marczellm Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 I saw an old organ pushed to the side at the backstage dressing room of a rock pub yesterday. It looked very much like an L100 including the drawbars and the flip switches, but it also had some additional controls including something that looked like a big volume knob, to the right side of the lower manual. If someone knows what it might have been I would like to know. It could have been not even a Hammond but some other manufacturer's lookalike, if there's such a thing. This is in Europe Quote Life is subtractive.Genres: Jazz, funk, pop, Christian worship, BebHop Wishlist: 80s-ish (synth)pop, symph pop, prog rock, fusion, musical theatre Gear: NS2 + JUNO-G. KingKORG. SP6 at church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marczellm Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Now that I'm Googling around it might have been a T-100. Quote Life is subtractive.Genres: Jazz, funk, pop, Christian worship, BebHop Wishlist: 80s-ish (synth)pop, symph pop, prog rock, fusion, musical theatre Gear: NS2 + JUNO-G. KingKORG. SP6 at church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 When you visit the pub next time why not take an image of it with your mobile phone? You can then share the image Quote Col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mike Metlay Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 When you visit the pub next time why not take an image of it with your mobile phone? You can then share the image Hey, I might never get a chance to use that particular emoji again! But yes, a picture would be very worthwhile. I am now incredibly curious⦠Quote Dr. Mike Metlay (PhD in nuclear physics, golly gosh) Musician, Author, Editor, Educator, Impresario, Online Radio Guy, Cut-Rate Polymath, and Kindly Pedant Editor-in-Chief, Bjooks ~ Author of SYNTH GEMS 1 clicky!: more about me ~ my radio station (and my fam) ~ my local tribe ~ my day job ~ my book ~ my music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marczellm Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 For those incredibly curious, I learned whom the organ belongs to, cause the guy runs sound at the place. Some Googling revealed a video of him playing it. [video:youtube] as well as a pic http://users.atw.hu/bajnokrockteam/brt2016020608.jpg Quote Life is subtractive.Genres: Jazz, funk, pop, Christian worship, BebHop Wishlist: 80s-ish (synth)pop, symph pop, prog rock, fusion, musical theatre Gear: NS2 + JUNO-G. KingKORG. SP6 at church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Bird Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 The tabs give me Lowrey vibes, but pretty sure it"s a Hammond something or other. That song reminds me of Green Onions Quote Yamaha MX49, Casio SK1/WK-7600, Korg Minilogue, Alesis SR-16, Casio CT-X3000, FL Studio, many VSTs, percussion, woodwinds, strings, and sound effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Rocker switches on the bottom cheekblock look like the 'percussion" tabs of a T-100. Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Harrison Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Yes, looks like a Hammond T100 (or T200 if it has an inbuilt Leslie). http://www.captain-foldback.com/Hammond_sub/tseries.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Those T"s are the last mechanical tonewheel generator organs. They have a cult following of guys that like to mod those things. There used to be a guy at Organ Forums from New Zealand that did some crazy things to his T. The amp in them is solid state. But they are a dream platform if you like to mod the heck out of stuff. Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphollis Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I think Wurlitzer made a similar knockoff in the 60s-70s which I had -- it also had a built-in leslie but transistor sounds vs. tone-wheel. Mods were plentiful. The internal leslie speed could be easily manipulated with a variable rheostat. Dual mikes resulted in a cool stereo whirl. The amp was some sort of hybrid tube/solid-state thing, and I succeeded in overdriving the input stage to produce a a variety of gritty and crunchy sounds. Some were even musical. Best of all, I could mount four dolly wheels on the back, and get its svelte 400 pounds into and out of my parents station wagon. I think I paid $400 before brutalizing it. I did a lot of gigs with the thing back in the day. It could sound pretty cool. No, I don't miss it Quote Want to make your band better? Check out "A Guide To Starting (Or Improving!) Your Own Local Band" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Bird Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 What is that keyboard on top? Is it a Kurzweil? (Seems to have built in beats/sequencer, sounds sort of like the bass sound used in Hungarian csárdás pop). Quote Yamaha MX49, Casio SK1/WK-7600, Korg Minilogue, Alesis SR-16, Casio CT-X3000, FL Studio, many VSTs, percussion, woodwinds, strings, and sound effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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