From tflas@yahoo.com Wed Aug 10 23:38:29 2005
Subject:Re: xk-3 keyboard

It could be an XK2, It said HAMMOND, had drawbars, and to be honest, I
was still reeling from setting up that red baby grand piano. He had a
Korg synth on top of the organ and an Ensoniq on top of the piano.

tonysounds wrote:

> Um, just one correction: Jonathan Caine uses (or at least used to) an
> XK2. At least, that's what he used in the 2001 Dvd.
>
> T
>
> Antone wrote:
> Not trying to start a flame war, I am passing on what I have observed
> over the years. I work major shows and concerts, many "newbies" and lots
> of old guys- like Boston, Journey, Michael McDonald, Tom Petty,
> Jefferson Starship, Yes, etc. Maybe the "old dog/new tricks why change
> something that works" keeps them loyal to Hammond, maybe they recognize
> the road worthiness, maybe they fear change and are suspicious of new
> keyboards, I don't know. Jonathan Caine runs his CK-3 into a Model 122
> Leslie. Tom Brislin ran his CX-3 into a Motion Sound set up off stage
> but ran in-ear for all his keyboards. Some run B3s on stage with the
> Leslies next to them, others with the Leslies off stage- Tom Scholz
> never took his Leslie out of the truck, he mic'd it through doors in the
> road case! I own a B3, a CX-3, and a bunch of Kurzweil synths. I parked
> the B3 and Leslie in my studio and use the CX-3 in my live rig. I use
> the built in sim, not a rotating speaker. I also use in-ear monitors.
> I think application has a great deal to do with the keyboard as well. If
> you are only occasionally organ chording as an adjunct to piano behind a
> singer and don't get to "step out" much, you may not need an actual
> organ/speaker system. If you are featured as an organist, you need the
> versatility of a Hammond or clone with drawbars and a decent sim/Leslie.
> You need waterfall keys, not piano or synth keys. The size of the
> venue/stage can affect your choices as well. Smallest stage I've played
> on in the past five years is 22' x 24'.
>
> I'm preaching to the choir, aren't I? I'll shut up now.
> Too much coffee, sorry.
>
> antone
>
> Norman Peterson wrote:
>
> > >---- Original Message -----
> > >From: Antone
> > >An observation: I have been a concert production tech (roadie) for over
> > >20 years, I have seen plenty of B3s, C3s, XK-3s, and CX-3s, I have seen
> > >one Nord- and it was for sale.
> >
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