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Handen posted:Took the Rhodes home. drat, that looks like it's in top condition. $250 is a ridiculously low for one of those. How's it sound? Cpt. Spring Types fucked around with this message at 23:51 on May 24, 2013 |
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Cpt. Spring Types posted:drat, that looks like it's in top condition. $250 is a ridiculously low for one of those. How's it sound? Seriously. I think the lowest I've ever seen any Rhodes go for is $400 and half of the keys were dead and it had other major issues.
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May 25, 2013 01:00
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That's basically free, compared to the cheapest non-burnt thrashed Rhodes I've seen in Sweden. And definitely not containing mummified mice.  I was the lucky only bidder on an Edirol M10dx digital mixer. Got a Hi-Z input channel with some insert effect options for the two mono channels, decent enough effects and EQ capabilities, mix finalize compressor setups. Would have been perfect if I was only dealing with instruments and not an LP player, PS3, PC, etc..  ..so I jumped on a €50 Yamaha MM1402 mixer deal locally because I found I needed a sub-mixer real freaking bad. Also that white set of 70's Made in Japan cans for a fiver. High-tech business on the desk and lo-fi fun when I turn my chair around. Makes it a pleasure to sample to and record with the SK1 - straight to my tape deck. I'll celebrate these good deals by making some SK1 & MPC based themes over the weekend. Ghosts n Gopniks fucked around with this message at 01:35 on May 25, 2013 |
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May 25, 2013 01:21
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I think the Rhodes is the ultimate "I play for free and get paid to haul gear" piece out there. I used to play in a band with a guy who had a 73 with the matching powered speaker cab, and gently caress that thing. I'd still love to have one to stick in my basement, though.
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May 25, 2013 02:36
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Regarding how it sounds, like an angel~*  All of the keys work and it's tuned as close to perfect that my ears aren't noticing anything drastically wrong. However, I can't tell if some of the octaves are giving me beat tones to indicate being slightly out of tune, or if that's how this thing rolls sonorously. It seems like the latter, like there's a soft natural tremolo going on. The only thing that I thought might need a bit of attention is how some of the low notes need a disproportionately harder attack to ring out. But that's only two or three keys. On the downside I'm being bombarded by good friends wanting to trade stuff for it, and if I don't end up keeping it, the plan was to sell it for maximum value so I can put a payment down on my student loans because gently caress that noise. Edit: I do not want to get rid of this thing. It sounds so good. I should also say that the low price is likely a direct result of the Alberta Conservative government's funding cuts to post secondary education, and that the educational institution I attended has either been cutting the jobs of whoever was the custodian of this stuff or is just looking to get rid of 50 years of accumulated gear that has no educational purpose. They don't sell by market value, they sell by a percentage of the price initially purchased at, take into account the number of years they've had it since it's been purchased, factor some arbitrary depreciation, and bam, there's your amp for 10% of what it's actually worth, or your Rhodes for $1000 less than you'd be paying on the vintage market. Why they have this stuff, I have no idea, it's usually computers and server tech poo poo that they liquidate. So... Yay? 
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May 25, 2013 03:55
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:The demographics here just don't appreciate a Paul with P90s. Philistines. Edit: not sure if the attachment is working, so link-me-do: http://s14.postimg.org/xa45p574h/image.jpg Suizid fucked around with this message at 10:02 on May 25, 2013 |
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May 25, 2013 09:27
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sexy as hell
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May 25, 2013 11:50
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iostream.h posted:Sorry, I couldn't resist. Yeah, it's a Silver Jubilee 2555. Absolutely pristine and unmodified in any way, almost like it came out of the box. Where on earth did you find such a treasure?
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May 25, 2013 12:46
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Handen posted:Regarding how it sounds, like an angel~* I have a '74 and a '75, both Stage 88 key versions. They're wonderful instruments but even heavier than the 73 key versions and need regular maintenance and tuning when you gig with them often- nothing too bad, but knowing how to do the basics is worth learning. Vintage Vibe has some good Youtube videos on common action and damper problems, and how to tune and replace tines. All pianos have some stretch tuning, so the top octaves will be a few cents off the bottom ones- the Rhodes style tines also have a slight natural vibrato/tremolo effect as the attack tapers off (not to be confused with the actual tremolo effect built into the suitcase models). What are you running yours into?
