Ray Manzarek, founder of The Doors, dies aged 74 The Times


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Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. ( né Manczarek; February 12, 1939 - May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the rock band the Doors, co-founding the group in 1965 with fellow UCLA Film School student Jim Morrison. Manzarek is credited for his innovative playing and abilities on organ -style keyboard instruments.


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Manzarek changed the face of rock keyboard playing, with his early signature sound being a combination of a Vox Continental organ -- and later a Gibson G-101 Kalamazoo combo organ -- with his left hand playing the basslines on a Fender Rhodes electric piano "bass unit," which featured only the keyboard's lowest notes.


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The most famous Piano Bass user is Ray Manzarek from the Doors who placed his unit on top of his Vox Continental and later Gibson G-101 organ to play the band's distinctive basslines. Much more recently, Jack White of The White Stripes often uses a Rhodes Piano Bass live to great effect.


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Ray Manzarek, founder of The Doors, dies aged 74 The Times

The original small "Fender Rhodes" badge on the mirrored namerail is intact, and the brown tolex is all original and quite clean, with a few minor scuffs and one small square of patched tolex on the bottom. The thick plush red interior is intact on the lid, and original hardware includes the latches, hinges and sphinx glides (feet).


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Keyboard players such as The Doors ' Ray Manzarek placed his Fender Rhodes piano bass on top of his Vox Continental or Gibson G-101 organ to play bass lines.


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Ray Manzarek, who as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the Doors helped shape one of the indelible bands of the psychedelic era, died on Monday at a clinic in Rosenheim, Germany. He was 74..


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Not exactly a tutorial but a tribute to Ray Manzarek's live playing of The Crystal Ship. It's similar to The Matrix Club version but could anyone ever real.


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Though it wouldn't be a hit until the following Summer, Light My Fire was recorded by The Doors on Sept. 19 & 20th of 1966 making it 50 years old. Played on the same type of keys Ray Manzarek.


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The Doors didn't have a bassist, so Manzarek often played the bass parts on his Fender Rhodes piano. He also played a Vox Continental organ, which can be heard on the famous intro to "Light My.


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I play Break On Through as a tribute to Ray Manzarek on my vintage Vox Continental V301H organ and 1965 gold sparkle Fender Rhodes Piano Bass. It might not.


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The Doors ; Light my fire , played on a Vox Continental (1964) & Fender Rhodes Piano Bass (1966). Enjoy!


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The Doors' keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, was one of the most prominent musicians to use the Piano Bass; he also gave the later Fender Rhodes piano a showcase in the song ''Riders on the Storm.'' CBS.


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The Bass's tone circuit was designed to filter out upper harmonics. If you had a Piano Bass and a 73, and ran each keyboard's signal directly from it harp (bypassing their name rail circuits), those 32 notes would sound identical. The 4472 stamp means its final assembly in CBS-Fender's Fullerton Rhodes plant occured during the 44th week.


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Judy Greenlees Updated Apr 8, 2020 Ray said that the bass part in "Light My Fire" was an homage to John Coltrane and Miles Davis, "just to be hip". Ray took the same Fender Rhodes Piano.