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Vintage Vibe Variable Voice Control
Instant analog tone shaping from warm fundamentals to articulate harmonics
Unlock Signature Tone in Seconds
Voicing your electric piano used to mean hours of manual adjustments and trade-offs in playability. The Vintage Vibe Variable Voice Control changes that. With a single analog slider, you can dial in everything from fundamental-heavy warmth to overtone-rich bark — all without affecting strike line, hammer blow, or escapement.
This patented design floats the pickup rail, giving you global tonal control while preserving perfect playability. Whether you’re chasing the classic Raymac sound or something bold and modern, the tone is yours to shape on the fly.
Included as an optional feature on any Marquis 73, Classic 64 or Deluxe 73 the Variable Voice Control is the ultimate upgrade for players who demand instant flexibility without sacrificing feel.
Studio-Grade Voicing, Right at Your Fingertips
The Variable Voice Control isn’t just an add-on—it’s a reimagining of how tone should work on an electric piano. Instead of adjusting each note individually or compromising your action to chase a specific sound, this patented design lets you instantly sweep across the tonal spectrum while preserving perfect playability. Whether you want rich, fundamental warmth or sharp harmonic bark, the control is yours.
Real-Time Tone Shaping
Dial your desired sound on the fly with a single analog slider—from warm 1960s-era Raymac to modern harmonic-rich tones.
Patented Floating Pickup Rail
Our design decouples the pickup rail from the harp assembly, enabling global voicing control without disrupting strike line or hammer throw.
Preserves Action Feel
Unlike traditional voicing adjustments for consistent playability, VVC maintains escapement, key dip, and hammer response.
No Tech Required
Slide left for classic warmth, right for bark—no teardown, no tools, just instant, intuitive tone control.
The Engineering Behind Variable Voice Control
What Is Voicing?
The traditional Rhodes design allows each note’s timbre to be adjusted from full fundamental to full harmonic, and anywhere in between. Voicing is selecting a tone and changing the piano’s notes to sound uniform, from one note to the next. The downside of such adjustability is the time it takes to voice an entire piano and the effect such voicing has on the feel and performance of the piano. Many action specifications are altered by adjusting the height of the tine to change its position relative to the pickup.
The Challenge of Traditional Voicing
With its appearance on thousands of iconic records, it’s not hard to hear just how versatile the classic Fender Rhodes sound can be. But a myriad of factors contribute to the sound of a Rhodes piano, like the vintage of the piano used and how each of those instruments was set up. With an original production run of approximately 20 years, many different iterations of Harold Rhodes’ design were produced. Over the past 50-plus years, countless musicians and technicians each had their idea of how to voice their piano.
Our Solution – Floating Pickup Rail
How can voicing versatility be achieved in a minimum of time without adversely affecting the piano’s playability? The answer is the Vintage Vibe Variable Voice Control. By globally repositioning the pickups instead of the tone generators, the complete sound spectrum is instantly available to the musician, with infinite adjustability. Strike line, hammer blow distance, escapement, and damper lost motion all remain unaltered, preserving feel and response throughout the timbral spectrum.
How It Works – Slider Control & Sound Palette
Our patented design floats the pickup rail from the piano’s harp assembly, allowing a lever to alter the position of the entire pickup rail about the tines. Simply sliding a lever left or right for a working musician results in the most instantaneous global voicing ever achieved.
Set to the middle of the slider’s travel is the sound Vintage Vibe has become famous for; Balanced fundamentals with a hint of overtone under a light touch. More aggressive playing introduces more overtones, which (and here’s the key) gradually decay back to those beautiful, balanced fundamentals.
Moving the slider to the right introduces more and more overtone. “Bark” and “bite” are accentuated, gradually thinning the overall tone into late Rhodes-era territory. Want headroom? Moving the slider to the right virtually cancels out all fundamentals for a unique, ethereal tone in the treble, with a multi-footage effect in the bass/tenor section.
Moving the slider to the left allows the fundamental tone to shine through. Add in high frequency response available through our latest Stereo Vibe preamp (included), and the results are full and rich with a sparkling attack. Continuing to the left of the slider’s travel, the piano recreates the early tones of 1960’s Raymac tines, right down to the quick decay of harmonics that were the hallmark of the “Silver top” and “Jetsons” pianos.
Why It Matters
The Vintage Vibe Variable Voice Control allows you to physically voice your piano on the go, something no electronic circuit can do.
A New Era of Voicing, Rooted in Classic Tone
A Patented Breakthrough in Real-Time Control
The Vintage Vibe Variable Voice Control was born after decades of restoration, experimentation, and performance feedback. We didn’t set out to replace voicing. We set out to elevate it. Creating a system that maintains action integrity while unlocking tonal flexibility has transformed the Rhodes-style voicing process into an intuitive, on-the-fly experience.
Instead of relying on fixed voicing or time-intensive reconfiguration, Variable Voice Control lets you dial your ideal tone in real time without lifting the harp. There are no special tools, no irreversible tweaks, just a simple slider and a world of expressive possibilities.
This innovation isn’t theoretical. It’s patented, road-tested, and trusted by players across genres who demand both vintage soul and modern flexibility.
2x U.S. Patents — Innovation you won’t find anywhere else.
Endorsed by the Harold Rhodes Family — Legacy-approved.
Over 1,000,000 Parts Sold — Trusted worldwide by pro technicians and players.
5,000+ Vintage Pianos Restored — From stage legends to studio staples.
25+ Years of Craftsmanship — An American original in piano restoration.
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