New Voyager owner (Moog/Rhodes video)

[drcarver]

Nice! I see I'm not the only one down with the Nag Champa!

How do you like your Mk7? I've been thinking about getting one...

[psicolor]

The action of the Mk7 is great, it's very easy to play and, as far as i can judge (i only know one Mk1 for comparison) its more expressive then the old pianos. The builtin Preamp is quite nice if you don't turn up the volume too much (because then it starts to overdrive and this sounds really really ugly!). The EQ is very good quality and gives you many sounds which you can record directly (without amp/mic...)

But there are drawbacks as well: The glossy finish scares of, makes the piano look like a cheap apple product made by poor children with bloody hands. The road touch finish looks much better but it's still plastic and far away from the mk1 wood and tolex sexiness. Also Leo Fender's focus on practicable is missing: There's no builtin case (you have to buy a seperate one) and the legs are missing. I asked my dealer for replacement parts such as tines (i don't wanna gig with the piano without replacement tines) and didn't hear anything from him since then. Seems that the supply of replacement parts is still not clearified. I don't know where you live, but here in germany the pianos comes to the dealers in very bad condition. I would suggest to buy it from a piano dealer who does the initial tuning, voicing and repairs of damages that occured during the intercontinental transport.

Anyway, i like the piano a lot, I always wanted a rhodes but i didn't like the action of the old ones. The Mk7 73 Active with builtin WOODEN case (every musician i know would prefer carrying heavy wood instead of looking at ugly plastic) and legs would be the piano of my dreams.

So long, Nag Champa for president!

[drcarver]

That's cool. I was wondering about the finish on them. I've spent a LOT of time getting my mk II playing and sounding great, but I was thinking it may be nice to have a 2nd Rhodes, and voicing it differently. Being lighter is nice also. Due to the weight, I hardly ever gig with my Rhodes anymore except for very special occasions. Supposedly Rhodes is unveiling a new instrument this week at Musikmesse. That could be interesting.