From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Sat Nov 01 15:19:25 2008
Subject:=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A_=5BCWSG=5D_Hammond_XK-5_or_?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?X-5?=

HI,

>Any info would be great.

Two completely different animals.

The X-5 was a 2-manual organ made in Japan under the Hammond name in the late '70s/early '80s. I haven't heard one in years, but the general opinion was that the sound wasn't all that close to a real tonewheel organ, at least, by todays standards.

The XK-5 was produced in the '90s. IIRC, it came out after the XB-2, but before the XK-2. The sound engine is sampled, rather than modeled. Not a bad instrument if you can pick one up at a decent price. It's not as good as the latest round of clones, though (Nord C1, Hammond XK-1/XK-3, etc.).

Regards,

-BW
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Bruce Wahler
AshbySolutions.com™
978.386.7389 voice/fax
bruce@ashbysolutions.com

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