Vintage Vibe

Vintage Vibe is a manufacturer of keyboard instruments, based in Rockaway, New Jersey.[1] The company also offers repair services for electric pianos and amplifiers.

In 2011, they debuted their first line of electro-mechanical pianos at NAMM 2011.[2] The piano combines tine tones with modern improvements to deliver an accurate Rhodes sound in a body resembling a Wurlitzer Electric Piano.

History

The company started in 1997 as an instrument rental business, before switching to repairs due to difficulties competing in that market.[3] In 2011, they started manufacturing electric pianos, similar to those manufactured by Rhodes and Wurlitzer.[1] Reviewing their product range, Keyboard Magazine's Jon Regen praised the quality of the sounds and feel of the instrument, but questioned whether there was still a market for a product with moving parts that only produced one sound.[4]

Features

The Vintage Vibe Tine Piano was designed to be half the weight of traditional tine-based electric pianos. The action and tone are inspired by the early Fender Rhodes. The piano uses American swaged steel tines and hand-wound pickups along with a choice of active or passive electronics to achieve its tone.[4]

Variants

44 Tine Based Piano

44 Tine Piano Dimensions
Height Width Depth Weight
Without legs 7 7/8" 28 1/2" 21 5/8" 37 lbs
With legs 33 5/8" 28 1/2" 21 5/8" 43 lbs

Tine models use a Key Compass of F21 - C64

Bass models use a Key Compass of C4 - G46

64 Tine Based Piano

64 Tine Piano Dimensions
Height Width Depth Weight
Without legs 7 7/8" 37 5/8" 21 5/8" 53 lbs
With legs 33 5/8" 37 5/8" 21 5/8" 60 lbs

The 64 Tine Piano uses a Key Compass of A13 - C76

73 Tine Based Piano

73 Tine Piano Dimensions
Height Width Depth Weight
Without legs 7 7/8" 44 3/8" 21 5/8" 60 lbs
With legs 33 5/8" 44 3/8" 21 5/8" 66 lbs

The 73 Tine Piano uses a Key Compass of E8 - E80

Vibanet

The Vibanet was introduced at the 2013 NAMM show.[5]

Notable Users

Edie Brickell
Tom Furse of The Horrors
John Ginty (associated with The Dixie Chicks, Jewel, Santana, Bad Religion, and Robert Randolph & The Family Band)
Robert Glasper
Jem Godfrey associated with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Atomic Kitten
Peter Keys of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Marcel Rodríguez-López of The Mars Volta, and Zechs Marquise
Chris Norton of Zappa Plays Zappa
Knut Anders Sørum
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver & The Shouting Matches
Stevie Wonder

References

  1. 1 2 "Vintage Vibe 64 Piano review". Sound On Sound. April 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. "Vintage Vibe Electric Piano". Synthtopia. January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  3. "Vintage Vibe Interview". Alpha Beck. August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  4. 1 2 Jon Regen (21 November 2012). "Vintage Vibe Electric Pianos". Keyboard Magazine. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  5. "VV at NAMM 2013". Live2Play Network. January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.

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