Goodbye (Yellow Brick) Rhodes! And the foxy Vox Jaguar....
Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 03:56PM As you may have read from Tweets & Audioboos abounding, Maf & I are traveling eastward from The Pacific and in the process, I am undergoing a long overdue exercise in detachment....gear/ music - nerd style.
The Rhodes and the Vox Jaguar both were tremendously important figures in the making of my debut, Pilfershire Lane, so I went through a very expected bout of deep reluctance. I often experience the blissfully irrational state of "synthro-promorophization", (as many of uas do?) when you get attached to an instrument that seems to breathe with you and read your mind. Somehow.
Here's a dorky Audioboo I did today of my last caper with the Vox Jaguar:
In the past 2 days, the lovely Vox Jaguar & my luscious Rhodes Mark I were adopted by loving, enthusiastic owners, sure to be looked after - as much as I thought I'd feel gloomy, I was happy to "pass them on" to people who were excited to put it to as good use as I feel I had.
So, the letting go process was quite nice on both counts, to see the gear go where it would still be loved & witness that "I- just- bought- a -new- keyboard -holy- fuck -I- can't- wait- to- play- this!!!" feeling from the new owners.
Here's my beloved Rhodes, the one & only time we decided to hike it down 3 flights of stairs, in the car and to downtown LA to use it live. (Ah! The Rhodes is especially buttery with a Moogerfooger 12 Stage Phaser cooking on one end) :
Who else has tales of passing on their "beloveds"? How do you feel about it? What do you miss?
As for the Vox & the Rhodes, they'll have a lovely life - They wouldn't fit it the Jeep anyway! *Sigh*.
So, it's Goodbye (Yellow Brick) Rhodes; I'm quite enjoying the bad (BAD) pun as impending big adventures always bring to mind a certain Dorothy Gale- also bringing to mind a new project we'll be doing on the road - that we'll tell you about very soon!
Sing us out for the weekend, Sir Elton...See you on Free Mp3 Monday!
Reader Comments (3)
I can only imagine how tough that has to be. There've been a couple of times over the years when financial situations have had me considering the sale of my Rhodes, Pro-One, or Rogue. But I've never been able to bring myself to do it. Hell, the Rhodes has moved with me from Arizona to Oregon - where it lived set up in the only closet of my tiny TINY studio apartment - and back again. Even with the advances in software samplers and softsynths, I just can't give these babies up.
Wishing you all the best on your move to a new home!
I've only had enforced separation through burglary - two bass guitars, an electric guitar and bass amp amongst other things. One of the basses my parents had bought for me when I was about 12. Even though it was beaten up and sounded like shit, it was my first instrument and it played (excuse the pun) a big part in developing my love of music. I hope whoever it ended up with made good use of it.
It's been a few days now, and It's certainly been the right thing to do!
Lee, I'm sorry to hear of the less than romantic side of "passing on gear" youve experienced...I know how you feel!, I think the worst thing I ever had stolen was my really lovely old Gemeinhardt flute that my mom got me in Jr. High....it sounded so wonderful! Ah well.