well me and my organs

[Derek]

Hello Peoples

Just finished a night of jamming on my new 1937 hammond model a (with perc., chorus, and reverb) and a leslie 147rv. i love it. but before you the moderator pulls this message let me say this. combo organs are my addiction. i will never turn my back on them.

i play in two bands. for the orchid highway i current use a gem challenger but only because my portable philicorda needs servicing. the gem is great though nice and creamy. the philicorda is nasty and sweet. i run in into a yammy ra-100 rotary speaker or my 68 traynor yvm 4 channel tube pa head into an 80's traynor 4x10. the gem has yet to hit the ra100 as i just got new speakers installed. along with whatever combo organ is on stage with me for this act i also have a wurly 214 perverted into a 200 and a yamaha sk15. my other act is pepper sands in which i play an ace tone top 5 through a music man hd 130. they match up so well.

have a video on youtube for a song called next world vintage gear heads will like this. www.youtube.com/orchidhighway

i'll leave it at that for now. in the studio in 8 hours so should rest up. i'll leave you with my current instrument list most of which you'll see in the video for next world

1898 Hardman Upright
1972 Wurlitzer 200EP
1974 Wurlitzer 214VA
1974 Maestro EP
196? Hohner Cembalet
1979 Yamaha CP-70
196O Jaymar toy piano
1975 Univox ComPac
1968 Philicorda GM 753 x2
1937 Hammond Model A
1948 Hammond C2
1965 Ace Tone Top 5
1962 Lowrey DSL
1969 Philicorda GM 755
1966 Philicorda GM 751
196? Lowrey DSL
1981 Yamaha SK15
197O Gem Challenger
195O Baldwin Orgasonic
Modern Toy Organ
Kawai Pump Organ
197? Mattel Optigon about 15 discs
Bina Harmoniums x 2
1975 Arp Axxe 2314
1989 Kawai K1
199? Fatar Stage 90
1970 Electric fan organ thing

cheers and goodnight

derek

[Time Lord]

Your video totally rocks. I want to buy your CD.
Will you e-mail me at...
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I have a couple of Philicorda questions.

Fantastic gear list BTW!

[Time Lord]

We need photos!

Is the Kee Bass in the video yours?

[orchidderek]

good eyes ya the key bass hasn't made it my list i guess. the rheem is mine and in working order though not 100%. needs a going over.

have one day left in the studio so will post some pics by early next week. have a crazy corner set up in the studio with a rhodes suitcase (studio's), hammond b3 into a 147 (both studio's) , an ace tone top 5, my gem, and my wurly all at my touch. been using various amps a two tracks of electric piano into a gretsch twin reverb, two tracks with the hammond leslie combo, and one track of the gem into a yamaha ra 100. the gem yamaha combo sounds like satan. just freakin ripping.

[spacepatrollerlase]

I had the Jaymmar. That thing was far from a toy. It had a sweet sound and a good solid key feel to it. I liked it so much that I programmed it into my (since deceasced) SQ-80 and my CZ-1000 but they still din't sound as good as that mechanical analog "toy"