The latest release from the Rhodes Custom Shop is a pastel pink, limited-run MK8 piano available to order for just two weeks, hand-built in Leeds and individually numbered.
Meet the MK8 Marshmallow — a limited-edition Rhodes piano finished in soft pastel pink, inspired by the pillowy forms and nostalgic warmth of classic marshmallows. It’s a bold visual statement, and it’s only available to order until April 23.
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The Custom Shop series has always been about pairing the MK8’s flagship sound and craftsmanship with distinct visual concepts, and the Marshmallow fully leans into the brief. The pastel pink hood and matching hood strip flow into a colour-matched tolex base and cheekblocks, creating a cohesive silhouette from end to end. A rose pink front panel carries matching preamp and FX inlays, custom rose pink dial caps and silver-on-rose-pink logo plates, while a colour-matched sustain pedal and footplate finish the look.
Underneath the its marshmallow pink, it’s still the MK8 — Rhodes’ flagship instrument, hand-built in Leeds by Rhodes Master Builders. The 73-note Kluge Klaviaturen keyboard, custom stereo analogue FX suite covering compressor, phaser, chorus and delay with true bypass, expression pedal control for modulation and delay parameters, and the MK8’s analogue preamp with parametric EQ, drive, envelope, wah and vari-pan are all present and accounted for. The Marshmallow is a Custom Shop piano first and a visual object second.
Each instrument is built to order, individually numbered and will not be reissued once the order window closes on April 23. For collectors and players who want something that stands apart from the standard MK8 — without sacrificing any of what makes it special — the window is short and the nature of the Custom Shop means this configuration won’t come around again.
Whether it ends up centre stage under lights or in the studio, the Marshmallow is hard to ignore.
Orders are open now through the Rhodes Custom Shop.
