From diversiorgan@yahoo.com Mon Feb 25 16:07:54 2008
Subject:Re:Diversi Organ Vs Hammond
David... You are very right on this point.. And what your are stating is PRETTY close to the fact. About 98 percent on.
Hey! The price point ain't bad for the Nord either. But how much more would it be if it had REAL drawbars?
Regards,
Tom Tuson
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From: David Jacques
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 2:15:02 PM
Subject: RE: [CWSG] Re:Diversi Organ Vs Hammond
I totally agree. If you could sit down and play a ProXK System at a local
music store they would sell a lot of them too. Nord has an advantage because
they can "force" large chains to display the C1 and Electro because the
large chains also sell Nord Leads, Stages, and Waves (one of the hottest
items out of NAMM). As Tony says, the C1 also answers many of the needs of
the "weekend warrior" musician.
I think that the Diversi will have a much better chance competing in the
church market with the Hammond "New B3". It certainly has a price advantage.
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From: CloneWheel@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogro ups.com] On
Behalf Of tonysounds
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 11:04 AM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Re:Diversi Organ Vs Hammond
The Korg BX3 (maybe you meant that, not Korg 2???), and Roland Vk77 and
vk88's weren't kits you could buy in pieces, you bought the whole thing or
none. The CX3, VK7 and VK8 were the single manual versions. So, to answer
your question, in terms of the Hammond clone niche market, the majority of
clones sold happened to be the single manual CX3, VK7 and VK8s. Why? Price,
convenience, and of course, you could actually go see/play/hear/ audition
them. While I'm sure the numbers wouldn't have been huge, they might have
sold more 2 manuals (BX3, VK77 and VK88) if people could have seen them. I
actually saw a few VK77s on the road (Sean Hopper of Huey Lewis & The News
had one hidden in a Hammond shell). The Key 5 you couldn't find anywhere to
audition or play. It's one thing to plop down $500-1500 for an instrument on
faith, quite another to drop $3k or more. If the Key5 were available to
experience, I think you'd see more of em. It's just the nature of the
consumer
beast: you want to know WHAT you're getting. I think the Nord C1 will
actually outsell any dual manual clone because they're actually putting them
in stores. You can't just eliminate it because it has no drawbars; it has an
alternative interface that may or may not be acceptable to some players, but
the fact is, it's a Hammond clone that does a great job of producing 'that
sound'. It's lightweight, affordable price tag, and market presence will set
the bar for dual manual clones.
It will be interesting to see how things shake out.
T
Thomas Tuson yahoo.com>
wrote: Thanks for the comments.
I wonder how many here on the list purchased the new Korg 2 keyboard top, or
the VK-77 or VK-88 top only. I know that not very many XB-5's by Hammond
Suzuki were ever sold nor did many Voce Key5's get purchased.
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