In all seriousness, it’s a beautiful instrument and I applaud anyone with the talent to play it. Certainly, it is far beyond my skill level.
Gilmourisgod wrote:I never really "got" what a Rick is capable of until I ran it stereo a few times in my college band. We used to call it the "Piano of Doom". You get all the bottom and all the top in total a**kicking mode.
LHBASSIST wrote:It looks like it's an eleven string.
Ha! Good observation! It looks like the very highest string is missing.
Gilmourisgod wrote:I never really "got" what a Rick is capable of until I ran it stereo a few times in my college band. We used to call it the "Piano of Doom". You get all the bottom and all the top in total a**kicking mode.
To each his own, and Yves knew what he wanted, but that subsonic low-end going down to Hell-# just doesn't do anything for me... I suppose I'd have to hear how it works in a composed piece, to see how clear it might be, and what it would lend to composition...