Rhodes Piano

Man, I HAVE to get this book!

I think I'll be sticking to my plug-ins at the moment. I'm a pauper ATM. I don't even bother searching up Rhodes in my search engine. Way too expensive and the restoration work frightens me. In other words a real Rhodes is wasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of reach for me at the moment (but I guess it's the same for a lot of people)

Good luck with the Rhodes though!

jnorth wrote:I think I'll be sticking to my plug-ins at the moment. I'm a pauper ATM. I don't even bother searching up Rhodes in my search engine. Way too expensive and the restoration work frightens me. In other words a real Rhodes is wasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of reach for me at the moment (but I guess it's the same for a lot of people)

Good luck with the Rhodes though!

I understand your feeling on Rhodes. I had contemplating for very long time, before I finally bought my Rhodes piano. You definitely have to learn how to repair, but I don't think it is too hard, thanks to Internet.

I can tell you that, no matter how much emulation improves, feeling of playing Rhodes piano (or any other acoustic instrument) cannot be emulated. I'm not saying that plug-ins don't sound like the real thing, plug-ins are nice too (especially it is hard to distinguish after mix nowadays, if the plug-in is decent)
I'm terrible keyboard player (super beginner!), but it sound just great to me, even just playing "Happy Birthday" on Rhodes!

I guess it is kind of like owning a vintage classic car, and taking care of it. But, having Rhodes is easier on your wallet, and it looks nice in your room.

JVC wrote:

jnorth wrote:I think I'll be sticking to my plug-ins at the moment. I'm a pauper ATM. I don't even bother searching up Rhodes in my search engine. Way too expensive and the restoration work frightens me. In other words a real Rhodes is wasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of reach for me at the moment (but I guess it's the same for a lot of people)

Good luck with the Rhodes though!

I understand your feeling on Rhodes. I had contemplating for very long time, before I finally bought my Rhodes piano. You definitely have to learn how to repair, but I don't think it is too hard, thanks to Internet.

I can tell you that, no matter how much emulation improves, feeling of playing Rhodes piano (or any other acoustic instrument) cannot be emulated. I'm not saying that plug-ins don't sound like the real thing, plug-ins are nice too (especially it is hard to distinguish after mix nowadays, if the plug-in is decent)
I'm terrible keyboard player (super beginner!), but it sound just great to me, even just playing "Happy Birthday" on Rhodes!

I guess it is kind of like owning a vintage classic car, and taking care of it. But, having Rhodes is easier on your wallet, and it looks nice in your room.

Yeah you have to really want it. its like a Harley. You may ride motorcycles and all is well but Harley owners are something else all together. The sound. the feel the look of a rhodes is unmatched. I use emus and sample libraries too but the real rhodes is something else all together. lots of great sw packs out there but something about that real deal. but its not for everyone.

I just wanted to point out that selling price for Rhodes pianos in U.S are not that high, compared to other countries. (I cannot think of a music instrument that is more American than Rhodes. Well, maybe electric guitar...)
Rhodes pianos were purchased by many schools, colleges and churches in 70s'.
The value of Rhodes piano is definitely rising, but Rhodes is not a rare keyboard, there are so many Rhodes piano units made.