From M_Zacher@gmx.de Tue Oct 07 11:14:25 2003
Subject:Re: Jon Lord sound with a CX-3

ynottnaro wrote:

> Guitar amps would be ideal for this purpose. And
> actually, the old CX3 is a great choice for this
> application.

yeah, you are right. The ole one sounds great on this heavy stuff. I
recommend a tube amp, u can turn on much keyclick than without sounding
thin.

> > I plan buying a 70's Korg CX-3 soon. I don't own a
> > Leslie and think I
> > won't buy one for the next months ahead or longer.

With the old one and a tube preamp, a simple tranistor leslie would do
the trick. The internal one is crap. Buy an HK Tube Rotosphere
otherwise, there u have Rotary AND Tube sound. But u cant have tube
sound without the leslie-effect then.

> > But that is not a
> > problem as I wanted to play Jon Lord stuff mostly,
> > and he didn't use
> > Leslies very often.

Well, as someone pointed out a few weeks ago, he used this guitaramps
often, but the leslies are used much more. You can use the leslie on
"stop" for that purpose as a mix.

> > I wanted to ask if it is possible to let a CX-3
> > sound like a Lord-beast
> > and what kind of amplifier you would recommend. Do
> > guitar amps work for
> > that purpose?

As I said, u get this beasty sound, even with a transistor amp, but be
sure to have some tube in between (NOT in the internal In/outs !) for
the warmth and overdrive/distortion. If you get the tube distortion well
calibrated, so that it is hot and crunchy, the internal overdrive of the
korg will let u have the extra kick you need for Perfect Strangers Intro
and such things.

Hope it helped!

Michael, who has an old Bx3 and the new Cx-3, loving both of them.