Posts by Nick Foley
Defining the Hammond sound – the Leslie speaker
On the whole your classic Leslie is dived into three internal components, top middle and bottom. In the top is the treble rotor or horn where the high frequencies are sent to spin around. There is only one horn as…
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Defining the Hammond sound – Drawbars and percussion
Hi folks, In the second part of this series I want to talk about how the way you play the organ, the drawbars, the chorus and Leslie, percussion etc… together with styles and techniques effects the overall sound and perception…
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Hal Leonard Books Publishes The Hammond Organ
Hello all, Checkout Sonistate.com and their advertisement of an interesting new book on Hammond Organs: “Hal Leonard Books has published The Hammond Organ , by Scott Faragher. With a foreword written by Al Kooper, the book covers virtually everything…
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Essential Kit bag items?
This is by way of catharsis an explanation to all the people I have played with in the late 80’s and early 90’s as to why I toured the West Midlands with a hair dryer and talcum powder in pride…
Read MoreDefining the Hammond sound – Part 1
I’ve wanted to do something on the Hammond organ sounds that have inspired me over the years and the sound that I try to get with the equipment I have. I thought I would start with a look at the…
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Review of the NEO Ventilator
I thought I would compile a little article on a great device that I often use on stage connected to my Hammond. For years I aspired to having a Leslie rotary speaker and when they finally made an 11pin one that…
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