How to get a Herbie Hancock Rhodes Attack type Sound on guitar?

[Lucidology]

Any suggestions fellow guitar craftsmen?

(I know it's in a Roland Synth if U use midi to pitch conversion ...
but ain't talkin' bout doin' dat ...)

[seiko]

I would start by rolling off some treble picking with fingers. Then light tremolo into a phaser. Pick out the artifical octave at the top of chords to get that shimmer. Maybe a tiny touch of octavia too

[guitarjazz]

Chords using harmonics.

[fritferret]

i think the amp type is important and probably the pups. slightly microphonic pups and an amp that tends to feedback in a pleasing way. lots of control in both hands. that's probably not helpful, sorry.

[McCap]

I am not familiar with the sound, any examples?

[guitarjazz]

Originally Posted by McCap

I am not familiar with the sound, any examples?

The rarest and coolest would the little floppy plastic insert record that came with Keyboard magazine for a Rhodes demo. Herbie plays some music that he says is from the Death Wish soundtrack. I have the CD and there isn't anything as funky as that little demo record.

[guitarjazz]

And here it is. Don't mind the wow and flutter. If you didn't grow up with records you probably haven't heard much wow and flutter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLcQBAwxQTg

[guitarjazz]

ah, Actual Proof!

[coltranemi2012]

man I've been wondering about this for years..like how do you make a guitar sound like this but in a natural way...like...the guitar version of a rhodes...not...put it through a synth. I found maybe putting a les paul through a suhr badger 30 kinda has a certain characteristic...but not really...I'm not sure yet...maybe one day

[Lucidology]

Originally Posted by guitarjazz

And here it is. Don't mind the wow and flutter. If you didn't grow up with records you probably haven't heard much wow and flutter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLcQBAwxQTg

Man ... that was cool have never heard that before ... really history ..
the story about Miles turning Herbie on to the Rhodes is great ...

[russ6100]

Some of my favorite Herbie w/ Rhodes is on Joe Henderson's Power To The People. If you don't know it - check it out ASAP!

[McCap]

And here it is. Don't mind the wow and flutter. If you didn't grow up with records you probably haven't heard much wow and flutter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLcQBAwxQTg

Cool link, thanks!
(and yeah I'm familiar with records )

hmm, let's see if I find time I'll try to get a similar sound...

[JonR]

IMO, the only way is to actually buy a Fender Rhodes...

Even the digital emulations of a Rhodes don't quite make it, so a guitar has no chance - even a MIDI one playing samples. (Imagine a keyboard player trying to get his instrument to sound like a Les Paul, or a Martin . Forget it. That's why we have different instruments.)

[CharAznable]

I bought a keyboard player with a Rhodes.

[Lucidology]

Originally Posted by JonR

IMO, the only way is to actually buy a Fender Rhodes...

Even the digital emulations of a Rhodes don't quite make it, so a guitar has no chance - even a MIDI one playing samples. (Imagine a keyboard player trying to get his instrument to sound like a Les Paul, or a Martin . Forget it. That's why we have different instruments.)

Maybe so ... but I don't think that dialing in that kind of hard Rhodes 'attack' is all that impossible on a guitar ...
When in fact, Herbie used a lot of 'guitar' effects to get it ..

BTW, great sig quote line ...