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May 25, 2013 14:36
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:Where on earth did you find such a treasure? Same place I snagged my last one from, incidentally. He also had a Lee Jackson modded JCM800 sitting there that was used on the first Brother Cane album (which is even funnier because I ended up with a JMP1 also modded by Lee Jackson that was also used on the same album). Huh, typing that out just made me realize how truly incestuous the gear scene around here really is.
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May 25, 2013 15:57
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Never doubt a good shop with a frequent intake of quality used gear. Thankfully the one I often visit similarly has unique equipment for sale. There's a few session players living nearby always looking to offload some gear. Nothing pertaining to my own needs just yet but its always interesting seeing what's available. If a silver jubilee showed up, that's something I'd be willing to (perhaps foolishly) take out a small bank loan for. In other news, I've had the parts sitting about for almost a year and finally got around to having a tech put the thing together! Neon spandex optional. 
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May 25, 2013 18:32
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:Never doubt a good shop with a frequent intake of quality used gear. Thankfully the one I often visit similarly has unique equipment for sale. There's a few session players living nearby always looking to offload some gear. Nothing pertaining to my own needs just yet but its always interesting seeing what's available. If a silver jubilee showed up, that's something I'd be willing to (perhaps foolishly) take out a small bank loan for. Wow, very... colorful. I love the neon pink. I finally decided to get a good replacement for a metalesque guitar and got an Ibanez Iron Label 6 string. This thing is awesome. I love how the EMG 60 sounds, especially with clean guitar tones. The action is setup really nice and low and the guitar feels very smooth and easy to play. My only complaint about these RG guitars is the volume pot position gets in my way when playing. I'm used to a Agile Les Paul copy where the pots never get in the way but I'm getting used to it pretty quickly. I'm now in the market for some locking tuners. A friend recommended the Sperzel locking tuners but I want to avoid doing any kind of drilling on the headstock. Anyone have experience with installing locking tuners on a guitar like this? I would think you only have to remove the nut and install the new tuners but perhaps I'm wrong.   I also got a gift card from GC so I picked up some new pedals. A goon recommended the ISP Decimator for a noise gate and it works nicely. Also got the small stone phase shifter which is pretty neat. 
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May 25, 2013 19:24
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Sperzels would require drilling or modification for installment, Planet Waves tuners are really good and cut your strings for you and will drop right in. I used to have the same problem with RGs but one day I just stopped having it. Good luck! You could try replacing it with a lower profile knob, like a strat style one. planet waves please endorse me
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May 25, 2013 19:28
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If that guitar is fixed bridge, do you need the locking tuners? Are you experiencing any tuning instability? You mentioned replacing the nut: that is not a requirement for fitting locking tuners, unless I have missed something....
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May 25, 2013 19:39
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Mewcenary posted:If that guitar is fixed bridge, do you need the locking tuners? Are you experiencing any tuning instability? I'm referring to the nut securing the tuners to the headstock.
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May 25, 2013 19:48
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Locking tuners are basically never installed for tuning stability unless you're insisting on being Steve Vai with a Strat and your ability to wind strings is dogshit. They're just for making life a bit easier. And the planet waves locking tuners even cut strings for you! wow.
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May 25, 2013 19:56
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The guitar is fixed bridge but I thought floyd-rose models were known for better tuning stability, especially with locking nuts. I haven't experienced tuning instability any worse than my Agile Les Paul, which is also a fixed bridge. Tuning isn't bad but if locking tuners increase tuning stability and make changing strings a faster process, I'd get them.
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May 25, 2013 20:27
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Kerpal posted:The guitar is fixed bridge but I thought floyd-rose models were known for better tuning stability, especially with locking nuts. Locking nuts are the only way to heavily abuse the tremolo arm without throwing everything out of tune. 
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May 25, 2013 21:40
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If anyone could mask being a bit out of tune from trem thrashing though, it's Tom
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May 25, 2013 21:44
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Kerpal posted:Tuning isn't bad but if locking tuners increase tuning stability and make changing strings a faster process, I'd get them. That said, I like the lockers on my PRS and the Sperzels I installed on my Strat because they just make life easier, my Les Pauls don't have any lockers and I yank the holy gently caress out of the strings on them and have no issues, I DID make sure to have them set up properly however.
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May 25, 2013 21:50
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I have locking Grover's on my Traditional. One of the reasons I'm gonna put a Bigsby on it.
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May 25, 2013 21:59
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It definitely feels good but Barn Door that makes perfect sense now. I guess I probably don't need locking tuners though it'd make restringing easier and motivate me to change strings more often possibly. I do want to at least get a low profile volume knob like Muike suggested.
