Harold's Idea: In 1987, Harold Rhodes came to BBE to have lunch with John and his father, as he had done several times before. Harold was fascinated by the relatively new BBE Sound technology, so they gave him a Model 411 single-channel BBE instrument preamp. This was a single-space rack unit with Gain Control, Process and Bass Boost. Harold liked it so much that he loaned it to a friend, who liked it so much that he kept it for himself. So they sent Harold another unit. Well, guess what...Harold gave that one away, so he went back to John's father and asked for a third one. This unit he kept! In Harold's own words, "every Rhodes piano must have this BBE Process incorporated in it". So now, nearly 20 years later, we are trying to make Harold's vision a reality....

Harmonic Clarifier (w/BBE) MKHC-1 (Stage Piano)

The MKHC-1 preamp replaces Volume & Bass Boost on the Stage Piano, adding a third control for presence/punch. Note: Mark II users will require drilling namerail. Update kit included.

Price: $129.95 E-mail us to order

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The Sonic Stomp is a stompbox version of our ever-popular Sonic Maximizer. The Sonic Stomp was carefully designed to deliver the same sonic improvement as our rack-mounted 482i Sonic Maximizer, adding clarity, definition and punch to any instrument.

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