Members mike.sartori Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 My good friend, who is an exceptional musician on anything with keys (especially the hammond:eek:) is looking for some sweet pedals to make his Rhodes sound cooler. All I really have lying around is a fuzz face clone, I'm gonna let him borrow it, but does anyone know of some effects that really sound great with a Fender Rhodes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 A rotary pedal with a rate swap switch! I want to get a Pog just so I can do this. Line 6 Rotomachine is probably your best quality to price ratio pedal for that. ProGuitarShop has a pretty killer demo on YouTube if you want to hear what I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 a vibrato of some sort. and some good reverb. have him get an ibanez de7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoneStarGuitar Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Tube Driver. BK Butler i think was quoted a ssaying that he had a rhodes and designed a pedal to make it sound like ZZ Top's "Tush" rhythm sound. Small Stone. Worked for Donald Fagan (if you like the 'Dan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike.sartori Posted April 15, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 These are great responses guys. Before you know it he's gonna be a pedal addict:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dolf Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 My good friend, who is an exceptional musician on anything with keys (especially the hammond:eek:) is looking for some sweet pedals to make his Rhodes sound cooler. All I really have lying around is a fuzz face clone, I'm gonna let him borrow it, but does anyone know of some effects that really sound great with a Fender Rhodes? Any chance he needs a Rhodes cab for that bad boy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members friendlybunny Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 I like the sd twin tube, subdecay noise box, and of course a wah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stevemcb Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Tremolo - gotta, gotta have it. Friend of mine uses a Boss TR2 with a rhodes-emulating roland digital keyboard, and it sounds great. Any good trem pedal should do. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MathiasWilliam Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Small Stone Phaser! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coma Larkin Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Anything that Jamie Saft uses on a Rhodes, your friend needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dunnoaname Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 definitely OD, phaser and a wah. Phaser is really great. Really.. Ahhhh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tatter Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Our Rhodes player uses a tube screamer, which sounds great, also tried a treble booster which was nearly as good. Just running it through an overdriven valve amp will sound cool as well. The roger mayer voodoo vibe is also a great pedal with lots of options for sounds (Vibrato/Tremolo/Univibe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 http://www.fenderrhodes.com/cgi-bin/products-display?id=4 http://www.fenderrhodes.com/cgi-bin/products-display?id=5 http://www.fenderrhodes.com/cgi-bin/products-display?id=8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike.sartori Posted April 15, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Our Rhodes player uses a tube screamer, which sounds great, also tried a treble booster which was nearly as good. Just running it through an overdriven valve amp will sound cool as well. The roger mayer voodoo vibe is also a great pedal with lots of options for sounds (Vibrato/Tremolo/Univibe). I told my friend he needs to get a tube amp, right now he is using a crate bass amp, 1x15, but he probably plays the Rhodes least, after his keyboards, electric piano and organ, so I don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garyfanclub Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Yeah a tube amp will definitely warm things up considerably, I'd also look into getting a DMM for him. As far as tube amp, maybe a Twin Reverb? I know they're designed to have rhodes played through them but maybe something a bit warmer would do the trick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rileykill Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Re: the Line6 ... does it take an expression pedal? I'm looking into these Leslie sim type effects but I want to be able to use an expression pedal to change the speed (vs. a knob or tap). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members veil Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Yeah a tube amp will definitely warm things up considerably, I'd also look into getting a DMM for him. As far as tube amp, maybe a Twin Reverb? I know they're designed to have rhodes played through them but maybe something a bit warmer would do the trick? If you can't get warm with a Twin Reverb you're doing it wrong. Rhodeseseses sound really awesome through guitar amps because they make them really midrangey and cool. Use a TR and you can use the the tremolo and reverb, which is {censored}ing radical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 My good friend, who is an exceptional musician on anything with keys (especially the hammond:eek:) is looking for some sweet pedals to make his Rhodes sound cooler. All I really have lying around is a fuzz face clone, I'm gonna let him borrow it, but does anyone know of some effects that really sound great with a Fender Rhodes? A Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble sounds beautiful with a Fender Rhodes! [YOUTUBE]O5Vd57cVKw8[/YOUTUBE] :love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funky Chowder Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 If you can't get warm with a Twin Reverb you're doing it wrong.Rhodeseseses sound really awesome through guitar amps because they make them really midrangey and cool. Use a TR and you can use the the tremolo and reverb, which is {censored}ing radical. Questionable plural form, I agree with this post. Twins work quite nicely with Rhodes. In my experience, lots of amps would work with a Rhodes. They just each accentuate something different about the tone. I've had a lot of fun running one into a Marshall JMP or a small amp. The touch sensitivity also works well for overdrives, envelope filters, ring mods, and fuzzes, and an amp on the brink will sound really nice with it. However, like I said, different players like different sounds and how much bark or chime they want out of the thang. If your friend is down, he could easily start buying all the same effects guitarists dig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members veil Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Questionable plural form, I agree with this post. Twins work quite nicely with Rhodes. In my experience, lots of amps would work with a Rhodes. They just each accentuate something different about the tone. I've had a lot of fun running one into a Marshall JMP or a small amp. The touch sensitivity also works well for overdrives, envelope filters, ring mods, and fuzzes, and an amp on the brink will sound really nice with it.However, like I said, different players like different sounds and how much bark or chime they want out of the thang. If your friend is down, he could easily start buying all the same effects guitarists dig. your location field is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TechBrother Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Any chance he needs a Rhodes cab for that bad boy? I know someone who need a rhodes cab. PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members garyfanclub Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 If you can't get warm with a Twin Reverb you're doing it wrong.Rhodeseseses sound really awesome through guitar amps because they make them really midrangey and cool. Use a TR and you can use the the tremolo and reverb, which is {censored}ing radical. Well with a guitar that's easy to say, but the rhodes has a hell of a lot more output than a guitar pickup, and those higher registers can get ice-pick-in-ear painful. I do agree with you though, it can sound awesome with some skilled EQing and some patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoneStarGuitar Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Envelope filter. Whip out a scratch version of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike.sartori Posted April 15, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 Yeah I just talked to my buddy, he says he likes the rhodes a lot, but it gets real monotonous. I gave him my fuzz pedal and gave him some of your pedal suggestions here. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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