Vintage 1978 Rhodes Piano Bass – The Original Keybass! w/ VIDEO !

We are Eclectic Sounds / aka: eclsounds – a store front in Portland, Or. We are open 7 days a week from 11 – 5 PST (by appointment)

The earliest keyboard bass instrument was the 1960 Rhodes Piano Bass.  The piano bass was essentially an electric containing the same pitch range as the most widely-used notes on an electric bass (or the double bass), which could be used to perform bass lines.  It could be placed on top of a piano or organ, or mounted on a stand. Keyboard players such as The Doors’ Ray Manzarek placed his Rhodes Piano Bass  on top of his Vox Continental or Gibson G-101 organ to play bass lines.

The unit we have at Eclectic Sounds is a great playing keyboard, with the serial number 2338, made in 1978.