Vintage 1960s Rheem Kee Bass 25-Key Combo Organ / Bass Synth

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Effects: Mellow, Bright, Fuzz, Sustain, Percussion, Decay (Fast, Slow)

Power: 110-120 Volts, 2 Watts 60 Cycles

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Vintage Original 1969 Rheem "Kee Bass" SN 1307-417

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"Kee Bass is exactly as pictured. The Kee logo is no longer there, but the Bass is. A few cracks in the corners, and one in the middle on both sides of the controls. A few scuffs on the case, otherwise looks brand new. The Gold keys with the black makes this baby stand out, and it will not disappoint the new owner."

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Vintage 1960s Raven Piano Bass Combo Organ Bass Synth

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Only one other featured back in 2010.

"Up for auction is a very rare 1960's Raven Piano Bass Synth.

These were made in Japan in the late 60s. They made two versions. The Rheem Kee bass and this Raven Version. They were both made by the same company in Japan. The Raven version being the harder to find version that was distributed in Canada.

This unit is from a closed down music store and has been in storage since the mid 80's.. Cosmetically the unit looks stunning. Pretty much no wear. Looks very nice!"

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1960’s RHEEM KEE BASS COMBO ORGAN / Bass Synth

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RHEEM MARK VII

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"THE ORIGINAL DOORS Classic Organ Keyboard with BASS BOOSTER, in TOTAL MINT CONDITION - ALL KEYS AND CONTROLLERS LOOK AND PLAY BRAND NEW, THE TRUE DOORS SOUNDS, HAS BASS BOOSTER WITH THROTTLE CONTROLLER THAT EFFECTS THE LOWER 2 KEYBOARD OCTAVES AND ADDS A SUPER BASS NOTE TO THE REGISTERS! FROM THE SUMMER OF '69, I BOUGHT TWO OF THESE MARK 7'S, PLAYED ONE AT ALL GIGS AND KEEP THIS ONE IN A TIME CAPSULE UNTIL NOW. IT INCLUDES ALL ORIGINAL CORDS , EXPRESSION PEDAL, LEGS, BOTH THE ORIGINAL and 1 EXTRA MUSIC STAND (2 total), HARD SHELL CASE and EVEN THE ORIGINAL BLACK LEATHERETTE DUST COVER OVER THE CASE."

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Introducing the Martinic Kee Bass

Published on Oct 3, 2019 Martinic

"Available for FREE here: https://www.martinic.com/kee-bass

Introducing…

The KEE BASS from Martinic

Bring some groovy, bassy vibes back from the ‘60s and straight into your music with our faithful emulation of one of the first monophonic string bass simulators... the Rheem Kee Bass!

Our Kee Bass VST/AU plugin is based on the original electronic schema and an actual physical Kee Bass. Firstly, we modeled the instrument precisely (no sampling at all), then we added a few modern features to make it more versatile and unique.

RETRO BASS TONES

Physical modeling of vintage Rheem Kee Bass (no samples used)
• Bass Fuzz sound - built in
• Percussion - Fast decay
• Percussion - Slow decay
• Sustain
• Bright-Mellow option on all sounds
• 2 Full Octave Keyboard
• Modeled Solid State Electronic Circuitry
• 2.5 MB Portable Lightweight Beauty
• Compatible with any VST/AU host

MODERN FEATURES

• Level adjust
• Adjustable 25-note tuning
• Extended 128 MIDI note range • Velocity-sensitive
• All settings MIDI learnable
• Poly mode
• Low/high/last note priority
• Attack/decay adjust
• Low pass filter with resonance
• Filter LFO/envelope modulation
• Wide range of presets
• Fine tuning
• Transpose/octave shift"

Rheem Kee Bass

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"An exceptionally cool bass keboard suitcase unit -- so much mojo! Fat warm analog bass tones -- especially on the "fuzz" setting -- it has a character all its own. A really excellent studio piece, and fairly rare. In excellent condition."

