And the Rhodes, while great for many things, was indeed twice as heavy. Those are two completely different animals, with very different uses. I think the only reason for some one to hate a Wurly compared to a Rhodes is because they really wanted a Rhodes in the first place.
(Or as the Merovingian would say, "Such is the way of all things.") Then I sold it all in 1984 and got a DX-7 (which I still own). So I called up Norlin and got the service manual for the Lab Series, ordered some "replacement parts" from Norlin, and built me a Lab Series preamp, just for the Wurly. I didn't want to lug around a whole guitar amp just for that sound (I already had a keyboard amp system). After that evening, I was saying (as Stalin once said), "I must have that weapon". The amp had a tube emulator in it (actually, a transconductance amplifier, but I digress.) that recovered practically all that was lost. Then one day, I was jamming with a friend and plugged it into a Lab Series amp he had. It was no longer a true Wurlie by any means. Mine was an early-80's "cleaned up" model, meaning they redesigned it for education purposes and, in the process, took all the "life" out of the instrument. I had a Wurly for a few years, too, (1980-1984) and really liked it. Tassman is even better for tweakability fom the ground-up. But Lounge Lizard is nice, and tweakable (dial in all the grit that you want). I seem to also recall some usable Wurlies in ST2 and SS1 as well. I haven't loaded SS2 yet (DVD drive is awaiting my imminent upgrade to Athlon64 MOBO). There are some great Wurley sounds in Sonik Synth 2. It was fun replacing the broken tines, too.
LMAO, Actually, I had one for years, and loved it.
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