fender rhodes mark II

paul999 · 27th November 2009

I was recently given one of these. I am wondering what you rhodes users do with the signal. ie. D.I. specific amps, effects and cool tones.

greatgreatriver · 27th November 2009

Fender Twin Reverb.

tenderboy · 27th November 2009

depends....
generally rhodes over a guitaramp sounds best, and it blendes best with mixes that way ...

I also love the rhodes played into the great river preamp, nice and clean but with a certain hugeness in the sound

And rhodes love to be played through wahwah, delay and chorus guitar pedals!

paul999 · 27th November 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by tenderboy

And rhodes love to be played through wahwah, delay and chorus guitar pedals!

Sweet I'll be trying this. I don't have the GR pre but I will try some of my others.

Thanks

robot gigante · 27th November 2009

Dyna comp, any number of phasers, Fender guitar amp.

fjzingo@hotmail. · 28th November 2009

Try recording direct form the harp through some different preamps you have, the old preamp is not always the best route. You can control the tone a lot more this way.

I use suitcase vintage preamp from speakeasy vintage music on my mark II

You can also use guitar plugins such as NI guitar rig with it, I sometimes use scarbees vintage FX on my rhodes to get a more glassy sound.
'
/Fred

goldphinga · 28th November 2009

Direct off harp into a nice pre.
Into a fender twin for grit, or a Boogie for clean

Done!

hernanperez2000 · 1st December 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by goldphinga

Direct off harp into a nice pre.
Into a fender twin for grit, or a Boogie for clean

Done!

I AGREE.

GREAT RIVER MP-2NV DI + PURPLE AUDIO MC77

OR

AURORA AUDIO GTQC DI

MXR PHASE 90 SCRYPT
BOSS CE1
ELECTRO HARMONIX SMALL STONE
MUTRON PHASER
MOOG ANALOG DELAY
ETC.....

bkbirge · 1st December 2009

My Mark II chain of joy is pre-amp -> Maestro (Oberheim) PS-1 phaser -> Fender Princeton (tube version) w/ a bit of trem -> u67 -> EM-blue or API 512c -> tape

Sometimes I put a 525b or gates solidstatesman on slam for compression. I've also gone DI with it with good results. The key for a good rhodes sound is to get it setup properly.

I do agree that a Rhodes + Fender Twin = wonderful. Since my Princeton is half a twin I guess my chain is only half wonderful but it works for me. I have done sessions with the Dimension D in place of the phaser or no effect at all and that is awesome too.

paul999 · 2nd December 2009

I've tried out a few things but haven't had a ton of time. With such low out put I see why a good pre before the amp is necessary.

JazzP · 8th December 2009

Rhodes mkII > Presonus TubePre (with custom tube) > Presonus EQ3B > Soundcraft Ghost console > DAW.

Effects: phaser+chorus from TC M-One via send/return on the console. When used right, the phaser emphasizes the subtile tube overdrive edge from the preamp, giving a real fat edge to the sound. Use a reverb with a short pre-delay to emphasize the attack of the rhodes sound.

By the way, the standard pickups ('yellow' ones) from my rhodes mkII have been replaced by more powerfull ('red') pickups from a mkI, so the sound has already some more balls than a normal mkII would have

I would love to have a Telefunken/Siemens V72 as rhodes preamp; never heard a more open and warm sound from any preamp.

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JazzP Gear Head Joined: Nov 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 41	Rhodes mkII > Presonus TubePre (with custom tube) > Presonus EQ3B > Soundcraft Ghost console > DAW. Effects: phaser+chorus from TC M-One via send/return on the console. When used right, the phaser emphasizes the subtile tube overdrive edge from the preamp, giving a real fat edge to the sound. Use a reverb with a short pre-delay to emphasize the attack of the rhodes sound. By the way, the standard pickups ('yellow' ones) from my rhodes mkII have been replaced by more powerfull ('red') pickups from a mkI, so the sound has already some more balls than a normal mkII would have I would love to have a Telefunken/Siemens V72 as rhodes preamp; never heard a more open and warm sound from any preamp.