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I'd love one, but over the last few years prices have doubled.
I've more or less got my head around the mechanism. It all has to come together. Even tuning each note, 73 of them, takes patience; my first experience with stretched tuning went well. After two hours, I think I could do the next one in 30 minutes.
Not to mention there are 73 pickups in there, each adjustable for volume.
Then there's the tine for each key which can be adjusted up and down in relation to the pickup to voice the fundamental or harmonic.
It's incredible.
The Rhodes Mk8 has just come out at an 8 to 9 grand price. It sounds incredible, eliminates all the 'issues', weighs less, and is reliable. If I had the cash, I would. I could always sell my guitars and amps, right. But then that would be the end of me here...
(Hope all is well mate)
(as well as could be)
It was easier than I thought.
Setting up a Rhodes takes time as there's so much to set up. The more you do it, the quicker it gets. Setting up a guitar takes time as the neck needs time to settle into its new position. Although the manual is very clear on how to properly set up a Rhodes, much is presumed too.
Fortunately, apart from the wonky hammer on the top E, all the parts are in good condition. More importantly, the parts that require woodwork or electronic skills are in working order... so far.
If my luck holds out, I will buy a pre amp next week specific to a Rhodes, which should help define the EQ and dyno-tremolo. The amp is just as important with a Rhodes as with a guitar. The combo I'm using chokes on those bass notes, whereas they're defined through my leslie or on headphones. In fact, my intention is to go from a preamp into a mixer and into headphones. One less piece of furniture in the living room will please the good lady of the house. Fingers crossed that the preamp sounds as good as I hope.
I'll get a recording up as soon as I'm able to play something half decent. There's still much work to do.
vinegar treatment and light sanding and polishing on all metal external parts of the case
a full clean on the tolex and the ABS plastic cover with dashboard polish
and two mistakes: all the metal has been plated(?) for rust prevention and must not be cleaned. One of the gold tuning forks is now less gold than the others, and a corner of the aluminium damper unit is brighter than the rest in my effort to clean and remove rust. Wire wool does the trick fine.