Members willi Posted January 18, 2008 Members Share Posted January 18, 2008 Their website says '2008 Product Announcement' and then, apparently, nothing else. What's the scoop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goldphinga Posted January 18, 2008 Members Share Posted January 18, 2008 Its funny for such an important product launch that there is no info whatsoever!Its the only product at NAMM i just cant get any info on at all. Has anyone seen a new Rhodes at NAMM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vwizz Posted January 18, 2008 Members Share Posted January 18, 2008 I just hope they don't run out of business before even starting....I loved their new models, especially the one with midi and polyphonic aftertouch.... Would be both a great Rhodes and a great controller... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellokittumz Posted January 19, 2008 Members Share Posted January 19, 2008 These are good points. The Rhodes Music Corporation has had posts regarding the Mark 7 pulled from another popular rhodes enthusiast forum. So, for now, I am trying to get information together on my blog: http://www.joehungry.com/?p=148 I have also posted on this forum asking for pictures of the Mark 7 at NAMM 2008: http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1863687 Thanks,Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vwizz Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 So far i still haven't seen even a picture of the "prototype" that was displayed at NAMM 2008... And what I read in your blog seems rather negative.... Damn, what a frustration, I liked the idea.. But now, if it's all fake, so long for the Rhodes with "polyphonic aftertouch" and the P'08 rack on top of it I hope the guys who paid rightaway will get their money back, even though it doesn't seem likely... Too bad for them:cry: V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 Does seem kind of odd. I talked with Harold's daughter a while back.. I wonder what she would make of this? Would it be even dishonourable to buy one of these new rhodes considering the sequence of events involving Harold? Personally, I think there are plenty of rhodes out there in excellent condition.. heck you could even create your own case and use any preamp/EQ available... The new rhodes doesn't really interest me aesthetically.. and underneath its pretty much a MkII or MkV depending how you look at it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tonyrobbins Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 if that thing has Poly aftertouch and usb midi ,then its the ultimate controller! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mate_stubb Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 Not odd at all. I have predicted many times that they will never ship product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tonyrobbins Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 Their not shipping none of them??? didnt they said that they where going to have a new product for namm?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -groovatious- Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 By the looks of those links - they're trying to pull a scam.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 They were spotted at NAMM but they're still not in production. They have taken deposits from many customers and have yet to deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members willi Posted January 24, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 24, 2008 To be fair, it's not entirely unlikely that they may have simply missed their initial target ship date of late 2007, and have slipped into 2008. The prototypes seem to have had a fair bit of work put into them, given the listed design and manufacturing improvements, public performances and endorsements, etc. Last year at WNAMM 2007, when they first introduced the prototypes and (sort of) announced their intention to ship in late 2007 they took forever to get any sort of decent web coverage on their own website... so the current lack of news isn't really news in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roald Posted January 24, 2008 Members Share Posted January 24, 2008 hope everything works out allright. In my view, the Rhodes is a classic instrument that should be available again...just like all the 50s electric guitars that (thank God) everybody's still playing. I would love to see the supply of tines secured as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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