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Hammond For Hire – Video Introduction

I’ve been covering quite a few things in articles on the blog here but as we get into more interesting areas, I’ve decided to try explaining things visually as well. Showing myself in videos is not something that I’m especially…

Hammond XK-5 – the new flagship

Organs

Morning, So, The new Hammond XK-5 eh? We have waited a while for this, and for good reason, under the hood much has changed. Much has been said too in the technical media about this new offering and as I…

Update – A session organ player kind of Christmas

Leslie Cabs, Organs

Hi All, Happy New Year to you. I hope 2017 has started well so far? For me the back end of the year has been as busy one. I completed the service of my Leslie 122 in December (which has…

Have you ever considered a solid state Leslie speaker?

Leslie Cabs, Organs

Hi, My name is Nick and I am an addict. Regular visitors to my pages will know this already of course but I find it useful to say it out aloud now and again to help curtain my spending. My…

Gig Report – Watching Blackmore’s Rainbow

Inspiration, Organs

When I heard last year that Richie Blackmore was considering playing live and loud music again for a limited time I thought that I’d have to take a look. I mean here is a guy I last saw in his…

Hammond XK3c vs C3 test using Skip Robinson single

Hammond XK-3 vs Hammond C3 on “I Just Can’t Wait”

Inspiration, Leslie Cabs, Organs

I recently came across a lovely little track by Skip Robinson called “I just can’t wait“. Its well worth a listen, features the mighty instrument heavily and got me wondering about using it for a Hammond XK3c vs C3 organ…

Organ News From the NAMM 2016 Show

Leslie Cabs, Organs

Hi Guys, A couple of interesting things coming out of NAMM this year that I thought I would quickly mention; There’s the new Electro Harmonix Leslie pedal out Not feeling it myself but it takes al sorts. I think it…

Jon Lord’s Whitesnake Organ Sound

Organs

A little nugget of Hammond information that I read recently is that during Jon Lord’s time in Whitesnake he used his heavily modified C3 fed into 4 Leslie cabs. These were fitted with Gauss 15 inch bass units and the rotating…

Overdrive update – More on dirty organ sounds

Organs

Now where was I? Ah yes, an update. Quite happy I was with the ART tube pre-amp and the level of Overdrive that I was achieving. All was fine. The niggle I had with it was twofold however, its big. There’s…

Autumn update – Percussive win

Organs

Just a mobile quickie; never underestimate how useful air is! I deposited half a can of the compressed stuff all around the percussion unit inside and out and guess what? The percussion now works a treat! Amongst the things I’m…

Organs

Hammond For Hire – Video Introduction

Hammond XK-5 – the new flagship

Update – A session organ player kind of Christmas

Have you ever considered a solid state Leslie speaker?

Gig Report – Watching Blackmore’s Rainbow

Hammond XK-3 vs Hammond C3 on “I Just Can’t Wait”

Organ News From the NAMM 2016 Show

Jon Lord’s Whitesnake Organ Sound

Overdrive update – More on dirty organ sounds

Autumn update – Percussive win

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