From groovecake@yahoo.com Sun May 09 21:20:02 2004
Subject:Invisible Stand

Are these still made? My initial google search came up
empty. Maybe I didn't search correctly.

Mitch

--- tonysounds wrote:
> I use an Invisible Stand on gigs, and a WS550 at
> home and at rehearsals.
> T
>
> M T wrote:
> Tony,
>
> What kind of stand do you use? I tried to put the
> XK-3
> above my Motif on my Ultimate Supports stand last
> night and the XK was too big (width-wise). What do
> you
> use?
>
> Mitch
>
> --- tonysounds wrote:
> > Hey Y'all....
> >
> > Did a couple shows this weekend with the XK3.
> > Before you ask: No, I have not yet even tried its
> > leslie sim! I haven't plugged it into my Pro-145
> > yet either. I've been having too much fun playing
> > it through a real leslie!
> >
> > Friday morning I did some modifications to my road
> > rig to ready the XK3s introduction. I use a Motif
> 8
> > and an Invisible Keyboard stand. The Motif has
> some
> > extruded knobs that need protecting, and even with
> > my Electro, I had strategically placed 3 islands
> of
> > gaffers tape and velcro to the Motif so that when
> > the Electro hangs over the top of the Motif, it
> > doesn't damage those knobs. I used soft foam with
> > velcro backs between the Motif and Electro which
> is
> > plenty as the Electro is so light and small. I
> had
> > to replace those soft foam blocks with hard foam
> > blocks (which I was able to do as I had just
> pulled
> > the little "shelf" out of the case for my departed
> > Vcombo, and after making the endblock for the case
> > to now hold my XK3, I had enough hard foam left to
> > do the job). After gaff taping and velcro-ing the
> > bottom of my XK3, I was ready for business. The
> > larger girth and weight of the XK3 demanded the
> > hard foam blocks, and more velcro to the organ
> > itself to safely secure it to the
> > Invisible Stand. No problems!
> >
> > The band just obtained a "new" vehicle and this
> was
> > its maiden voyage...we had some mechanical
> problems
> > and arrived later than we wanted, but still in
> time
> > for the gig; just not enough time for me to spend
> > cranking and tweaking before show time. Luckily I
> > had been perusing the manual (a very short read)
> en
> > route to the gig, and figured out a couple things
> I
> > needed to know, such as how to save a program,
> which
> > is slightly cumbersome at first...or at least when
> > you're in a hurry on a dark stage. I went to the
> > last bank which had registrations I normally
> > wouldn't use (very reedy and tibia-like things)
> and
> > decided to make that my go-to bank. I set up a
> > couple programs, and figured just like a real
> > Hammond, I'd tweak endlessly all nite long.
> >
> > Man, this thing is AWESOME, simply freakin
> > AWESOME!!! First off, if you're getting one, you
> > must get the Expression pedal. As much as I liked
> > my FC7 for my Electro, this thing is a must for
> the
> > XK3. Like its keyboard, this adds as much to the
> > realism of the Hammond experience, and playing the
> > XK3's keyboard and expression pedal is like
> driving
> > a big Mercedes. Once you've done it, you know
> what
> > the fuss is all about.
> >
> > The combination of the XK3 and Speakeasy and my
> > Bulldog leslie was nothing short of thrilling.
> The
> > Speakeasy was singing after getting the added
> juice
> > of the XK3 (the Electro's output is very weak and
> I
> > could never get the overdrive I was looking for),
> > and hit that thick, creamy grind I was looking for
> > pretty quickly. YESSSSS!!!!!!
> >
> > I started with the "Jimmy 1" program as my base,
> and
> > made a couple adjustments from there, and saved it
> > to a preset in the last bank. On a couple of our
> > songs, I have some extreme registration shifts
> that
> > I would not have been so adventurous with had I
> not
> > been playing an Electro when we started putting
> them
> > together. Those songs are harder to get right on
> my
> > real Hammond because of the number of bars and
> > levels used, but now, saving them to a few black
> key
> > presets, and I was totally in business. And what
> a
> > pleasure it is to have a Hammond that has more
> than
> > 2 black key presets I can use!!! Too F N cool!
> >
> > The tone is much thicker and much much smoother
> than
> > my Electro, and was noticeable immediately. Of
> > course the percussion is as well. It has a fatter
> > thunk than either of my cutdown Hammonds, and I
> > found using the "soft" button tamed it
> exquisitely;
> > I could never use the "soft" button on either of
> my
> > Hammonds as it would tame it too much. C3 chorus,
> > which I like to use every once in a while on my
> > Electro but not on my Hammonds, is still a little
> > strong, but as I noticed from the manual, that can
> > be tamed pretty quickly. C1 sounded great right
> > away....I used it quite a bit. The overdrive has
> a
> > dedicated knob which I found I was playing with
> all
> > night long....very useful, and in conjunction with
> > the Speakeasy and leslie, was very musical. It
> has
> > a groovy little feature which is an LED under the
> > knob that glows yellow (or was it green?) at its
> > most minimum setting, glows more amber then red
> the
> > harder it's being pushed. Oh yeah, that's another
> > area where this is more like a REAL
> > Hammond: It's hard to see things in the dark, and
> > you'll find yourself wanting to learn the layout
> > really quickly to navigate it and get what you
> want
> > the first time. The LCD is in the upper left
> > corner, and if you have the XK3 stacked on another
> > keyboard, you won't be able to see it too well. (I
> > couldn't find a contrast adjustment anywhere
> either,
> > but you probably don't need: I couldn't see it so
> I
> > can't verify that!) No big deal: Just like a real
> > Hammond, you have black preset keys to save your
> > base settings (except this Hammond won't require a
> > tech to rewire 6 of them) and you'll learn the
> > location of your "spices" quick enough: and if you
> > have played a real Hammond for any length of time,
> > everything is just about in the right place, but
> > like in the case of the percussion buttons, there
> > are a couple extra little things you want to make
> > sure you're aware of so that you don't hit the
> wrong
> > thing. (The split and manual bass buttons are
> near
> > the percussion and in the dark at
> > first, you could accidentally grab them.) The
> > drawbars, which looked to be kinda funky in
> > pictures, make total sense from a playing POV: The
> > left drawbars function as the "top manual" or top
> > half of a potential split keyboard and are
> > comfortable to grab, and the right drawbars are
> for
> > the "lower manual" or bottom half of a split, and
> > are in the right place for that exactly. I found
> > myself disengaging the split on my presets: I
> don't
> > play LH bass (my bassist despises when I get
> > anywhere near his space, so I respect that and
> grab
> > a fist of piano instead), and the left side of the
> > split is only adjustable by ONE OCTAVE, which I
> > think is an oversight on Hammond's part. The
> > Electro 73's lower split can be adjusted by a few
> > octaves, which makes left hand organ comping for
> > your right piano or organ playing sweet and
> > comfortable as you can keep your left hand on the
> > left side of your keyboard! You can't do this on
> a
> > real Hammond though, so it's not a big deal...I'm
> > used to that dilemma
> > when I use the cutdowns live, so I'm used to it.
> > It would be a nice update for the future though.
>
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