Sold My Rhodes

 

It went to a good home, a young guy who is into retro equipment (he has a Vox Continental, if that tells you anything).

 

It's funny the ebb and flow of instruments. In the '90s you'd have been hard-pressed to give a Rhodes away. Now they are the real deal. Once people have learned that modeling synths are mere pretenders and that plug-in's ain't all that, those who care will seek out the source.

 

I got a fair price for it, and threw in a marginally working (i.e., noisy, not in a good way) Fender Champ amp into the bargain.

 

Now I'm trying to decide whether or not to sell my ARP Solus, which apparently these days commands a very nice price. They just don't make them ol' monophonic, analog synths anymore so I'll probably keep that one around another year or two.

 

 

 

 

Yes they do. Or well ok, they don't make the old ones anymore (:S) but they do make analog monophonic synths today. DSI, Moog and Arturia for example all have analog, monophonic synths in production in this very moment. 

As for not being able to afford old gear and being forced to use plugins, I guess it's about picking your fights. I'd love to have a Fender Rhodes, Hohner Clavinet D6, Hammond "insert any model here" with a Leslie etc etc.

Instead I have, after working not too many summers, one Nord Electro which does the rhodes/clavinet/organ, one Moog Little Phatty monophonic analog synth and one vintage Eminent Solina String Ensemble. So the stringsynth and monophonic synth sounds are "the real thing" while everything else is digitally emulated. One just has to decide which sounds are the most important and then replace the others with emulation. Then again, a Hammond/Leslie combo is more expensive than my whole setup so it's not only about that, but you get my point. 

Also, as a gigging musician, I can confirm that there are certain disadvantages in having one (really heavy) keyboard for each sound ;)