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I currently own a Farfisa Compact DeLuxe and a Workstation WK6 from
GeneralMusic.I play the organ for "The Frantic Five"
(http://www.geocities.com/franticv)

i wanna get a hammond or hammond-like organ as well and thats where
i d like your help and recommendations.

I dont think i can afford or be dedicated to carry around an
original Hammond monster organ as B3 or an alike of it. So i have to
buy something that sounds like it but without the bulk and the
weight.

After a lil research i think i should choose something between
Hammond XK-2,Hammond XK-3,KORG CX3,Roland VK8.(i m also interested
in buying a Fender Contempo Organ or a Vox Continental by the
way :P)

Could you plz gimme a short list of pros and cons of each one of it
wether you ve played on it or just what you ve heard from
friends/musicians.If you could post some links/urls would be great!

As for what i want or have in mind,here it is:

-i want it portable
-fat,rich sound but i would apreciate it if i could reproduce sounds
like Vox organs or the cheesy farfsa 60's pop sounds
-i play (or i wanna play in the near future) 60s
garage,blues,soul&funk,rock,acid jazz in their vintage eras of
course.
-i dont wanna purchase another "hot" synthesizer but a vintage combo
organ so i dont care about other bank sounds like strings,pianos
(eeewwww gross!) etc nor for rythm or percussions so bother telling
me about them.Im a vintage enthusiast so bring it to me!
-nice price(i would buy a pre-used , no problem it it plays ok)
-try to describe and notify me of teh differences
concerning,sounds,effects,rotary,leslie,which one co-operates best
with leslie speakers or leslie-like imitations speaker
systems,feeling of the keys(heavy,hard,deep,shallow etc)
-if anyone sells his own mail me :P (organus@...)







Mon Nov 1, 2004 9:24 pm

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