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May 25, 2013 22:19
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Ortazel posted:I have a '74 and a '75, both Stage 88 key versions. They're wonderful instruments but even heavier than the 73 key versions and need regular maintenance and tuning when you gig with them often- nothing too bad, but knowing how to do the basics is worth learning. Vintage Vibe has some good Youtube videos on common action and damper problems, and how to tune and replace tines. Awesome, thanks for the tip! I don't have a dedicated keyboard amp so I tried running it into my Ampeg VT-22 but the bass notes rattled something apart on the inside. Whereas it needed a bit of a tune-up before, it's got some serious issues now. So I plugged it into that Garnet head after I replaced the four 12AU7 preamp tubes with 12AX7s, through a 4x12, and oh my god. 
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May 25, 2013 23:32
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Handen posted:Awesome, thanks for the tip! Yeah, you definitely want to run it through something with 12" speakers, but a 73 should be fine through most guitar amps with decent headroom. Both of mine have really weak outputs and I always run a preamp or boost pedal in front of the amp; I think the 73s are supposed to have hotter outputs though. I love putting it through an old DOD flanger and/or a tremolo pedal, all going into an 80s Roland JC-120. I've tried running it through a few tube guitar and bass amps- Twin Reverbs and Bassmans, along with the big Music Man combos are the usual recommendations- but I keep coming back to the JC-120, you can't beat Rhodes through that stereo chorus. Edit: If you have a weekend to play around with the tone, also try voicing the pickups. It's one of the easiest adjustments to make while you're playing because you don't have to raise the harp, and you can get a beautiful range of soft bell sounds to that Rhodes bark as you move the pickup closer to the tine (similar to neck vs bridge pickup on a guitar). Just make a pencil mark where you started, and repeat x73! a loathsome bird fucked around with this message at 00:28 on May 26, 2013 |
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May 26, 2013 00:15
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Ortazel posted:Yeah, you definitely want to run it through something with 12" speakers, but a 73 should be fine through most guitar amps with decent headroom. Both of mine have really weak outputs and I always run a preamp or boost pedal in front of the amp; I think the 73s are supposed to have hotter outputs though. I love putting it through an old DOD flanger and/or a tremolo pedal, all going into an 80s Roland JC-120. I've tried running it through a few tube guitar and bass amps- Twin Reverbs and Bassmans, along with the big Music Man combos are the usual recommendations- but I keep coming back to the JC-120, you can't beat Rhodes through that stereo chorus. I stuck my Boss TR-2 in the line and it sounded heavenly. The more I look into it the more interesting it gets, considering the mechanics of it are essentially the same as an electric guitar and I love tinkering around with the insides of mine and have enough sound toys to make it even more interesting. I had a very limited idea of what it was when I bought it, aside from knowing that the name Rhodes gets thrown around a lot and that it was worth having. To be quite honest I'm almost ashamed to admit that I thought it was missing a power cable.  Then a friend said "See the jack labeled input? Yeah, that's the output." D'oh. I'll definitely be taking the hood off to even out the inconsistent keys, which aren't many, thank god. A friend is super keen to buy it off of me so he can record with it, but I think I'll make him a deal that he can borrow it whenever he needs in exchange for him lending me some of coveted rare gear, of which he has a huge assortment already. It's a win-win!
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:If a silver jubilee showed up, that's something I'd be willing to (perhaps foolishly) take out a small bank loan for. He's got what I BELIEVE is one of the 'mini-stacks' (not the toy, the 'short head' version). I'll be back over there in a day or two, if you're interested I can price it out for you. Shoot me an email if you want, iostream.header at google.
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May 26, 2013 03:25
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Handen posted:I stuck my Boss TR-2 in the line and it sounded heavenly. The more I look into it the more interesting it gets, considering the mechanics of it are essentially the same as an electric guitar and I love tinkering around with the insides of mine and have enough sound toys to make it even more interesting. I had a very limited idea of what it was when I bought it, aside from knowing that the name Rhodes gets thrown around a lot and that it was worth having. To be quite honest I'm almost ashamed to admit that I thought it was missing a power cable. Yeah, there are lots of unorthodox sounds you can get by tinkering inside- try plucking the tines gently like a kalimba, or using an Ebow with the pedal down, or cranking the gain and getting a huge feedback roar when you stomp on the pedal.
