Reviews, advice and tutorials
In this Hammond organ blog, I’ve gathered together as much news and practical advice as possible here to help you choose, buy, maintain, restore, gig and record these incredible instruments. In my view, Hammond organs deserve a place in every band and it’s up to us owners to keep that sound alive. In the posts and video below, I try to answer common questions and share a few playing tips that I’ve picked up over the years. I also review new products and try to give a gigging organ player perspective on how they would fit into my rig.
I hope you find this Hammond organ blog helpful. If there’s anything you’d like me to take a look at, just get in touch.
Rhodes Vs Synth: Vintage piano versus new Roland Juno DS
Today we are going to continue with our look at the Rhodes piano and the question that we asked a little while ago: will a clone do or so we need to take the real thing on tour with us? In the intro last time we discussed the cost, size and weight of this classic…
Do I need a Rhodes Piano?
In this episode I am not playing a Hammond Organ of any sort for a change! Well, many organists pair up their tonewheel with an authentic piano keyboard. And you can’t get more authentic that this. Here we have a Rhodes 73 Stage Piano and discuss do we NEED one, and if that a yes,…
Comparing early and later generations of the Leslie 3300
Today we have a unique opportunity to hear the earlier Leslie 3300 back to back against the brand new 3300. It’s pretty interesting to hear the differences although mic placement and drawbars probably make up for quite a bit of the change. Its a tricky one to demonstrate. Let me know what you think and…
Review of the Lounsberry Tall and Fat pedal
Today we review the new “Tall and Fat” by Lounsberry Pedals. This is an exciting one as it is designed for Hammond clonewheel users to emulate the pre-amp of an old B or C Hammond. For transparency, I am an endorsee for these products so you already know that I like them. There again, I…
Review of the Hammond SKX-Pro – Your questions answered
following the great reaction to my SKX-Pro first impressions video, i asked if any subscribers had questions or other items they wanted to know about. Today I work through the list of questions and try to address each point with a an answer and a quick hands-on demo.
Review of the Hammond SKX-Pro – First impressions
Hammond UK were kind enough to lend me their incredible new SKX-Pro to review. here are my first impresssions as a traditional Hammond organ player.
Profkon ZD-1 Overdrive review
An in-depth review of this amazing component overdrive system designed for the Hammond C3.
Leslie 3300 Vs Leslie 145
If you have ever wondered what it would be like to be able to get the Leslie 3300 and 145 in the same room and A/B them from the same Hammond Organ then here is your chance!
Should I buy a Hammond SKX Pro?
Well should you? Let me know what you think and what you would like to know about this Beast before you were to buy one and I will try and get hold of a demo model and go through your questions with you.
Isolation Collaborations
Hi there, For those of you living in the future get off your hover bikes and understand that we are in 2021 currently back here and hopefully coming towards the end of the global pandemic that was Covid-19. Remember that? I’ll leave you to your Covid-29 but just to say that during this past 16…
Hammond SK-Pro Vs XK-5
Hello there In the last of the SK-Pro series this final instalment puts the Pro against the 5, the Hammond SK-Pro Vs the XK-5 ! Don’t know which to buy? This is a good place to start. It’s an interesting one as I think they are pitched at slightly different markets, all will be explained…
Using the Hammond SK-Pro with a Leslie 145
Good afternoon folks, In this weeks SK-Pro series video we link up the old with the new namely the old 1975 Leslie 145 (adapted for 1/4″ jack) and work at it to get the best tone. Hope you like it Nick
First impressions of the Hammond SK-Pro
Hi there folks, next in our series is our video on the first impressions of the Hammond XK-Pro. Let me know what you think and please comment on your impressions, what you like and disliked and what you think could have been done better and I will feed this back to Hammond on your behalf.
Unboxing the Hammond SK-Pro
Hello folks, today we will be unboxing the Hammond SK-Pro that Hammond UK kindly sent me to review. In fact, lets do an extended road test! in this next series we will unbox it and get our first impressions together, then lets go through the sounds and have a listen and then drill down into…