Fender Rhodes - Amp Comparison

Comparing different amplifiers for the Fender Rhodes electric piano. The direct signal from the Rhodes is recorded once and then sent through the different amplifiers with a re-amp box.

Instrument:
Rhodes Mark I Stage Piano

Amplifiers:
Fender Twin Reverb
Roland JC-120
Vox AC15H1TV
Tandberg Model 2 T (TB2)
Leslie 122

Microphones:
Shure SM57
Royer R-121
Sennheiser e 602-II (for lower rotor on Leslie)

Signal chain:
Rhodes with Avion Studios RetroFlyer Preamp
Universal Audio Apollo
Hairball Audio FET/RACK Revision D
Radial X-Amp into amplifier (except for direct out example)
Chase Bliss Audio & Meris CXM 1978 (almost inaudible, just adds some "air" and stereo width)
DIYRE G Bus VCA Compressor

RetroFlyer Preamp settings:
High pass filter in middle position (60 Hz)
Mid boost/cut just below middle position
Stereo tremolo is turned off (until the very end of each example)


Chapters:
00:00 Direct Out
01:08 Fender Twin Reverb-Amp
02:15 Roland Jazz Chorus-120
03:23 Vox AC15 (Top Boost)
04:30 Vox AC15 (EF86)
05:37 Tandberg Model 2 T (Celestion Alnico)
06:45 Tandberg Model 2 T (Goodmans Alnico)
07:52 Leslie 122


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