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 I love being able to post in this thread. Hard to see, only a phone pic but it's not that exciting to look at. I got an RME UCX. It's down the bottom sitting above the PC. Combined with a UA610 Solo and a Focusrite ISA One, I'm starting to get a pretty drat respectable little home studio here...
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Ortazel posted:Yeah, there are lots of unorthodox sounds you can get by tinkering inside- try plucking the tines gently like a kalimba, or using an Ebow with the pedal down, or cranking the gain and getting a huge feedback roar when you stomp on the pedal. Pedal? It didn't come with a pedal, just the legs for the stand. If it's supposed to have one, I'll go back and see if it's hiding somewhere. There's a good chance that it'll end up in the garbage knowing how that place treats unwanted and miscellaneous surplus gear. Last summer when I worked there I saw six high quality steel mic stands on their way to the dumpster because they were "broken." They weren't broken, they were just in pieces, but nobody knew how to tell the difference so I managed to talk my way into taking them home for $10 a piece. I can't imagine how much perfectly fine gear gets tossed from that place, as the pedal might if it doesn't say "Rhodes" on it in HUGE letters when it shows up.
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Handen posted:Pedal? It didn't come with a pedal, just the legs for the stand. If it's supposed to have one, I'll go back and see if it's hiding somewhere. There's a good chance that it'll end up in the garbage knowing how that place treats unwanted and miscellaneous surplus gear. Last summer when I worked there I saw six high quality steel mic stands on their way to the dumpster because they were "broken." They weren't broken, they were just in pieces, but nobody knew how to tell the difference so I managed to talk my way into taking them home for $10 a piece. I can't imagine how much perfectly fine gear gets tossed from that place, as the pedal might if it doesn't say "Rhodes" on it in HUGE letters when it shows up. The pedal itself is a big heavy cast iron bastard, essentially a big lever, and you'll need the adjustable rod which sits on the back of the pedal and pushes up into the piano. I got a Vintage Vibe reissue sustain rod but I was using a piece of scrap metal from Home Depot for about a year until I got tired of it squeaking.
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Suizid posted:Philistines. Good lord, did you throw that together yourself, or can I go spend money on that right now?  e: Spent another 30 seconds actually thinking and I assume Gibson never put out a special with a B5 Hypnolobster fucked around with this message at 16:59 on May 26, 2013 |
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May 26, 2013 16:40
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It is stock, but it's not a Gibson - it's a Collings 290. Can't recommend them highly enough even if here in the UK the prices are daylight robbery. Picked it up second hand this week to compliment the CL deluxe I bought whilst last working in the states. I35 next to complete the set, then I'll be selling off everything else! It picked up a gig kiss last weekend too - only a little one but when it's a cold dead hands guitar I couldn't care less 
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May 27, 2013 10:54
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Right, the internet still isn't working (on my phone, shaddup) so I bought another new shiny to play with. It's really drat good. Seriously, if you do any sort of rock bass and you record? Grab one of these. At least for demos. You can get perfectly rockin' sounds out of it that are REALLY tweakable. The only complaint is that the knobs are uber-sensitive and the box feels flimsy. Still, it's gonna sit right on top of the RME there and do quite a lovely job of bass for me.
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Hammer Floyd posted:Right, the internet still isn't working (on my phone, shaddup) so I bought another new shiny to play with. Probably the one pedal I'll never part ways with. It's not just good for rock tones, it's good for any kind of tube-driven tone you'd want, from smooth to gritty. I've even gotten to the point of bypassing my amp's pre by going directly into the poweramp with it.
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May 28, 2013 14:29
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I've actually thought that I should bring mine home, put it on my pedal board and see if it works with guitar. But basically, yeah that is the most awesome bass pedal ever, there is almost no way get some thing terrible sounding out of it.
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HollisBrown posted:I've actually thought that I should bring mine home, put it on my pedal board and see if it works with guitar. But basically, yeah that is the most awesome bass pedal ever, there is almost no way get some thing terrible sounding out of it. I've tried it before with a guitar just dicking around and thought it sounded pretty great. Pretty much what you'd expect from hooking a guitar up to an SVT, which was done quite a bit back in the day (and maybe still).
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May 28, 2013 15:12
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That's pretty much the one pedal that everyone should have. Really good for getting JC-120 style clean guitar too.
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May 28, 2013 16:51
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Chiming in to say I have one too, and I love it. It's so versatile and sounds... real.
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Tech21 even built an amp around it... http://www.tech21nyc.com/products/amps/bass/vt1000.html
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How's the comparison to one of these?
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