| Wow, that was very nice man ! You got some chops homie.
Man, I was wanting to get one of these new Rhodes, but now that I hear that, I say the second one you jumped to (I think the Mark I ?) was the best sounding one. It just sounded more buttery and ever so slightly soft in a good way. The new Rhodes was a bit harsher sounding in my opinion, too sharp and precise for what I would use a Rhodes key sound for. But it is really nice, and with maintenance considered I may still get one. After hearing that I would say it is the closest you will come to getting that cool old school rhode key sound on a new piece of gear.
In my opinion they ranked like this (and JUST IMO):
1st place = Mark I (just a real nice buttery sound that was soft but still nice and perfectly bright with out getting harsh on the higher keys !! WONDERFUL !!)
2nd Place = Mark II (nice sounding, just slightly less buttery than the Mark I, has alot of the same qualities though - IMO)
3rd Place = Mark 7 (very nice sounding, but did sound slightly harsher/"crunchy bright" towards the higher keys than the 2 older models. The tone had a more "deliberate" sound to it that I did not like as much. Hard to explain.)
4th Place = Nord Stage (just horribly sterol or something, oddly dark but yet too harsh at the same time, but not really, like a hard to explain problem with the tone I just did not like personally)
Either way, great job, nice playing, and wonderful comparison !!
THANKS !! |