The Whatever Thread .. For Gear!!

[coldbrightsunlight]

haha - my lady calls them all "fuzzbusters"

This is amazing let's make it happen

[jirodreamsofdank]

There's a Rhodes within driving distance that's affordable if I sell a couple of inherited guns that I'll never use since I stopped target shooting...

[oldangelmidnight]

If you have guns, surely you don't need to worry about things being affordable?

[qersty]

I stopped target shooting...

may prove an issue but i say go for it!

[fcknoise]

If you have guns, surely you don't need to worry about things being affordable?

:freedom:

EDIT: Surely :freedom: should be an eagle or something

[Dandolin]

Still have good memories of a show in a church basement about 10 yrs ago with some dude running a Rhodes through all kinds of fx, so it's an interest I would share. Having just given away an upright piano and a latter-day Kawai electronic piano beast b/c they were taking up too much space in my house, though, I'm perhaps not the most credible advocate

[coldbrightsunlight]

Rhodes through effects sounds

[jirodreamsofdank]

It's so much room... and some upkeep. But one of my favorite sounds. I thought about finding one of the Korg stage pianos or similar, but I have a nice Rhodes sample library already. Seems kind of pointless to just have a sample-based box to do the same thing (since it's not like I need to travel with it).

[mathias]

There was one in my school’s band room, growing up, but from what I recall someone had opened the top and bent up all the little lever arms that shake when a note is struck. A pity since the school probably could have gotten good money for it, if it had worked. Also a pity because I never got to play one, only look at the broken one.

[Dandolin]

Maybe it's just me, but even without a bunch of fx, I like the way a Rhodes sounds in a room so much better than any recording of one I've ever heard. Also, tuning the thing makes for big improvements tonally imo - it's way less "mushy" sounding when well-tuned, especially in the bass range....

[Gone Fission]

My junior high had a Wurly, which I liked the sound of more. I wish I had found a cheap one while they were still actually cheap.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I make do with samples. And they're good samples but I'd like to play one irl for sure

[The Eristic]

Played a few gigs with a guy who lugged out a digital piano workstation thing plus his Rhodes and B3. It was absurd but also holy hell what a sound.

[MechaGodzilla]

that's how you fuckin do it man. rhodes and hammond is the real fuckin deal.

My junior high had a Wurly, which I liked the sound of more. I wish I had found a cheap one while they were still actually cheap.

yeah same. siriusmo uses wurly sounds in really cool ways.

[mathias]

Played a few gigs with a guy who lugged out a digital piano workstation thing plus his Rhodes and B3. It was absurd but also holy hell what a sound.

Yeah, I have to wonder whether a Nord covers all the bases here? (I also don't pay attention to digital pianos -- is there something just as good but cheaper now? I suppose a decent USB/MIDI keyboard into a Macbook Pro is also a good option with the right software instruments.)