Thanks, Kyle. I am going to upgrade the 54 Mark ll with an Avion Preamp and some new hammer tips. I have it playing through the A-100, but that means it doesn't get played very often. They are offering a drop in replacement, although I had to bypass the "sliders."
Man, Jay's Rhodes was in bad shape physically. It played okay with his voicing, and all the notes worked. Some sticky notes up top, but it was the only one I had to completely disassemble down to the case. And it took forever to wire brush clean the tone bars and replace the screws and grommets. It was only later I decided to put a Retroflyer Preamp in it. AT first I just took out the Bass Boost which is useless anyway, and put in a 15K volume pot with zip wire. Played it through the Leslie 142 with an organ interface, and with tube preamp and the doppler spinning horn, I should have just left it alone. but it was good discipline. A few damped notes now, but mostly acceptable. This one sounds good when you really hit it hard, play hard and make it overdrive. And the action can take it.
That button down shirt is correct for the sound of the piano.
Chick Corea vibes!
Thank you.
Nice chorus and reverb
There is a bit of Ring Modulation in there too, but the Lexicon is the main source of that phat reverb. Thanks for your interest.
It doesn’t get any better than this imho. Even including that $8K British V8 Rhodes !
Thanks, Kyle. I am going to upgrade the 54 Mark ll with an Avion Preamp and some new hammer tips. I have it playing through the A-100, but that means it doesn't get played very often. They are offering a drop in replacement, although I had to bypass the "sliders."
Man, Jay's Rhodes was in bad shape physically. It played okay with his voicing, and all the notes worked. Some sticky notes up top, but it was the only one I had to completely disassemble down to the case. And it took forever to wire brush clean the tone bars and replace the screws and grommets. It was only later I decided to put a Retroflyer Preamp in it. AT first I just took out the Bass Boost which is useless anyway, and put in a 15K volume pot with zip wire. Played it through the Leslie 142 with an organ interface, and with tube preamp and the doppler spinning horn, I should have just left it alone. but it was good discipline. A few damped notes now, but mostly acceptable. This one sounds good when you really hit it hard, play hard and make it overdrive. And the action can take it.
@ again Jay would be proud to know the care you have given in the restoration of his instrument!