Rhodes
Rhodes Chroma Polaris
Rhodes Chroma Polaris
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Fender Rhodes Chroma Polaris for sale. This unit has been meticulously refurbished to make it better than the rest, a time consuming and costly process requiring 19 hours in skilled vintage synth tech labor plus parts. It's in great shape and in perfect working order, unlike most - ready to play, no excuses or additional servicing required.
membrane panel replaced (cost $225+installation) - the originals tend to break over time / after shipping.
replaced electrolytic capacitors power supply board as a preventative measure.
resoldered voltage sw pcb.
resoldered solder points for wire section.
removed and cleaned heat sink.
cleaned and lubed bender pots.
cleaned unit externally.
cleaned and lubed all slide pots.
this unit originally left the factory with 2 D batteries backing up the internal memory. we replaced them with a single lithium battery.
reloaded factory sounds.
recalibrated.
upgraded OS version 9 EPROM to version 11.
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Note: a couple of the faders are slightly bent, as you may be able to see if you take a close look at the pics. They work perfectly though, as does the rest of this unit.
The Chroma Polaris is a really underrated synth. Its a 2 oscillator polysynth with oscillator sync, 2 envelopes, a ring modulator, velocity sensitivity, and all the other features you would expect from a good polysynth. Best of all was ahead of its time - all fader and button functions on the Polaris respond to MIDI continuous controller data. This means you can use it with a software editor or MIDI fader box and can sequence your knob movements and other tweaks from or into your MIDI sequencer, just like you can do with more modern virtual analogs. However, this analog synth sounds a lot warmer to me than any of the newer synths. This synth is very good for most typical analog synth sounds but I feel it is best for ambient strings and pads. It really sounds alive! You can create much more interesting sounds on this synth than you can with similar synths such as the Roland Super JX and Juno-106.
Here's a previously sold Chroma Polaris in action:
The videos below show a previously sold Polaris:
