Oh Happy Day --- Fixed!!!

My organ, that is. "Fixed" it myself. Couldn't find anyone to fix it so I opened it up, pulled all five circuit boards (there's one for each set of drawbars and the pedals) and every connector I could find, cleaned and reseated them all and plugged it back in. Miracle!!! It worked. Not only did it work but the low-level hum that always plagued it was gone and it was crystal clear. It was so quiet I didn't think it was on until I hit a key. It sounds better than ever and I'm thinking probably a loose connection from shipping and/or initial (poor) assembly. In any case, I'm estatic and so is my SEVEN who has just been waiting to get together with it. They're in seperate rooms so it's a PITA to record them together but I'm working on a plan to permanently get them together; probably an 'L' shape configuration. At the moment, they are not well balanced in the mixer but hey, I'll get around to it once they're permanantly set up.

Celebration tune. Arranger connection is....Tenor Sax is my old PA1x Pro (I know it's not authentic, I just like the sound of it ). And yes, I know, the mix is lousy plus I didn't bother to equalize, normalize, compress, or otherwise tweak it. I'll do that once I do a 'guitar' version with my friend/guitarist, Bob. He's a beautiful player.

https://app.box.com/s/ljsqn3960msz8hc9rc9ojbu7u62y2vsx

chas

That's great Chas! Some fine pickin' there. Love that Sax. I'm thinking about waking up the baby's momma to see if she wants to dance.

That is one great rendition of a classic. I loved the organ and the sax part was spectacular. I'm working on doing my own arrangement of the tune. Inspirational

Did you check on The Organ Form as they are pretty good at helping with problems.
May be worth adding it to your bookmarks in case you have problems in the future.

Bill

Thanks guys, and thanks for the tip, Bill. I knew there was an organ forum out there somewhere and this one seems pretty comprehensive. Looking forward to perusing it.

chas

Chas so glad you fixed the problem...and happy your using Box.com to post your work.....
That said Bravo my man Bravo....
excellent arrangement and rendition of this classic tune.....
Well played and balanced, great instrumentation too.
I really enjoyed listening and it made my morning coffee
bright and put me in a Happy Mood!!
I hope this isn't a one shot deal and we will hear
many more tunes in the future.
Thank you for sharing your work.

Why thank you, Donny. It's a simple 4 chord tune but I love the words and message. I wish I had your voice, I can hear it in my head but sadly, the throat won't cooperate .

chas

Thank you sir,....just keep em coming.
It's my pleasure to listen for sure.

OK, so FIXED - FINALLY initially gets my attention, so I open the post and I see MY ORGAN so now I REALLY have to see what chas is up to now
And what do I get? ... My kind of music, and some great musicianship ...
Thank you, chas ...
The ONLY disappointment was the lack of an organ solo ... hopefully next time ...
BTW, bass - foot pedals? ... drums ?

Great news, Chas. Sounds great as well.

Gary

Tony, I've gone nuts with the 'Rhodes'; just a phase . Finger bass with pedal 'accent' (tap on pedal, usually A, to add attack to the fingered bass note. Play to a 4/4 jazz/swing drum track; the same track will work for hundreds of songs. Mainly brushes. Organ solo - Bob (guitarist) and I were doing 'Just Friends' with just organ, guitar, BK7m drums. Maybe I'll record that (with solo) and post it.

Thanks Gary, yes that is good news. I really missed it while it was down. Hoping to hear some good news from you as well.

chas

Nice to hear you fixed your organ! Also so nice to hear that beautiful, unmatched and raw sound of a Hammond - wow. No instrument on earth can duplicate that sound, IMO. Thanks for sharing and nice impromptu chops.

nice playing, made my day. what organ is that?

Pretty sure it's the B

Nice playing Chas,very relaxing.

Tasty! All the right notes in all the right places.

R.

In one word "SWEET"!!