Hammond Organ Extravaganza Part 1!!

Thanks for validating my fading memory.  I can tell you one thing about the C3, it was lighter and easier to haul around to gigs!

Erik, I've noticed that no one's mentioned the smaller Hammond C3 (I think that's right) that had a pretty fat sound, as well.  When Richard Theisen, the organ grinder for my band in the 70s, moved up from his Farfisa he had one for several months before graduating up to the mighty B3 (with 2 tall Leslie cabinets and baby that sucker was LOUD!).  Just curious if I'm correct in calling it a C3.

erik neuteboom wrote: Well Chicapah, thanks and I would like to have your permission to publish some quotes from you in my Hammond Special, is this OK (from two of your Brian Auger reviews)? I presume fellow Hammond freak Easy Money has no problem, I will also use some of his quotes   Today I published a review on the homepage about Atomic Rooster their DVD entitled The Ultimate Anthology, it contains some very exciting Hammond organ work by the late Vince Crane, especially in the trio-line up with John Du Cann and Paul Hammond   By the way, why you USA citizens always write Eric instead of Erik (derived from Norwegian Erik The Viking  )?   You don't even have to ask for permission, my friend.  And I have a close friend named Eric so that's probably why my subconscious forces me to use a c instead of k.  Your outline looks very well constructed so I expect your article to be fantastic.

Easy Money wrote: I know of a church near my home that has an unused B3 sitting around, I have already expressed interest, but to get the best deal on used stuff you never want to appear too interested.

There's a beauty of a B3 on Ebay at the moment, 43 bids in already, currently sitting at £2600 (about $4500 US) with 7 days still to go.

The last good condition one I saw there was a couple of years ago & that went for over £8000 , so I guess I'll be sticking to my own wee beastie for the time being (excuse bad piccie):



Edited by Jim Garten - November 16 2007 at 08:08

I'm not trying to create more work for you, but if you are interested you might want to mention the organs that were made to sound like a Hammond in your "this is not a Hammond" section ie
Univox Organizer (the main kybd in my story)
Crumar Traveler (I own two)
Korg CX3
and Hammond's current digital copy, I forget the name.
There is a great resource book for old keyboards called Keyfax Omnibus Edition by Julian Colbeck.

Edited by Easy Money - November 16 2007 at 00:04

Yeah, that is a little ironic. King Crimson is just an incredible band, B3 or not, and that song is one of the oddest little numbers ever. The Lizards album has some kind of organ(s) but it sounds like a Wurlitzer or something even cheaper.
By the way, I also collect Farfisas,one Vox Jaguar,Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzers, all kinds of synths and lots of cheaper electronic kybds. Its all good, but the B3 is the best.
I know of a church near my home that has an unused B3 sitting around, I have already expressed interest, but to get the best deal on used stuff you never want to appear too interested. In the meantime I still have 2 Crumar T1's for that almost Hammond sound.

Feel free to use my qoutes, but I think Chicapah is the more eloquent writer. By the way, check my posts, the "k" is always there.

Chicapah wrote: Just a quick note to you, Eric.  I've gotten through the best of Oblivion Express now and I'd have to recommend their heavy debut over the rest of OE's catalogue.  They get progressively MOR as they go along.

Hi Chicapah, as a long time Auger fan I have to agree 100% with that. It is very hard to find any jazz fusion artists that didn't decline in the mid to late 70s.

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