[musictlk] Question about Hammond organs

Joshua Lester jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
Wed Jun 8 13:36:48 UTC 2011


You need to hear Moses Tyson Jr.
He's an amazing Hammond B3 player.
His cousins are Sly and the Family Stone.
Blessings, Joshua

On 6/8/11, tyler at tylerthompsonmusic.com <tyler at tylerthompsonmusic.com> wrote:
>
> Man I'd love to play the real deal, sadly they're insanely expensive and
> hard to get. I do however have a Nord stage EX ( which is one of the
> best b3 simulators out there) you can even buy a bass pedal set for it.
> But it's got drawbars and a well simulated Leslie cabinet.
>
> I say go jam out on whatever you can find! When I'm teaching people just
> how to handle a Hammond we start out by learning "Green Onions" by
> Booker T Jones, it's a blues song in G
>
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Question about Hammond organs
>> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
>> Date: Wed, June 08, 2011 6:21 am
>> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
>>
>> Wow!
>> Thanks alot.
>> Is there anyone on this list, that plays the Hammond organ?
>> I play the piano, but would like to experiment with the B3.
>> Blessings, Joshua
>>
>> On 6/8/11, Tyler K. Thompson <tyler at tylerthompsonmusic.com> wrote:
>> > Hammond C3. Sister to the B3, it is identical in every operational way.
>> > The
>> > B3 weighs 425 pounds and the C is even heavier as it has a more
>> > extensive
>> > wooden frame which surrounds the bass of the organ. This is a popular
>> > church
>> > organ. However, it has been noted that Bs are more available in America
>> > and
>> > Cs are easier to acquire in Europe. Not a few roadies have almost met
>> > their
>> > untimely demise lugging this beast around from venue to venue. The
>> > Hammond
>> > played by Chris Copping in the Beat Workshop video is just as large: it
>> > may
>> > be an A series. You can tell it's not a C3 from the console fittings of
>> > the
>> > cabinet. C3 slopes down and the others slope ever so gently upwards.
>> >
>> > copied from  http://www.procolharum.com/b3_c3.htm
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Joshua Lester
>> > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 5:36 AM
>> > To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
>> > Subject: [musictlk] Question about Hammond organs
>> >
>> > Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
>> > As a Gospel musician, I've always loved the sound of a Hammond B3 organ.
>> > My church has a C3, which sounds different than a B3, but I'm wanting
>> > to know something.
>> > Besides the sound, what's the difference between the Hammond B3, and
>> > Hammond C3 organs?
>> > Thanks, Joshua
>> >
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