Jim Alfredson Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Enjoy! You can download it, too. Enjoy! Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrafon Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Sounds great! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timwat Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Very sick, Jim! I love it! .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phred Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Fantastic! I'm just saying', everyone that confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDP Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Enjoy?.....Understatement Dude! just Killer....So Fine...Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT156 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I wish I could hear some of the music you guys post. But my computer has K9 installed on it so I can't look at naked women, and no YOUTUBE either. It sucks. Mike Yamaha Motif ES8, Alesis Ion, Prophet 5 Rev 3.2, 1979 Rhodes Mark 1 Suitcase 73 Piano, Arp Odyssey Md III, Roland R-70 Drum Machine, Digitech Vocalist Live Pro. Roland Boss Chorus Ensemble CE-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timwat Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Mike: If it helps any, there are no naked women in Jim's take on Green Onions. Tim .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidolem Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 encore encore! "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench; a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. ............ There's also a negative side" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedKey Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Fantastic! Coming to see you play on the 16th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Then what am I seeing??? Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3Nut Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Kick. Ass. Great take on the ol' chestnut, and the band sounds freaking phenomenal. And DAMN that XK/3300 rig sounds killer! WANT! --- Todd A. Phipps "...no, I'm not a Hammondoholic...I can stop anytime..." http://www.facebook.com/b3nut ** http://www.blueolives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 Thanks, everyone! And yes... the XK/3300 is hard to beat. And keep in mind; that's the XK3, not the newer XK3c. Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timwat Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 It's the driver, not the car. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 A nice car helps! Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrokeys Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Let us hear no more about whether clonewheels can get the job done. Great playing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyyd Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Hi Jim Thanks for posting! It was neat to get some insight into your musical history. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJUSCULE Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Great stuff! That solo was searing! Eric Website Gear page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Nice, Jim. Really good job!!....makes me miss mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 AWESOME!!!! Also kind of made me think about the recent thread about stepping on the bass player.... proof that they can coexist! Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmp Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 There doesn't seem to be one of those smiley things that's slack jawed with the tongue on the floor. That's some hot shizzle. --wmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loving Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 very nice! "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Man 2 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Talk about Root Down! Man, did that grab my soul! Brought me 'way back...Thank you, B3man. Tried an XK-3. Didn't connect...not like my old Hammonds. Thought I could get it done with a "red one". Got to give an XK-3c a second look. Got to re-connect! Yes, it's the driver, not the car. But used to drive the car. A lot of us used to drive the car. A lot of us still "drive", and we want the car to be the real thing. So much for the "clonewheel = sub-par" argument. How do you get it to sound like that?? (I gave up in frustration and sent it back.) Reminds me of that restaurant scene in "Sleepless In Seattle" where the old lady says "I'll have whatever she's having." Edit: B3-er, not B3man. (A thousand pardons, please.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon May Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Man- that's tone you can eat with a knife and fork! Listen to (what I guess is) crosstalk and Leslie woosh in the solo outro (headphones recommended). "I'm well acquainted with the touch of a velvet hand..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Yep Jim, I think you may have convinced a few cats to leave their B3 at home and cop an XK. Hammond owes you a pair of shoes or something. Great job mayne. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 Talk about Root Down! Man, did that grab my soul! Brought me 'way back...Thank you, B3man. Tried an XK-3. Didn't connect...not like my old Hammonds. Thought I could get it done with a "red one". Got to give an XK-3c a second look. Got to re-connect! Yes, it's the driver, not the car. But used to drive the car. A lot of us used to drive the car. A lot of us still "drive", and we want the car to be the real thing. So much for the "clonewheel = sub-par" argument. How do you get it to sound like that?? (I gave up in frustration and sent it back.) Reminds me of that restaurant scene in "Sleepless In Seattle" where the old lady says "I'll have whatever she's having." Thank you! I'm using the XK3, not the XK3c. The XK3c by all accounts is better than the XK3. So if the XK3 can sound that good... I did a lot of tweaking on mine, side by side with my 1958 B3. I've sent my custom tonewheel set file to people all over the world for free. The XK3 needs a bit of work to make it sound good out of the box. And it needs a real Leslie. I'm using the 3300. The XK3c supposedly has a better Leslie sim, but I'm not a fan of any Leslie sim. And I know what you mean about driving the car. I hauled around my '58 B3 for almost 10 years because nothing came close to replacing it. The first time I played the XK3, I didn't like it, though I really wanted to. I had to have back surgery in Dec. 2007 from hauling that B3 and I needed something lighter or else I was going to wind up crippled. But I just didn't connect with the XK3 / XK System at first. I left the store disappointed. I came back the next day to try again. Once the salesperson plugged the XK3 into a real tube Leslie (at my request) I was hooked. I played it for almost a year without tweaking it very much. The honeymoon wore off after a few months, little things started bugging me... but I still played it because I physically could not haul a B3 around. I started to get weary of the tone and finally decided to take an afternoon and really dig into the system menus. Once I started comparing it with my '58 B3 (both organs under headphons, no Leslie, no EQ, no effects), I realized that the problem with the XK3 out of the box is two-fold: 1) The upper foldback is set too high 2) It's too perfect Once I finished tweaking it to match my B3 as closely as possible, I fell in love again. I remember the first gig with organissimo afterwards; even my bandmates noticed the change. The XK3 suddenly had character and "imperfections". Getting the 3300 was the final piece of the puzzle. It is so tight and defined and can be clean as spring water or as dirty as the Mississippi, if that's what you want. I love the rig and in general prefer it to a real B3 now due to it's flexibility and tone. This is not to discount all the other options out there, but for me it's the perfect rig. Real drawbars, two manuals, pedals that feel really great, tweakability, half-moon switch, killer Leslie with big balls, and a real classic look. BTW, I had to take the video down for the moment while some legal things are worked out, but it's still on my facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1155887770&ref=name Look for "videos" at the lower left. Thanks to everyone for the commments! Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmp Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Enjoy! I'm glad I did when I did. I just tried to do that again and got "This video is private." --wmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Enjoy! I'm glad I did when I did. I just tried to do that again and got "This video is private." I have the same problem... Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 See Jim's last post for explanation... Studio: Yamaha P515 | Yamaha Tyros 5 | Yamaha HX1 | Moog Sub 37 Road: Yamaha YC88 | Nord Electro 5D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 oh, sorry... and thanks! Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3Nut Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Among other things, it's making a used XK-3 look pretty attractive, since I've seen them for around $1200-$1400 used. That's within the realm of doability with some scraping...I always use a real Leslie so the weaker sim isn't an issue. Plop my trusty Electro 2 on top for wurly and clav...that would be the berries, methinks... --- Todd A. Phipps "...no, I'm not a Hammondoholic...I can stop anytime..." http://www.facebook.com/b3nut ** http://www.blueolives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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