After many years of searching, we are proud to present one of the most sought-after electric piano sounds in the world - widely known as the “E” Rhodes® sound. This extraordinary tone came from some incredibly rare electric pianos touched by the wizardry of Eddy Reynolds - a brilliant keyboard tech who performed his magic on a select few 1970s Suitcase Rhodes® pianos in Los Angeles. The extensive modifications Eddy made to the voicing and particularly his custom pre-amp circuits yielded a fat, bright, and super-even sound, creating true sonic masterpieces that to this day have never been matched by any commercially produced instruments.

BACKSTORY: The “E” name comes from one of these instruments Eddy modified that was often rented from Leeds Musical Instrument Rentals during the heyday of record production in the 1980s. The top producers knew which one to rent because it was marked with a big “E” on the case. This is not the instrument we sampled for Keyscape, but ours was made at the same time and has the identical circuitry and voicing modifications that Eddy did to that specific Leeds instrument. As the “E” legend has grown on the Internet over the years, what's not widely known is that Eddy made several of these identically modified instruments after various L.A. session players requested the same modifications. Our instrument was a 1974 Suitcase that Eddy extensively modified and is serial # 54247-044074. These rare customized instruments each have that same sonic magic and were used on hundreds of hit records! You can find out more about the Leeds instrument HERE...