From djacques@csulb.edu Sun Aug 05 18:50:38 2007
Subject:Re: No More Korg CX-3????
Things I liked about the CX3.
1. No question, the best Leslie sim out there.
2. Great basic tonewheel sound.
3. Loved the drawbars.. Definitely the best made and sturdiest.
4. Pretty cool EX drawbar sounds. Would make the organ sound like no other.
Or like a Vox, Farfisa, etc.
5. Loved the keyboard, even if it had lips (V1)
6. Relatively light.
7. Pretty good percussion. Could play Melting Pot and still have it sound
authentic.
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From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Bruce Wahler
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 6:39 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CWSG] Re: No More Korg CX-3????
Hi All,
I, too, would hate to see the CX-3 (and BX-3) go, but I guess it doesn't
really surprise me. Hammond clones are something of a niche market, and the
CX-3 has been around since late 2000 (Version 1). Even the BX-3 has been out
since 2002. Given the number of clone products on the market, the CX-3 would
still have to be the no-questions, clear winner of the clonewheel battle to
remain in production for more than seven years.
Unlike say, a Fender Telecaster, electronic keyboards usually have a finite
lifetime of no more than a few years, often as few as two or three. In the
first year or two they sell like hotcakes, then sales plateau, then they
tend to slump. I'm a big Korg proponent -- I still have my BX-3, with no
plans to sell it -- but I see less and less Korg supporters on this list
these days. That probably means that most of the players who want a CX-3
already have one, and the others have moved on. Korg is in the business of
selling products, and if recent sales of the CX-3 have been slim, it's
likely that the organ will be discontinued. The fact that it lasted for
seven years itself is a kind of tribute to the organ's sound and features.
For whatever reasons, Korg hasn't followed the BX-3 and CX-3 with something
newer. Maybe it's historical: The original CX-3 came out in about 1981, and
was made until about '85 or '86; then Korg left the Hammond clone market for
15 years.
Having said all this, though, neither Korg nor Roland had drawbar keyboards
at Winter NAMM, which is the bigger keyboard show.
Regards,
-BW
--
Bruce Wahler
Online Music Sales
AshbySolutions.com_ http://music.
ashbysolutions.com
978.386.7389 voice/fax
bruce@ashbysolution s.com
At 07:27 PM 8/5/2007, you wrote:
>Now that would be a shame. The CX3 was one of the better Hammond clones. I
>played one for about two years and loved it.
>
>
>
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>From: CloneWheel@yahoogro ups.com
[mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogro ups.com]
On
>Behalf Of dakota279
>Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 3:03 PM
>To: CloneWheel@yahoogro ups.com
>Subject: [CWSG] Re: No More Korg CX-3????
>
>
>
>Any truth to this? Is the CX-3 really being discontinued?
>
>Thanks.
>
>--- In CloneWheel@yahoogro ups.com,
>"B3bluesman59"
>wrote:
>>
>> Here's some info from NAMM that I picked up on another forum. I
>> thought this would be interesting to this clonewheel group. If
>this
>> info is correct it certainly won't hurt the prices of used CX-3s.
>>
>__________________________________________________________
>>
>> "I'm here at NAMM, and I'll post a few more things later. But, I
>> wanted to share a few items now."
>>
>> Korg - There were no drawbar products in the whole booth. I asked
>one
>> of the Korg people about it, and he said that they are not showing
>the
>> drawbar keyboards because he thinks they might be discontinued. He
>> gave me a product catalog with the full line, and there were no
>> drawbar keyboards to be found. He said the fact that they are
>absent
>> from the catalog probably means they are discontinued.
>>
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