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#487371 - 01/20/20 03:39 PM
Re: My Roland EA7 Quik record Blues Jam..
[Re: Dnj]
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Registered: 06/25/99
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Loc: Benton, LA, USA
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I used to demo organs, "back in the day". Yamaha, Lowery, Kimball...
It's really hard to make a Kimball sound good, but they were all easy to sell back then. The store would pay about a hundred bucks for one and sell it for 4-5 hundred. Just make it look simple.
I remember thinking that these home organs, had zero in common with B-3 or C-3. Different market, different target.
The biggest, finest organ I had was Yamaha FS500, It retailed for something like $15000. and ANY of today's arrangers will do more and sound better, with the right amplification.
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#487373 - 01/20/20 03:50 PM
Re: My Roland EA7 Quik record Blues Jam..
[Re: DonM]
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Registered: 05/26/99
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Loc: Levittown, Pa, USA
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I used to demo organs, "back in the day". Yamaha, Lowery, Kimball...
It's really hard to make a Kimball sound good, but they were all easy to sell back then. The store would pay about a hundred bucks for one and sell it for 4-5 hundred. Just make it look simple.
I remember thinking that these home organs, had zero in common with B-3 or C-3. Different market, different target.
The biggest, finest organ I had was Yamaha FS500, It retailed for something like $15000. and ANY of today's arrangers will do more and sound better, with the right amplification. Don, I also demoed Hammond organs in mid 1960's. After Hammond , neither Thomas , Lowery or any other brand did not sound good. And Yes simplicity was important.. This was the first time I was taught to "sell the sizzle not the steak" 
Edited by Fran Carango (01/20/20 03:52 PM)
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#487404 - 01/20/20 07:43 PM
Re: My Roland EA7 Quik record Blues Jam..
[Re: Fran Carango]
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Yep, been there, done that. Sold Thomas organs in Laurel Md for several years in the 60's.
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#487411 - 01/21/20 01:10 AM
Re: My Roland EA7 Quik record Blues Jam..
[Re: Dnj]
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Registered: 09/21/02
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Loc: Port Charlotte,FL,USA
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I demoed and sold Hammond organs at a West Palm Beach music store in the 60's.
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