snakehips81

Hi there ! I'm getting around to selling my SK2 soon. I'm in the UK, if any one is interested. It comes with an excellent flight case (Gothard Cases, with astroboard sides, metal edges and metal ball corners, two "Techno" handles, wheels on one end and a snap-back pull handle on the other end). I also have for sale a HS CU-1 Leslie half-moon switch and Ventilator (mk 1) to sell too. The CU-1 works directly into the Ventilator. PM me if interested and I can provide pictures.

Hi there ! Change of topic for a minute ! I had a gig this afternoon at the Edinburgh Jazz&Blues Festival. (Scotland, UK). We were the 2nd of three bands on. After we finished playing, there was the usual clamber to get all our gear off the stage (15 minute change-over time) As I loaded my SK2 into my flight case, I noticed a screw missing from the top of the keyboard. It was the left-most large Philips-head screw and washer - one that holds down the whole control panel. As the final band were doing final set-up before starting to play, I had a mad-scramble on the floor of the stage to try and find the screw. One of the stage guys found the washer and luckily I then found the screw about 5mins later. My SK2 has not been gigged heavily and has a very good protecting flight case, so I have no idea why this screw could have loosened off so easily. The screw is quite short, so I suppose it doesn't need to unscrew much, before it falls out. Just thought you SK series owners will want to know this and check that none of you guys end up a "screw loose" !!!!?!!

Hi there ! I'm new to this forum. I've had my SK2 for about 2.5yrs and love it. I've had a few clones over the years (analogue Korg CX3, then Hammond XB2, then Roland VK7) before getting a real Hammond - an A100 about 4yrs ago (though I've never gigged with that !). I was already familiar with having just 1 set of drawbars on clones, including now my SK2, so I actually find myself getting mixed up on the A100 with which set of drawbars to adjust, sometimes !!!! (Yeah, I know, daft, isn't it !!). Now I've got used to gigging with a dual manual keyboard, I think I would prefer having one set of drawbars for each manual - as it's so far been difficult for me to check which drawbar set the buttons are set to, on the SK2, in the middle of playing a soloor something, if I want to make an on the fly drawbar change on one of the manuals. Soon after I got the A100, and didn't have a Leslie, and being quite naive, I thought I could buy and hook up a Ventilator to the A100's speakers without any trouble - but ultimately found it was a silly/complicated idea. So the Vent sat in it's box the last 3 or 4 years. When I got the SK2, i found it's internal Leslie sim so good, I didn't bother to try hooking up the Ventilator to my SK2, until the weekend just past, for a big gig. OMG ! Fantastic ! I had tried them together at home, but wasn't overly fussed.that was into a crappy sounding Roland KC-300 keyboard amp. Now, other than hearing on records, I've not much experience of how a good Hammond and a good Leslie sounds in the flesh. All I know is I want it to sound wicked ! On the weekend's gig, with the Vent+SK2, I found both the Slow, AND Fast speeds were sexier and fatter sounding than the SK2 alone (I always felt that the SK2 was the only clone I've ever had to have a fat sound through a PA system). And the ramping up to Fast was the best I've heard - unbelievably cool ! The gig venue - a large bar - was very busy, and there wasn't a stage. A good portion of the crowd was right in front of me, and round the left side of me - and many could see me flicking the Leslie speed switch on&off (I have the Hammond speed switch attached) - and the audience could instantly hear the effect kicking in amd were giving me the eyes of "Wow! That sounds COOL !". The band just had a simple vocal PA, so I was playing solely through my latest acquisition, a Yamama DXR12 powered PA speaker (as an alternative to the Rolnd keyboard amp). I can highly recommend these speakers. I bought just the one for now, and figure I can buy another when I'm ready, to give me a stereo spread - which would be great for my e.piano too. As great as the SK2 is, for live gigs, the addition of the Ventilator, takes it to another level ! Sorry for the rambling !