Hi Dave and James,

I have gone ahead and bought an EL25 for £150 from Ebay, now I am an
Electone owner! I suppose it would be limited instrument for a pro-
player, but since I think it was a bargain and I am a rank amatuer,
it will be good for me! Also, in time when I have mastered 2 manuals
and a pedalboard I can allways upgrade to a higher spec model! I
have read the manual and I think it is going to take me a long while
to outgrow this model. It has 15 organ sounds as the EL40 does, and
they were very pleasing to my ear so I cant wait to get hold of the
organ!

Thanks for your comments by the way!

Malc.


--- In electoneclubinternational@yahoogroups.com, "David Wade"
<dave@d...> wrote:
> James,
>
> Can I beg to differ (slightly). Having owned an HE8, whilst it has
some
> "nice" organ sounds, there is not much variety and limited scope
for
> changing them during performance. I guess that a lot depends on
what type of
> "organ" (clasical/electronic/hammond) sounds you are looking for.
If its
> electronic/hammond then the built in drawer bars in the EL series
makes
> setting up "Hammond" sounds so much easier. Not sure if the Yamaha
has the
> discordances of the Hammond original, but certainly on the El70
and EL90 you
> can tweak the settings whilst paying, something's which can't be
done on a
> HS, HE or HC series instrument (not sure about the HX). Also if
you want to
> play "live" (as opposed to "programmed") the the El's score highly
over the
> HE/HS..
>
> Having said all that I still know plenty of folks with HS-8s and
they are
> splendid instruments, But I don't think I would consider less than
an HS-8,
> with disk drive (or a large number of RAM pack) and preferably
with CVS10
> drawer bar expander.
>
> Dave.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jameshx1 [mailto:no_reply@yahoogroups.com]
> Sent: 27 March 2005 09:49
> To: electoneclubinternational@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Electone Club International] Re: EL25
>
>
>
>
> Hi Malc,
>
> I think that in your last comment you really scored..
>
> If organ sounds + Tremolo (poor Lesley effect) is what you're
> looking for, then you should really try the good-old Yamaha H
range
> (HE-8,HS,HX).
> The Organ/Combination/Flutes sounds are pretty much the same in
both
> H ans EL series, and you can save a few dollars in the process
> without compromising on quality/variety.
>
> I recommend you give it a try and rather sure you won't be
> disappointed..
>
> Another thing,
> If the good-old Hammond B-3 has an effect on you and you can't
> afford it , and that's the main reason for you to try compromising
> on the EL-15/40/60 or whatever, might I suggest you try other
> companies' products as well, as organ sounds are not the "strong
> side" of the Yamaha electones, even though they are quite good..
>
>
> James Cohen - Israel.
>
>
> --- In electoneclubinternational@yahoogroups.com, "Malcolm P
Fisher"
> <malcolm_p_fisher@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Dave, Thanks for the comments and info! I went to hear an
EL40
> > today, which the fellow that owned kindly offered to let me
listen
> > to him put it through it's paces so I would have an idea. Well,
it
> > was great, I am currently bidding on a EL60 model, which I hope
to
> > win, but if I dont, I'm going to hold out and get an EL model 40
> or
> > upward as I at least know they sound great, and that sound
system
> in
> > the 90 sounds like it is a killer! :) Thinking about it, if I
> cannot
> > afford a good EL model, maybe I aught to think about a top of
the
> > range from the previous generation, simply to get the sound?
> Anyway,
> > Im hoping to win the auction so am thinking positive, but have
to
> > face the fact I might get outbid!
> >
> > Cheers, Malc.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In electoneclubinternational@yahoogroups.com, "David Wade"
> > <dave@d...> wrote:
> > > Malc,
> > > Since no one else
> > > I have played an EL7 and EL10 and I own an EL90 so I
> > am "interoplating" as
> > > to how I think the EL25 may sound. Personally I think before
> > buying any
> > > organ one should try and play it to see if the sounds are to
> your
> > taste. You
> > > can also download the user manual from
> > >
> > > http://www.yamaha.co.jp/manual/english/index.php
> > >
> > > which will give you a better idea of how it works.
> > >
> > > The EL25 is towards the bottom of the range but it does have
the
> > ability to
> > > create draw bar sounds, and a Lesley effect so I guess it can
> > create a wide
> > > range of "electronic" organ sounds. However from the user
guide
> it
> > appears
> > > that changing the settings whilst playing would be virtually
> > impossible (its
> > > hard enough on the EL90 which has one up/down button per
drawer
> > bar) and as
> > > it has only four preset registration memories, getting a good
> > range of
> > > sounds into a single piece would be challenging.
> > >
> > > There is also no disk drive to save your settings on, so you
> would
> > either
> > > need a computer and midi librarian, or an MDR3 external drive
if
> > you wanted
> > > to save your registration settings
> > >
> > > I can't comment on the amp/speakers, as whilst the EL10 always
> > sounded thin
> > > and tinny (even compared to my old HE8) my EL90 is really
> > excellent. There
> > > again it has a five way 200watt system!
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Malcolm P Fisher [mailto:malcolm_p_fisher@y...]
> > > Sent: 23 March 2005 23:13
> > > To: electoneclubinternational@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [Electone Club International] EL25
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello, does anyone have one of these? Is there a good range of
> > organ
> > > sounds and a leslie effect on board.
> > > Thanks, Malc.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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