Just got back from a road trip that took me to the AES convention in NYC and ended with a stop off in Franklin, NY to pick up a Wurlitzer 140 from 1971. If you never heard of the 140, you probably have heard it. That was the keyboard of choice for Ray Charles, it was used by Beck, Super Tramp and a ton of others. Many consider it to be more appropriate for Rock music than the Fender Rhodes due to its slightly more distorted sound and more up-front tone.
I have to do a lot of work to this guy. I have a piano tech coming by in a few days to set up the action and replace the felts, etc. I'm planning to get a different amplifier for it (I really want a 145 amp, which is vacuum tube powered). The speaker was not working, but I already fixed that. Soon enough this will be one badass mofo! On a less impressive note, but equally as cool (for some)... I also picked up a 1970's Foosball table for the studio! Its cleaned and set up in the upstairs lounge, where it looks perfectly at home next to the gaming consoles. The lounge has some nice new furniture in it, as well as a flat panel TV for the NES and XBox 360. Video tour of the studio coming soon :)
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AuthorMike Congilosi II, Producer and founder of Lightning Boy Audio shares occasional snippets of whats going on in the studio. Archives
March 2025
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