Organs

First review of the new Hammond XK-5

Organs, Reviews
Recently I was fortunate enough to meet up with my friends at Hammond UK to have an extended test of the new Hammond XK-5 and XK-Pro systems. I enjoy meeting up with Malc and Barrie and enjoyed having a good “nerd-out” one rainy Thursday I afternoon as took my place on the stool in front…
Nick Foley Hammond Organ Riff-Off Winner

New year update

Organs
Hi guys, Lots to tell you about so far this year, with so little time to tell it you in! I’ve had a good old session with my friends at Hammond UK and have a review of the XK5 in the pipeline, I continue to gig with my band The Quik Beats and continue to…

The Don Airey Hammond Sound

Organs
I was in conversation with Don Airey from Deep Purple recently and had a brief opportunity to ask him about his Hammond Organ setup and how he gets his sound. Although he didn’t want to give much away he was as ever the perfect gentleman and was very patient with my persistent questioning. I asked…

Tour of the old H4H studio

Leslie Cabs, Organs
From time to time I record sessions for people and this is something that I very much enjoy. This week I have four songs to record Hammond Organ for. the client is a prolific songwriter from Israel called Avi Rosenfeld and leaves me pretty much to write my own parts, with maybe the odd pointer…

Comparing the Hammond XK3 to the Hammond C3

Organs
Hi, so we are at the Season 1 finale of the Hammond for hire video blog and this time we look at the Hammond XK. Thanks for stopping by and sticking with them and rest assured more Hammond video goodness will be on its way soon after I do a quick tour of Europe. In…

How to Overdrive Your Hammond C3 Organ

Organs
Hi there, In this weeks blog we are looking at Getting the best of our your Hammond Organ sound. There are many ways to improve and change your sound and at the end of the day its all down to your particular taste isn’t it? In this video I drag the sound processors out from…

Hammond blog round up

Organs
Hi folks, Now its time for a Hammond Round Up, after 10 or 12 episodes I thought would do a quick round up of what we have talked about so far and put the feelers out for some feedback from you on how you think that it is going? Apologies again for Portrait mode, its the…

Tutorial – How do Hammond drawbars work?

Organs
About time you may think but this week we ask ourselves what are Drawbars and how do they affect the sound of a Hammond Organ? In this video we go through the basics of building and enhancing a note by using a whole host of mechanics and machinery and probably answer the question “why is…

Tutorial – Hammond C3 vibrato settings

Organs
Hi, We are back in landscape mode!! In this weeks vlog we look at the C3 vibrato settings and nerd on a little bit about Jon Lord again. I would like to know what you think of the vibrato settings on your organ too, whether a C3 or a clone what do you think of…
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