options / amazing Overdrive options.
Plus the“ Transpose” option, a great EQ module, modulation module( Chorus-Flanger- Phaser-more) and full Delay module.
Let’ s not forget the lower manual! Yes, this is a double manual beast for you purists out there. And for you super-purists, the bass pedals are also available as an option pretty much leaving you flat out of excuses!
TOURING VETERANS, LET’ S GET REAL PRACTICAL FOR 0:02 SECONDS. The weight of my Hammond B-3 = 425 lbs. Add my Leslie speaker cabinet = another 125 lbs. Since I haven’ t owned a MaxiVan since the last century, I would also need a rental truck with lift gate, a friend to help me load it and a Chiropractor the day after the gig! And if the concert venue has any stairs … Fuhgeddaboudit! The weight of the NORD Organ 3 = 35 lbs.
BONUS ROUND What about that one Pipe Organ spot in the concert?( I’ ve got several of those in our‘ Alan Parson Project’ set). The NORD’ s got it covered. Need a Farfisa sound? The NORD’ s got it covered. Stereo output? Of course! Foot control of Leslie speed? You betcha. Leslie full stop? Guitar amp options? Mic position options? Yes, yes and yes … and so much more!
There is no way to touch on everything here; for more in-depth intel meet me at TomBrooksMusic. com.
NO, NO, NOT THAT PARAGRAPH! Whether you are checking out reviews of hot sports cars, beach-front real estate, or killer music gear, you’ ve probably read the line,“ All this doesn’ t come cheap.” Well, if there is any downside at all to the NORD Organ 3 that may be it. But honestly, I don’ t feel like I’ m writing this to musical comrades who are looking for“ cheap.” This is a state-of-the-art musical achievement that captures the power, the feel, and the nuance of the magnificent B-3 beast and re-creates it perfectly for the 21st century keyboard artist.
I have always referred to my B-3 as“ the King of Instruments.” I feel like the crown has just passed to a new Monarch. The only question that remains,“ How am I going to get the fine folks at NORD to forget that they ever sent this keyboard to me?”
$ 4,399 www. NordKeyboards. com
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Tom Brooks Tom Brooks is Keyboardist / Music Director for the Alan Parsons Project, founding Producer of Integrity’ s Hosanna Music, and Director of Commercial-Pop Music at CBU( California Baptist University). Stay connected:
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