Sweet demo - lovely Wurlitzer too! With this type of circuit, that positive feedback you have at around 24:00 is really pesky. The inherently poor s/n coupled with those superb amplifiers makes for tricky times if you use it "live". And mmm yeah trolls pop up just when you need them least - especially when you're stuck in a frustrating rebuild issue. Anyhow, thanks for making this!
I have the exact instrument that you are showing here, but it has a sparkly top to it. That is silver and it’s in excellent condition.. It was kept indoors. It’s whole life and there’s nothing wrong with it. I’d like to show it to you, but for some reason, I can’t figure out how to show you a video or a picture.
Thanks Emma for another great video. It would be terrific to see some videos on your piano tuning technique and practice! (I have been a tuner for many years and love watching other approaches) Also, your redition of Neil Young is really nice. Cheers
Thank you!! I would be open to doing a video like that, though I'm a little hesitant as I've been really switching things up this year LOL. I've only been in the profession for 3 years now
Congratulations on the new shop. I learned a few things considering I know almost nothing about piano tuning and repair. Thank you. Also, that’s the best Neil Young song, IMO.
Nice job bringing this piano back to a playable state. I wish I had such a well-calibrated piano back when I was learning. To get a sound on my rented student piano required the keys to be pounded with maximum force. No fun to play and true torture for my poor neighbors. 🙉
Ah, a guitar where you can hear some base notes. A lot of modern guitars are so bright that you can't hear any base unless they are isolated. I like to hear some base. . . . You have motivated me to start looking for and playing some vintage instruments. . . . Cellists and violinists often seek instruments centuries old for more resonate wood. . . . This should be fun.
I hope you don’t hitch hike with that strumming thumb. You might confuse the drivers. Be careful with it-Leo Kottke had a thumb like that and needed surgery!
Love the Black Keys tune! I got close to that sound with a Fuzz Face into a big muff and my Ampeg GV15 while using a Telecaster, but it sounded too processed so I moved on to chase other sounds. Are you straight into the amplifier? It‘s super present but ripping! I wonder if I need to try some PAFs now… I just found out about your channel from the Vintage Ampeg group, cheers!
I'm no musician but I first saw one of these in late 1962. The post-Buddy Holly Crickets came over to the UK, minus two of the band - drummer Jerry Allison and bass player Joe B Mauldin. Glen D Hardin, later of Presley's backing group, and Emmy Lou Harris's Hot Band, came in Mauldin's place, complete with the Fender Rhodes piano bass, and appeared in Birmingham on 5 November. Hardin played the piano bass with his left hand and a standard piano with his right. These slimmed-down Crickets also appeared in the film Just For Fun, released in February 1963, singing their current release My Little Girl, again with Hardin using the piano bass.
@Emma I have a CD that was made in Japan from Victor for Isao Tomita’s The Planets. I used Google translate to see what was written about the CD, and found out that the manufacturing process had more attention to detail, and higher quality materials than a typical CD. Physically looking at the CD, you can definitely tell it’s different than a typical USA-made CD. The quality looks to be way better to the eye. As for playback, well, only if you have very high-end studio gear would you ever notice a difference I suppose. I should also mention I have had the honor of working with Japanese people several times, and their work ethics are (for a lack of better words) overwhelming, or staggering perhaps, when it comes to us. Not to say anything wrong with “Made in America”… but the Japanese approach is both noticeable and appreciated. My Roland synth was carefully packaged, and all dials and controls were neatly centered, as well as the packaging was all carefully arranged. Yup… gotta love Japan for their quality and attention to detail.
