Delaware Dave Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Is that a single manual Hammond with 4 sets of drawbars behind Ray? Quote 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Yeah, I'd say so... https://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/3058618/re-what-organ-is-this#Post3058618 Quote Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourniplus Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 The presets might have been customised, but it looks like he was using the Ab preset. ...or maybe it was because of a cat wandering in his studio, or the cleaning lady? Quote "Show me all the blueprints. I'm serious now, show me all the blueprints." My homemade instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Fortner Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 This is a guess, but I'd bet that's a Bob Schleicher / Electronic Instrument Service chop from Oakland, California. Ray lived in the Napa Valley, which is not too far away, and this really looks like Bob's work. Their page (tonewheel.com) doesn't show chops on offer any more, but when it did I recall seeing some single-manual options there. Quote Stephen Fortner Principal, Fortner Media Former Editor in Chief, Keyboard Magazine Digital Piano Consultant, Piano Buyer Magazine Industry affiliations: Antares, Arturia, Giles Communications, MS Media, Polyverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisDespo Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Thanks for taking me down that rabbit hole watching Manzarek vids ... great stuff! I could listen to his stories all day. Quote Kurzweil Forte,Roland Fantom 6,Hydrasynth,Numa C2X, SpaceStation V.3, other stuffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16251 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Two questions? Why chop? What would you do with rest of Hammond? Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Why chop? To make the travel weight more manageable. A C3 weighed over 300 lbs. What would you do with rest of Hammond? With a single manual chop, one could conceivably put the second manual in another box. Quote Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamanczarek Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Neither the Hammond nor Rhodes were likely owned by Ray. He had no nostalgia for vintage instruments and in the later years on the occasions he was seen playing classic gear it was often supplied by Robbie Krieger's current Keyboardist Nathan Wilmarth who has a massive collection. With only an office used for a music room Ray apparently didn't even have an acoustic Piano in his home. Here is a description of Ray's Napa Valley home: https://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/article/Rock-n-roll-retreat-The-Doors-Ray-Manzarek-2798037.php#photo-2208127 Quote C3/122, M102A, Vox V301H, Farfisa Compact, Gibson G101, GEM P, RMI 300A, Piano Bass, Pianet , Prophet 5 rev. 2, Pro-One, Matrix 12, OB8, Korg MS20, Jupiter 6, Juno 60, PX-5S, Nord Stage 3 Compact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagetunes Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Two questions? Why chop? What would you do with rest of Hammond? Yes--He's Ray. It's not like he's ever moving it, and as far as footprint, not really an issue. I've got 2 double manuals for studio, and comparatively I'm nothing. It's not big deal either way, but on some of the vids he's using an Alesis QS something. I had one--it wasn't good.. Quote Hammond B-2, Leslie 122, Hammond Sk1 73, Korg BX3 2001, Leslie 900, Motion Sound Pro 3, Polytone Taurus Elite, Roland RD300 old one, Roland VK7, Fender Rhodes Mark V with Roland JC90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamanczarek Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Ray had a Keyboard Products Hammond chop which he used for much of the 70s. Here is a post-Morrison Doors clip: [video:youtube] Quote C3/122, M102A, Vox V301H, Farfisa Compact, Gibson G101, GEM P, RMI 300A, Piano Bass, Pianet , Prophet 5 rev. 2, Pro-One, Matrix 12, OB8, Korg MS20, Jupiter 6, Juno 60, PX-5S, Nord Stage 3 Compact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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