dafduc
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dafduc
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Oh yeah, please give us details about your instrument below...
dafduc
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Instruments:
(1) Hammond D-152, sort of an A-100 on steroids (see my avatar)
(2) Hammond M-3, the "Baby B" - no longer mine, sold to my guitarist for his studio, but I still play it
(3) Allen Digital, our school organ, ca. 2001(?). About 25 ranks (I never counted)
(4) I've used organ patches on almost every synth I've ever owned. Current crop: Prophet 5, Yam TX-7, Yam TQ-5, Roland XP-10, Kurz SP-88, Alesis QS-8.
(5) Native Instruments B4 (virtual B3 VSTi).
Still struggling with kicking bass, but I use one foot for gospel/pop, 2 for classical.
Anyone else?
Daf
(1) Hammond D-152, sort of an A-100 on steroids (see my avatar)
(2) Hammond M-3, the "Baby B" - no longer mine, sold to my guitarist for his studio, but I still play it
(3) Allen Digital, our school organ, ca. 2001(?). About 25 ranks (I never counted)
(4) I've used organ patches on almost every synth I've ever owned. Current crop: Prophet 5, Yam TX-7, Yam TQ-5, Roland XP-10, Kurz SP-88, Alesis QS-8.
(5) Native Instruments B4 (virtual B3 VSTi).
Still struggling with kicking bass, but I use one foot for gospel/pop, 2 for classical.
Anyone else?
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byrdr
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I am probably strange because I did not learn to play on a piano but a Hammond RT3. Since then I have personally owned Hammond models A, D, CV, A100. The B4 organ plugin is also helpful on my laptop but, for live playing there is nothing like riding the console beast.
Long Live the B3
Long Live the B3
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byrdr
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I fogot to mention that the korg Karma workstation keyboard has some very inspiring and useable hammond emulations.
dafduc
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Oooh. An RT-3.
I had a chance to buy an ebony RT-3 with matching twin Leslies (122s? 145s? I forget). He wanted $4500.
Worth every penny, but too rich for my blood. Settled for the D-152 instead.
I had a chance to buy an ebony RT-3 with matching twin Leslies (122s? 145s? I forget). He wanted $4500.
Worth every penny, but too rich for my blood. Settled for the D-152 instead.
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Marcel
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Started out on a Farfisa VIP600. Then got a Leslie 900. Next came a Hammond M-3 which was soon butchered and beefed up (percussion, preamp output, master volume control). I put pipe flanges on the "bottom", moved the amplifier to the underside of the top shelf, rewired the whole thing. The leslie was gutted out and I used an Ampeg amplifier in place of the stock Leslie amp. Mechanical switching was used. After many years of use like this, I sold it. Picked up a Hammond L112 (church organ). Then came the REAL Hammond - a MINT B-3 with Leslie 147! Paid $1200 for it and sold it for $2200. Should have waited... I could probably retire on what I could get for it now!!! Currently play a plethora of synths (classic and new) as well as a Viscount Intercontinental (Korg CX-3) copy. Also playing the Native Instruments B-4 which is totally awesome!!!!!
dafduc
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Cool, Marcel.
I shoulda mentioned I grew up on a Conn that had a built in Leslie of sorts - baffle moved in front of the speaker. And my first instrument thqat **I** bought was a Heathkit Vox Jaguar. What a POS!!!
What's a pipe flange?
I shoulda mentioned I grew up on a Conn that had a built in Leslie of sorts - baffle moved in front of the speaker. And my first instrument thqat **I** bought was a Heathkit Vox Jaguar. What a POS!!!
What's a pipe flange?
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Beltrom
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Some model of Yamaha home organ (double keyboard and pedals), Crumar organizer and lotsa synths. Actually my old string machine has a nice organ sound...
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CREEKSTER52
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I am new to keyboards, and started acquiring equipment for my home studio. I have a Hammond Aurora with internal Leslie, Yamaha CP35, and Yamaha DX7.
The Hammond was a good solution for me due to pricing ($300.00) and space requirements. While it could never perform like a B-3, it certainly fills the need for the B-3 sound (It can get pretty gritty & raunchy with the right tab combinations. The tone bars, dual registers, and bass pedals are a real asset you can't get from a synth keyboard.
The Hammond was a good solution for me due to pricing ($300.00) and space requirements. While it could never perform like a B-3, it certainly fills the need for the B-3 sound (It can get pretty gritty & raunchy with the right tab combinations. The tone bars, dual registers, and bass pedals are a real asset you can't get from a synth keyboard.
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Jack Hammer
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First Organ was a Farfisa Fast 4. Then went to electric piano. Then a C3 with Leslie 147 and full pedal board. Only used the pedals on rare ocassions. Now I have the Native Instrument B4 plug-in but will probably get the Korg Cx3 and a Leslie in the near future. As far as I am concerned, I have always been an oranist at heart even though I spent most of m porfessional years on piano. BTW, I would love to get one of the new B3s but I simply don't have the space for one. If I ever do have the space I would not hesitate to get a Steinway Grand Piano and a B3. Despite the years of teechno inovation in synths, these are, as far as I am concerned, the best keyboard instruments ever made and there are few electronic insturments that even belong in the same room. Yes, synth is a different anaimal but consider how many synths are used to emulate piano and Hammond organ. Of course a real rhodes wold gbe nice but not as important. The simulated rhodes are pretty good and less maintenance.
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jitteringjim
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My first organ was a Hammond M-102, then got a Hammond J series (cheap transister model I bought 'cause of the internal leslie), now using a '64 Lowrey Heritage that could give you a tan if you sit on front of the tube rack. 
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