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So many great ones come to mind... Minimoog, ARP Solina, Mellotron, Fender Rhodes, Hohner Clavinet, Hammond B3... As a keyboardist one simply cannot choose. 

In the end, if I had to pick just one I'd go for the Minimoog. When I first learned how analog synths worked and bought my Moog Little Phatty, I could just sit for hours, turning the knobs some then play a sequence or melody, then turn some more knobs, play some and repeat. 
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The Hammond is awesome and very versatile, but nothing compares to the absolute power and majesty of the Mellotron when used tastefully.
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Thanks Jim.

In the 60's and 70's a guy called Bill Beer had a company called Keyboard Products in the States and he built a series of these portablised B3's. His client list was a who's who of rock - the Doors, Dick Sims, Pink Floyd (on which mine is modelled), Kansas, Santana, Fleetwood Mac. They sounded a lot brighter and punchier too. Some of his clients had aux controls right the way across the front.

I came across a guy on a forum who owns the one that used to belong to the Doors and he gave me the measurements of the cabinet so that I could, ahem, rip off the design when I portablised mine.

I used to own a Hammond L100, nice organ. I sold it to the guy who plays keys for Chris Rea about three years ago. I wish I had kept it though as I have more space now.

The reason I've done so much to the B3 is that you soon realise that a stock one does not sound like the one on the record! Back in the good old days there weren't many synths about these guys really customised their organs to get "their sound".

Just seen you are also in South of England. What do you want to do to your L100?

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Some very nice pictures there Dave - I like the way you've done the auxilliary controls on the front panel of the B3

Don't fancy attacking a 1971 L122 do you?

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Hi All

Newbie here. I hope it isn't too late to join the thread!

Mine would be 1) Hammond B3 2) Kurzweil K2000s 3) Kurzweil Midiboard

Pics of mine are here; http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintagekeys1975/

I've just finished the B3 and am trying to learn to program the K2000. The sampler is easy to use though.

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My micro korg sampler. Because I can sample anything, and it's super light to take to gigs. I just wish it had a monophonic mode for blistering minimoog solos.
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Difficult question, perhaps the Moog, Mini-Moog and Mellotron gave the most distictive sounds in Prog. The Hammond was huge but it was already there before Prog kicked in.
 
ARPs were also important, as well as Farfisas, the Hohner Clavinet and the Rhodes.
 
Technologically the Synclavier was a real blast though it was not really a keyboard but a sampler system.
 
BTW this is a nice video of Pat Metheny showing his Synclavier controlled from his Roland guitar controller in the mid 80's.
 
Not related to the question but listen to his words in the last minute of the video, most proggers will like them Smile
 
 
 


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Well, the only one I've used is the Casio CTK-4000, which I've had for about a year and a half now, which is really great.
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Hohner Clavinet

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Originally posted by Ronnie Pilgrim Ronnie Pilgrim wrote:

Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Hammond C3 + Minimoog + Mellotron + ARP Pro Soloist + Steinway Grand Piano.
 

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Approve A Fender Rhodes would be nice too!


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Originally posted by Startibartfast Startibartfast wrote:

Oh if I could only have a keyboard that does a good Mellotron. I've got some patches on the K1 that come close in envelope but...


I used to own an EMU Vintage Keys, which had some good Mellotron samples, but if you want the true sound without the cost/constant repair bills, this is the beast for you:



Memotron (by Manikin Electronic)

Not cheap, but a superb digital copy, with the correct feel & look, too (even Edgar Froese is using one these days, which has to be a recommendation)

Originally posted by himtroy himtroy wrote:

I love my keys.  My Hammond L-100


I'm rather fond of my 1971 Hammond L122 too

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I have a Rhodes, which is fantastic (the Rhodes, not the fact that I own it) but my '69 Wurlitzer 200 is just as good.
I always wanted a Minimoog since I was at school, but they have been too expensive or too cronky. Now there is the Macbeth Micromac. Costs as much as a secondhand Voyager - but it has all the sonic muscle and power of the Mini.
Check it out on Youtube.
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by clarke2001 clarke2001 wrote:

There's no such thing as a bad keyboard!
 
Try a 1984 Casiotone.


Hey, watch it! My Casiotone 7000 knows where you live Wink
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Points: 771 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2010 at 21:56
Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Hammond C3 + Minimoog + Mellotron + ARP Pro Soloist + Steinway Grand Piano.
 

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Kawai k5000s, but then my favorite food is pizza, but I'd get real sick of it if that's all I had to eat for a few days.
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by clarke2001 clarke2001 wrote:

There's no such thing as a bad keyboard!
 
Try a 1984 Casiotone.
 
Appart from this, I agree, even the cheesy Farfisa can sound great in good hands (check The Doors)
 
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Fred Frith uses a Casio 101 on Cheap At Half The Price to good effect.  Are we talking the same instrument?

Before my Korg, there was this really cheap thing at home, and I don't even remember what it was, destroyed in a house fire.  But I got it to make some interesting stuff.  Of course I was just fooling around.

I think what sparked my interest in keyboards had to be one set of grandparents having a decent functional electric organ at home, two tiers of keys baby as I recall and foot pedals, and the other ones having a kind of dysfunctional antique.
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Points: 1601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2010 at 23:11
I love my keys.  My Hammond L-100 and my Rhodes.
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Hammond is the masteliest of them all, of course!
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