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Vintage Rheem Kee Bass Combo Organ/Bass Synth w/ Case

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"Vintage 1960's Rheem Kee Bass combo organ/bass synth. This is an awesoe sounding bass keyboard that is in great condition. Super smooth with huge low end thanks to the "Bass Boost" slider. Can get gritty with the built in Fuzz. Works great with the exception of the upper position of the Sustain and Percussion mode switch. We have another one of these that works perfectly, and honestly, there isn't much of a difference between the two settings anyway. Sounds great as is or would likely be a pretty simple fix. This is really one of my favorite bass keyboards and the tone sits perfectly in any track. Plus, it's about the coolest looking keyboard I've ever seen."

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Rheem Kee Bass 60's Analog Bass Synth

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"Has a really impressive low end, tweak-able with the "Bass Booster" fader - seems to function to really dial in however much subharmonic content you want.

All switches work.
Tone: Self Explanatory - Mellow vs Bright
Fuzz: This is a super cool on board distortion circuit that gives you an awesome germanium/square-wave break up
Mode: Sustain makes it like a normal organ, meaning it plays as long as the key is depressed. Percussion mode gives the notes decay, the length of which is controlled by the following switch.
Decay: Controls the length of decay. This is a subtle but very useful feature in my opinion. And with the fuzz circuit engaged, the decay has a very unique synths character to it."

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Re-Badged Rheem Kee Bass NDK Kee Boo Vintage 60's Analog Bass Synth / Organ

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Note this is the first time, this specific model has been featured here on MATRIXSYNTH. Curious bit of synth history. There have only been two other NDK posts before this.

"For sale is a rare NDK 'Kee Boo' a variant of the Rheem Kee Bass Analog Bass Organ. Both share an identical circuit, only differences are the Black Sparkle opposed to Red Swirl and Boost knob instead of slider. This Kee Bass was recently serviced and had new precision locking tuning pots installed as some of the original pots had become faulty. The original power cord pocket shows No signs of damage, and the original power cord has had some hot glue added to reinforce the joints against pulling wear. The Tolex is in great shape. The plastic red jewel that cover the bulb is broken. The bulb itself is fine though. The chrome bulb surround is included along with the NDK badge that was originally glued over the words "Kee Bass" on the rear plate. Ready to play for many years to come! Extremely low sub bass, fantastic for Dub and electronic."

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Rheem Kee Bass Vintage 60s Bass Synth

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Rheem Kee Bass vintage 60s bass synth

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Analog Secret Weapon

Published on Jul 13, 2014 ginsengbob

"Rheem Kee bass into a Moog Low Pass Filter.
Everything is better with a Moog!"

Rheem Kee Bass

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Vintage Black RHEEM KEE BASS Monophonic Analog Organ Synthesizer

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Rheem Kee Bass Vintage Piano Bass

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Vintage Rheem Key Bass with Internal Mod

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"It works great but it's out of tune, it's been worked on, somebody modded it (see pic) That pot changes the tone (i guess for tuning it?) i have the power cord Perfect for a project or replacement"

Pics of the inside below.

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Sample Katra Vintage Synth Five Star Bundle Videos

Published on Sep 20, 2013

Remember you can skip through videos using the controls at the bottom of the video player. There are some good demos of synths you don't get to hear often including the Rheem Key Bass.

Get the samples here: http://www.samplekatra.com

"Video introduction of the Five Star Bundle by Sample Katra. Five Star Bundle is a suite of five vintage analogue synth Kontakt instruments."

Playlist:
Five Star Bundle by Sample Katra • Vintage analog synth instruments for Kontakt
Eclectic Piano by Sample Katra • Yamaha CP35 electric piano for Kontakt
Handclap Boss by Sample Katra • Boss HC2 Hand Clapper for Kontakt
Percussion Boss by Sample Katra • Boss HC2 Hand Clapper for Kontakt
Surreal Strings by Sample Katra • Yamaha SS30 string synth for Kontakt
K Bass by Sample Katra • Rheem Kee Bass synth for Kontakt

Rattly And Raw Kontakt Sample Instruments

"Dirty, cheap, cranky, crusty little gems to fill those cracks in yourproductions. These instruments are designed to be 'that little extra thing' that so many tracks end up needing.

In the real world, most of these instruments have maybe only a fewplayable notes or at best a limited range!

