wow...not surprising though. He's the reason I bought my Rhodes and
Minimoog in the first place. Hmmm...maybe I ought to start hauling my
Rhodes around and do some jazz gigs on it, it's a real blast to play.
Pete
"Analogeezer" wrote in message
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Laurence Payne wrote in message
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On 8 Jun 2004 22:52:56 -0700, (Jon) wrote:

How significant is the difference in tone quality between Mark I and
Mark II Fender Rhodes pianos, about which I have read? Can anyone
point me to some examples of the difference between the two anywhere
on the internet? Do you think that the lack of the "sticky key"
problem I have heard about in earlier Mark Is makes up for this loss
of tone quality? In other words, should I buy a mint condition Mark
II, or try to find a Mark I?

In the days when they were all you could get, I owned both (Stage
models). MK II had a useful flat top and was, I think, a little more
mechanically robust. The tone varied much more due to voicing that
to any difference between the models.

Quite honestly, unless you're running a vanity studio, I suggest you
synthesise the Rhodes sound when required. Excellent emulations are
available, and no-one's going to put the sound under a microscope :-)

The Rhodes had a distinctive keyboard action, but it wasn't a
particularly nice one.

I saw Chick Corea about six months ago, and he only had three
keyboards on stage (well not counting his little yamaha keyboard
controller thing he wore around his neck for some solos).

He had a grand piano in the back, and then a Yamaha Motif 8 sitting on
top of an 88 key Mk II Rhodes.

He played the Rhodes about 80% of the time, the grand piano about 10%
and the Motif about 10%.

What kind of sounds did he use on the Motif? Rhodes piano...

Analogeezer