The Fender Rhodes is an electric piano played by Prince. It was popular with jazz fusion and R&B artists of the 1960s and 1970s. Prince possibly played one during his early Grand Central days and played one on For You.
The Fender Rhodes became a big part Prince’s sound again on The Rainbow Children, which had more of a jazz-fusion sound. Ken Rich Sound Services rehoused the Fender Rhodes in a plexi-glass case (like the plexi-glass Hammond B3 and Leslie cabinet). Prince played this Rhodes on the One Nite Alone tour.
The Rhodes seems to have been a part of Prince’s studio setup from this point onward. It is currently on display in Paisley Park.
The Rhodes was also played live by Dr Fink on the Prince tour and was later played by Tommy Barbarella, Renato Neto and Chance Howard.
