Would I be crazy to sell my Rhodes?

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I really need to get some new gear, but money is tight. The best way I've found to get new stuff is to sell old stuff.

I have a Rhodes 73 that I only use for home play. I never take this thing on the road because it's unweildly.

I know that I could get a good price for it, but I also know that when/if I decide to replace it, it will cost me even more than I sell it for.

I just don't use it as much as I used to. Even when I record, I tend to use my Rhodes samples instead.

Would it be a mistake to sell?

Carl
 
No opinions eh?

Well, I'm leaning toward selling it.

I'm not looking forward to cleaning and tuning it first.

I need to buy a Roland MKS-70 and a PG-800.

As much as I love my Rhodes, I will get much more use out of the Roland products.

Carl
 
I agree, I love almost all roland products......

you will defintely get more out of roland products....GO WITH THE ROLAND
 
Tough call. I'd probably hold onto it. Nobody will give a shit about those Rolands in two years not to mention 25.
 
TexRoadkill said:
Tough call. I'd probably hold onto it. Nobody will give a shit about those Rolands in two years not to mention 25.
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Well, that's interesting, since both Roland peices (the MKS-70 and the PG-800) are both about 25 years old already.

I've decided that I'm going to clean it up and tune it (both things that I need to do anyway).

Then I'm going to write and record an ode to Harold Rhodes. I'll make my final decision after that.


Carl
 
I woudn't sell either of mine...

I have a couple of Rhodes and I wouldn't seel either of them, even though the one that my wife bought for me from some dude for 50 bucks won't make a sound. You can hear the tines in the board itself, but when it's plugged in, I get zilch...

The one that does work still plays like a champ, except 2 dead keys and crappy, inconsistent action up and down the keys. I bought that one from a 2nd hand music store in Glen Burnie, Maryland (which is now closed) and never looked back.

Of course, I am a big fan of the Rhodes sound. There is certainly a technique to playing it and I can think of a cpl of guys that really know how to play a Rhodes the way I think it sounds best (Chick Corea, Dave Grusin and Don Fagen come to mind).

Although the technology is old and the sound is now described as "vintage" there are many applications for the Rhodes both in the studio and on the stage, although you know the drawbacks to having to lug that da,med thing around from the house, to a gig and back.

I'd say it's a keeper. No, it doesn't sound anything like a piano, but it IS a Rhodes and to me, that makes it worth keeping. You can always find a way to put that thing to use, no matter what genre you're playing (except maybe classical, and even then, I would bet that somone, somewhere has tried to play Chopin's "Polonaise" on the Rhodes just to see what it might sound like)...

Long post, I know, but I say the Rhodes is a keeper!

Dr3
 
Krakit said:
Well, that's interesting, since both Roland peices (the MKS-70 and the PG-800) are both about 25 years old already.
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And who gives a shit about them? :D

Sorry, I'm not familliar with those Rolands.
 
TexRoadkill said:
And who gives a shit about them? :D

Sorry, I'm not familliar with those Rolands.
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Too many people aparently. Since I'll have to fork over $300 apeice to get my hands on them.

Carl
 
Don't ever sell your Rhodes! You will be sorry in the long run.

I bought my Rhodes in 1979 and like you, I do not take it out anymore because its a back breaker ... but the sound! ... the sound man! ... there is nothing electronic (yet) that touches it IMHO. I use mine for recording. I love playing it better than almost all my other keyboards ... except for the clavinet.

There are some very good electronic emulations but to me they are too perfect. The Rhodes isPlus there is the feel of the tines vibrating through the keys. The samplers can't do that! (yet).

DTB
 
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