Recently I was fortunate enough to meet up with my friends at Hammond UK to have an extended test of the new Hammond XK-5 and XK-Pro systems. I enjoy meeting up with Malc and Barrie and enjoyed having a good…
New year update
Organs
Hi guys, Lots to tell you about so far this year, with so little time to tell it you in! I’ve had a good old session with my friends at Hammond UK and have a review of the XK5 in…
The Don Airey Hammond Sound
Organs
I was in conversation with Don Airey from Deep Purple recently and had a brief opportunity to ask him about his Hammond Organ setup and how he gets his sound. Although he didn’t want to give much away he was…
Chopping a Hammond Organ
Playing
I came across an interesting article recently on Chopping an Hammond Organ that I thought I would share with you: http://choppersguide.blogspot.co.uk/ Its something close to my heart as I am on the lookout for a tired but fully functional Hammond…
Tour of the old H4H studio
Leslie Cabs, Organs
From time to time I record sessions for people and this is something that I very much enjoy. This week I have four songs to record Hammond Organ for. the client is a prolific songwriter from Israel called Avi Rosenfeld…
Comparing the Hammond XK3 to the Hammond C3
Organs
Hi, so we are at the Season 1 finale of the Hammond for hire video blog and this time we look at the Hammond XK. Thanks for stopping by and sticking with them and rest assured more Hammond video goodness…
Servicing a Leslie 145 – Part 2 of 2
Leslie Cabs
Hi there, lets get straight into Part 2 of 2 of how to upgrade a Leslie 145. You may remember last week to took it to bits, changed the idler arm assembly etc… and this week we finish the job. The…
Servicing a Leslie 145 – Part 1 of 2
Leslie Cabs
Hi there. This weeks blog is part one of a two part series that follows me stripping down and servicing my ‘cooking’ Leslie 145 as part of its regular maintenance schedule. I oil the ‘normal’ areas yearly and by the book…
How to Overdrive Your Hammond C3 Organ
Organs
Hi there, In this weeks blog we are looking at Getting the best of our your Hammond Organ sound. There are many ways to improve and change your sound and at the end of the day its all down to…
Hammond blog round up
Organs
Hi folks, Now its time for a Hammond Round Up, after 10 or 12 episodes I thought would do a quick round up of what we have talked about so far and put the feelers out for some feedback from…
