37, DM12D, Argon8m, EX5R, Toraiz AS-1, IK Uno, Toraiz SP-16, Erica LXR-02, QY-700, SQ64, Beatstep Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adan Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Too easy. Ask your band leader to give us a harder one. Not a fan of that excessively pingy wurly sound. Would rather hear the edges rounded off a bit. I've often reflected on how the wurly has arguably aged better than the Rhodes. Some people might debate that fiercely. I own a Vintage Vibe, so I'm obviously no Rhodes hater. But if I could trade the VV for a reliable mechanical reproduction of a Wurly, I'd do it. Some people have time and patience to deal with a real vintage one, sadly I do not. Quote Gigging: Crumar Mojo 61, Hammond SKPro Home: Vintage Vibe 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaware Dave Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Ask him to listen to supertramps goodbye stranger or logical song. 2 Quote 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 I’ll join the chorus for a chorused Wurli. I usually don’t have much difficulty distinguishing between a Wurli and Rhodes. I sometimes have problems identifying the Yamaha CP-30, especially when effects are applied. 1 Quote "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonnor Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Being as it was the very first pro keyboard I ever owned, I gotta say Wurlitzer 200a. ~ vonnor Quote Gear: Hardware: Nord Stage4, Korg Kronos 2, Novation Summit Software: Cantabile 3, Halion Sonic 3 and assorted VST plug-ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan_evett Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Yep, chorused Wurli. I pick up a strong, 'Supertramp' vibe from that intro. Quote 'Someday, we'll look back on these days and laugh; likely a maniacal laugh from our padded cells, but a laugh nonetheless' - Mr. Boffo. We need a barfing cat emoticon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Lobo Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Yeah, wurly. Wurly wurly wurly. Quote These are only my opinions, not supported by any actual knowledge, experience, or expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Wonderful quality to Ronnie's voice. Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed A. Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Definitely Wurly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miden Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 nah...it's a rhodes Quote There is no luck - luck is simply the confluence of circumstance and co-incidence... Time is the final arbiter for all things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyMoe Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 We have been covering it for years and I always use a wurly with chorus. Works! Quote Montage 7, Mojo 61, PC-3, XK-3c Pro, Kronos 88, Hammond SK-1, Motif XF- 7, Hammond SK-2, Roland FR-1, FR-18, Hammond B3 - Blond, Hammond BV -Cherry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1203 Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 Studio version definitely a Wurlitzer with eq and chorus effect. Live version obviously a Rhodes. 😉 Quote Nord Stage 2 76, Nord Electro 5D 73, Rhodes Mk2 73, Sequential Prophet 10 Rev4, Akai Miniak Synth, Roland JC 120 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconoclast Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Supertrampy all day long. I'd definitely start with a Wurli. That being said, sometimes there are some EP's that are kind of tweeners that can work either way. Get the right amount of bark on the attack and put some chorus on it, you might be in the same territory. But for this one I'd bet real American money it's a wurli in the studio recording. Quote You want me to start this song too slow or too fast? Forte7, Nord Stage 3, XK3c, OB-6, Arturia Collection, Mainstage, MotionSound KBR3D. A bunch of MusicMan Guitars, Line6 stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DroptopBroham Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 In my band we are still debating what the keys are on this track. Guitarist is convinced it is a Pianet through a fuzz box, bassist thinks it's a low passed Rhodes. I'm leaning to Wurlitzer, that's what I'm playing on it with the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 That's Zawinul, right? It's almost certainly a Rhodes, which is what it sounds like to me anyway. Pianet is chimier. Not a Wurly. Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DroptopBroham Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 "I worked with Dinah Washington for two years, and we once went on a tour with Ray Charles. He carried a sixty-six key Wurlitzer around, and he was really the first person I'd ever heard on electric piano. On a gig down South, we came across a really dead piano, so Dinah asked if we could use the Wurlitzer. It was beautiful. They had the same kind of Wurlitzer in the Capitol studio when I was recording there with Cannonball Adderley in the mid-sixties, so I recorded "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" on it. I carried the Wurlitzer on the road for a while, until Victor Feldman told me that Rhodes made a piano that was really smokin'. I got one. Miles Davis heard me play on it and liked it, and then Herbie got one, and later we recorded In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew using it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Regardless of what he played on earlier in the decade, this recording is a Rhodes. 1 Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Lobo Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 I pumped up the volume and played the intro a few times. That's no Wurly, it sounds like a Rhodes-y Quote These are only my opinions, not supported by any actual knowledge, experience, or expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.