What was your first Organ?

Post by **Michael Wright** » 29 Dec 2011, 01:48

First one I had was a Farfisa Combo Compact I kinda wish I still had it. The legs all folded up inside cover went on and off you went!! Mike

Post by **Hanon_CTS** » 29 Dec 2011, 02:07

Hi Mike,
when I think back on all the instruments that I've had and gigged with over the last 35 years, it's mind blowing.
I guess the biggest culture shock (at least when looking back) was a Rhodes was only ever a Rhodes, a Farfisa was only ever a Farfisa, but an Electro 3 is all of that and more.
It's 20 times lighter and 100 times more powerful than this rig:

I gigged for the longest time with a Rhodes Stage 73, Hammond A100, an ARP Odyssey, and a Moog Multimoog. If it couldn't be done on one of those instruments, it didn't get done.
Cheers, Hanon

ltristan · Post by **ltristan** » 22 May 2012, 06:48

I have a Yamaha organ which was a hand me down from my mom who was an organ player/enthusiast as well.

It was really a nice piece and one that worked to my advantage in being able to familiarize myself and play with the whole instrument.

Never really got to go places with it but at least I am able to play now and use it to record a few tracks on Garage Band.

JoeCool · Post by **JoeCool** » 22 May 2012, 13:58

Besides church organs....my first electric organ was a Philicorda back in the early 70ies.

monsterjazzlicks · Post by **monsterjazzlicks** » 22 Jul 2013, 15:45

i see a lot of people used a Farfisa in their youth. i have never played or seen one in the flesh before. Though i have a few recordings by Miles Davis who carried one on tour in the early 1970's. They sound very buzzy and electronic.

i had a Hammond M102 for while when i was at college. Great sound but just took too much effort and planning to get to gigs.

i am quite happy with the Hammond sound on my Nord Stage Classic. Though if i won the lottery and had my own studio i would purchase another tonewheel model.

Post by **Nordlicht** » 22 Jul 2013, 17:33

My very first instrument at all was a Korg CX-3, that I bought second-hand in the mid-1980s.

I sold it in the end of the 90s - because of doing more and more home recording (and there was no MIDI in the CX-3).

andi85 · Post by **andi85** » 07 Nov 2013, 01:30

My first organ was a Hammond XB-2. It was used, cheap and hooked me to playing the organ. Insofar it absolutely did the trick for me. The action was horrible, the plastic verneer peeled off, but through a Boss RT-20 or a real Leslie the thing sounded halfway decent. And when it started to die from expired processors inside, I traded it in for a used Nord Electro 2

Post by **Ledbetter** » 07 Nov 2013, 02:47

Kustom Combo Organ, when I was in eighth grade (1969). Tuck and roll black vinyl, single manual. It had four 10" speakers in the cabinet, all facing forward.

damasp · Post by **damasp** » 07 Nov 2013, 21:25

I bought someone's grandmother's Hammond L100 in 1976. Not one of the better models that's for sure. Put some handles on it and made a dolly to cart it around.

Merlimau · Post by **Merlimau** » 07 Nov 2013, 21:42

My first organ was a Farfisa Partner 14. Bought from my parents middle of the 1970s. To big and heavy to carry from home into a bands room. I’m happy now with my stage 2 and the keyboard stand. Now it’s possible to carry around.

Merlimau

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