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Home > Price Guide > Entertainment Pricing & History Sold for Sold Date Source eBay Vintage 1960's Rheem "Kee Bass" One of the 1st Electronic Keyboard Models Description 1960โs Rheem Kee Bass Two-Octave Portable Keyboard Vintage Electronic Keyboard Description : ยท Bass Fuzz sound โ built in ยท Percussion โ Fast Decay ยท Percussion โ Slow Decay ยท Sustain ยท Bright-Mellow option on all sounds ยท 2 Full Octave Keyboard ยท Solid State Electronic Circuitry ยท Plays Booming String Bass Notes when plugged into any guitar amplifier Specifications ยท Dimensions โ 12โW x 13โD x 5.5โH ยท Carrying Weight โ 14 lbs. ยท Volts โ 110 AC For more information go to: "This item up for bid is the Rheem Kee Bass monophonic bass synthesizer. The Rheem company better known for their water heaters made 2 organs, the larger Mark VII and the strictly bass note model the Kee Bass. The Kee Bass was made in the late 1960's. This unit is in it's own carrying case that closes up like a suitcase (see photo)... This is a 2 octave analogue organ that only plays bass notes. This is a mono phonic unit with high note priority meaning that if you play two notes at the same time it will only play the higher of the two. The Sustain/Percussion tab functions like this: Switched to "Sustain", it plays like a regular organ - press a key and it sounds continuously until you release it. Switched to "Percussion", it plays like a piano. Press and hold a key, and the sound dies out; how fast depends on the setting of the Decay Slow/Fast switch. In percussion mode the fade out of a note will sometimes continue on to the next note you play so you have to let the note fade before playing another note. The Bass Booster, Mellow/Bright and Fuzz tabs do what you'd expect, although the Mellow/Bright is a pretty subtle effect." LINKS Harmony Central Kee Bass Schematics for Kee Bass Rheem Kee Bass & Mark VII History Shipping & Insurance Buyer pays shipping and Insurance unless otherwise stated. Payment Information Terms: Payment is expected within ten days of auction close.We accept:PayPal. Additional Terms & Information Our Guarantee: Read our feedback and bid with confidence. All items are described to the best of our abilities and pictures are of the actual items. However, please note, as-is auction sales are
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Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.via this auctionPic of the inside circuit board below."Rheem Kee Bass (spelled K-E-E instead of the conventional "Key") Vintage Keyboard Bass Organ/Synthesizer in excellent condition and in good working order. A cool vintage variant on the ever popular Rhodes Piano Bass, this keyboard is essentially an extended bass section from your favorite Combo Organ, with various controls to shape the sustain and tone. The Rheem Kee Bass is unique in that it was the only bass organ ever produced in the 1960s and really adds some great, tweakable low end to your keyboard setup. If you've always counted on the bass section of your Vox Jaguar or Farfisa Compact and wished you had those features in a portable package, the Rheem is a perfect fit! With controls for Fuzz, Sustain, Percussion (note attack/decay) and Tone, you can easily dial in a sound that will sit well in a band environment. The "Bass Booster" lever is easily the coolest feature on the unit, allowing you to boost low end presence and gain with one easy control that's easy to manipulate on the fly. Perhaps most famously used in sample form for the bass on the Raveonettes entire "Lust, Lust, Lust" record, this keyboard bass is the perfect secret weapon for your keyboard stash.All keys work as they should, respond evenly and are in tune! Under the hood, this Rheem is 100% original and has the unique distinction of having a tuning pot for each individual note if you had the wild hair to stretch tune your Kee Bass. The original power cable and cover are also included and both latches still work well. Cosmetically, this Rheem is quite clean, with some wear on the rear logo and left cheek block, but no serious wear of any kind!"