Rattly And Raw have greatly expanded the playability and range of theseoriginal instruments by using state of the art time stretching softwareand meticulously hand tuning each mechanism.

The emphasis here is on imperfection and character. These instruments are not posh, and not slick, but they might inspire new directions oraugment what you already have in surprising ways. The unique sound ofthese samples comes from the instruments themselves, not fromadditional processing! That being said... on most instruments we'veincluded a LoFi button and a processing knob or two that will let you dirt 'em up a little more...

We're starting with four products:

The First Incarnation, Cold War Listening Station,The Marxophone and Student Vibraphone

THERE IS ALSO A FREE INSTRUMENT FOR DOWNLOAD IN THESTORE!

The First Incarnation is a collection of sixteen rattly, scratchy, dirty,plucked, scraped, pressed and smacked, unusual Rattly and Rawinstruments!

The instruments have all come from quirky shops and chance meetings and have been used on many sessions by the Rattly and Raw team. *This pack contains unusual and rare instruments like the Rheem Key Bass,Taishokoto, Appalachian Dulcimer, Pitched Cowbells, Plucked Piano and Zither strings and MUCH MUCH MORE!

As a further introductory offer The First Incarnation also comes with ourRattly and Raw percussion instrument (88 keys of percussion and drumhits with velocity management and LoFi processing) FOR FREE!

Cold War Listening Station contains massive percussion hits,calamitous found material impacts and bizarre instruments, all soaked in the huge paranoid reverberations from this monstrous facility. We took insound making devices and used what was there as well, the results aredefinitely unusual!

These were all recorded on location at an abandoned listening stationhidden in central europe. Our intrepid sampling team overcame wild dogs, lurking strangers, rats, guards and creeping terror to bring youthese unique sounds! It was a massive challenge to get clean enoughdecay tails on these huge and spooky sounds as this abandoned stationwas open in parts to the elements (which brought its own challenges)and also every tiny noise was amplified massively by the architecture!!As a result, this uniquely disjarring and sonically intriguing pack is theresult of luck, stealth and opportunism and signal to noise management!

The Marxophone contains one lovingly sampled original marxophone with multiple layers and velocity sensitive trill action (as well as multipleinstruments with different performance options!) It's a very distinctivesound and one you'll probably recognise!

This also has a custom velocity management script to really aid playability and control of the trill function and a LoFi script with drivecontrol to take this unique instrument to some new places! We've alsoincluded ELEVEN variations on the standard Marxophone instrument.

Student Vibraphone This short-scale student vibraphone has a uniqueattacky, clanky goodness that we had to share! Great for getting that vibes sound across with no trace of 'posh' or 'refined' at all! There are afew instrument options here so you can get a good range of sounds fromthis limited, but very usable instrument!"

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Sample Katra Launches with Five Analog Synth Instruments for Kontakt

"Sample Katra, a new company specialising in vintage analogue synth instruments for Native Instruments' Kontakt, has announced the release of five new instruments, including one freebie:

• Handclap Boss (FREE) - an interpretation of the Boss HC2 hand clapper.

• Percussion Boss ($19) - an interpretation of the Boss PC2 percussion synthesizer.

• K Bass ($19) - an interpretation of the Rheem Kee Bass bass synth.

• Eclectic Piano ($29) - an interpretation of the Yamaha CP35 electric piano.

• Surreal Strings ($29) - an interpretation of the Yamaha SS30 string synthesizer.

Here's what they say: 'The main aim is to combine the character of vintage analog synth instruments, with an up to date feature-set for any style of music or sound-design. We genuinely hope to offer something a little different and bring to you the 'katra' or living spirit of some of our favorite analog synths, drum machines and vintage toys.'

All feature:
• 24-bit samples.
• Round robin sampling.
• Uncompromising sound quality.
• No additional processing or sweetening.
• Scripting for Kontakt by Mario Krušelj.

There is a limited time bundle offer on now for just $59.

To get the free Handclap Boss, instrument details, pics and sound demos, please check
out www.samplekatra.com.

The instruments require the full version of Kontakt 4.2 or 5 (Mac & Windows)."