[HAM] XK-3 Hammond Keyboard

[foxfamily]

Hey Man
Try the new XK-1, I just got one, its running thru the Traynor K4 300 watt
keyboard amp. Perfect match with dual tube preamp, the chorus and Leslie sim
thru this made the hairs on back of neck stand up! Actually selling my
Leslie 147, it is that good and easier to gig with. Hammond has made big
improvements in the chorus and Leslie sim on this XK-1.
Happy Hammond Man
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: hammond-bounces at zeni.net [mailto:hammond-bounces at zeni.net]On Behalf Of
Cliff Spencer
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 1:19 PM
To: hammond at zeni.net
Subject: Re: [HAM] XK-3 Hammond Keyboard


I had an XK-3 for around two years and could never bring myself to
like it. I finally sold it around six months ago. I didn't like the
action, actually didn't like the sound (something about the tone
quality rarely approached the sound of my real Hammond - for instance
838000000 never sounded right to me), didn't like the chorus, presets
behaved differently than a real Hammond, etc etc etc. It would seem
like I'm the only one who feels this way. I'm aware that the XK-3 has
the same tone generation technology as the new B3, but it seemed like
hard work to get an authentic sound. People on Yahoo have indicated
that "you really need to take the time to dial it in". I have no
patience for keyboards that you need to tweak ad nauseum to get the
basic sound. One last gripe, the sound just had no balls.
-cliff

>From: "Harold" <harolds at elknet.net>
>Subject: Re: [HAM] XK-3 Hammond Keyboard
><snip>
>The XK-3 is an excellent unit!
><snip>



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