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This month i was lucky to finally spotting replacing material for my 25k pots (tremolo intensity on 2 janus-preamps) that seems hard to find. One of mine was crackling and the other was broken and got replaced by a 50k & mod. But i was never really happy with the beheavior of that. Now they are fine again and i am happy so i thought to share it this with you.

As replacement i bought some StereoPot NOS made by CTS parts number: 2410011 / 1376842

It's not a perfect replacement pot as you need to reuse shaft and axe from the old/another pot. But the 25k rev log track works great with a little reshaping the legs and especially the second part from the stereo-unit is easy to use. I paid 4$ on ebay for a lot of 4 pots (4 x stereo --> 8 conductor paths...) - fair enough.

Some seem to be still availlable on ebay (seller in US):

https://www.ebay.de/itm/223929498483?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114145%26meid%3Db47e7b45f7594571ad0771b9a0b68bfa%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D324103339381%26itm%3D223929498483%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2334524&_trksid=p2334524.c100667.m2042

Dear members of the EP-forum,

the last months i dived deep into my two rhodes:

a 54 Rhodes from 15/80 (the wiring is changed to ,normal' 6 pin-groups) w. suitcase preamp.
a 73 Rhodes from 10/79 w. suitcase preamp.

Both are in good shape, are on gigs regularely, the 54 beeing the reference in a couple of things.

So i tried to translate the things i like about the 54 to the 73. And compared all the parts, which should be similar as they're just one year apart. I thought....

One that did not work and i want to ask your opinion is the sound HF-wise: the 54 has a ,high frequency shimmer with a longer release', the 73 more of a ,pick' and the overtones are not as high. (at the end of the post --> sound/video). I like to know, where this comes from, so i made a short video to show the differences. (I pushed the highs a lot to make the difference clearer)

https://youtu.be/4CaA_zbwmU4

For the experimental setting, i mounted three different D's next to each other:

left MK2 81 (Length = 59,5 mm)
middle 54 (60,2 mm)
right MK1 '79 (61,9 mm)

Tine's ends are even, hammertips the same, tines look the same.




Why is the 54-Tine sound behaving differently in the high frequencies? For me it sounds higher/opener and has a longer HF-decay vs the shorter 'pick' of the two others.

Is it just the tine? And what kind of tine ist this?
(picture of the three attached, they look the same to me). Or did i overlook something?

Cheers, Ulf

Dear Colleagues,

i'm currently on tour with a band in Russia and a passionate Rhodes-Player. Unfortunately there are problems with the backline in the Cities: Nizhny Novgorod, (Minsk) & Kaliningrad - they can't provide any. That's bad....

If you are living there and have one (no matter which model) or know someone, don't hesitate to contact me. Of course you'd get a rental fee!

Answers highly appreciated,

best regards

Ulf

P.s. I treat them well, no worries...!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVIhtSOShNU

sorry, also here again:

hello everybody,

i'm gonna stay with my band (www.myspace.com/jazzteam) for about a week in spain, playing one/two gigs and rehearsing the other time. it's near valencia, in denia - is there anybody nearby, that could rent his piano for theese days  - of course i'd pay for it.

thanks for any suggestion...

all the best

sir_bass

hello everybody,

i'm gonna stay with my band (www.myspace.com/jazzteam) for about a week in spain, playing one/two gigs and rehearsing the other time. it's near valencia, in denia - is there anybody nearby, that could rent his piano for theese days  - of course i'd pay for it.

thanks for any suggestion...

all the best

sir_bass

hello,

i recently bought a second markI and it appeared to sound somehow like the one i already have, although this is from 77, while the one i had  is from 79. i'd like to exchange with someone, who ownes a mkII or even a mkV and wants to have a mkI. i live around frankfurt/germany.

cheers,

sir_bass

hi there,

i have a question about the original vibrato effect in the newer 5-pin suitcase preamp. i would like to change the vibrato to a softer change from left to right, right now it has a more rectangular-like waveform. is this possible by maybe changing one or more of the resistors or capacitors?

all the best

sir_bass