Oh, please, no...

Apparently, the Rhodes remake will actually be at NAMM this year, only like 5 years after that dude bought the name and started threatening to make one. There is actually a web site up and everything, and since it’s on the interwebs, you know it’s true.

I have to say that the technical data on the preview page isn’t exactly inspiring. I can’t for the life of me figure out why a simple mechanical instrument would need a USB port and an LCD screen, so it makes me think that they may have tried to improve on an already good thing. The words “state of the art” appear twice in three bullet points, and since the original Rhodes was created in 1946, I’m wondering how much “state of the art” technology should really be applied.

However, I don’t think it’s a ROMpler. If it is, I swear to christ I’m gonna start fashioning a shiv.

Any other rumors we should all be aware of? I do know a certain effects maker is supposed to debut a new flagship, but other than that, I haven’t heard about anything that would really qualify as “interesting.”