Derek what about B3s?

[The Liquid Mind]

Hi there Derek,
watching you on last few shows with PlanetX, with BCC and when in Bologna I started wondering what about your opinion about all the hammond clone and rig you used till today..
I guess in the 90s with DT you used basically the old CX3 and BX3 , but just on the Infinity tour you used the real leslie and heavy distortion right?
and then the new Cx3 and Electro.
With BCC are you still using a real old B3 or the new B3?
Can you tell me some more please? I'm really interested in it (I just tried a couple of times the first Electro)..how you find the CX3 vs the Electro, something like that....and especially the rig because I'm starting saving money for it (but actually just the Electro seams to be the all in one affordable solution..)
thank you for the answers and all of your music..!;) cheers

[Xanatos]

Girugamesh!

[CBR1000F]

Girugamesh!

So you're still applying to become our pet bot, aren't you? :rolleyes:

[noble savage]

So you're still applying to become our pet bot, aren't you? :rolleyes:

Actually, I hired him to sign up here in order to make my posts look better. Seems to be working. The good news is, I only had to pay him with shiny, crumpled up aluminum foil balls and cheap whiskey (Which is apparently manufactured and aged right next to a plant that processes mercury.)

[grohm]

dont feed the troll guys.

[Xanatos]

dont feed the troll guys.

Say "Girugamesh" is trolling? XD

[moefunk]

dont feed the troll guys.

I'm curious now - what happens if we feed him after midnight?;)

[grohm]

I'm curious now - what happens if we feed him after midnight?;)

judging from his behavior, that has already been done!

[mantarkus]

While everyone else is on some other subject and while you await a response from Derek, thought you might want to check on this video where they have a hammond tone generator out of it's cabinet and see how the tone generator works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qqmr6IiFLE

[Xanatos]

I'm curious now - what happens if we feed him after midnight?;)

Gremlins!?

[CrazyDrummer]

Say "Girugamesh" is trolling? XD

now I can understand why Derek still hasn't answered -.-''

[t0ccata]

i love watching nerds bully other nerds

[The Liquid Mind]

i love watching nerds bully other nerds

thank you very much

[Berto]

I'm used to get a very good B3 sound by my Electro using a Xotic AC Booster (the yellow one).It's totally analogic sound, very warm and dynamic..Electro himself has not a good response on high frequencies so I add a graphic equalizer.You can equalize the sound before or after the booster distorsion, the choice is yours.Just experiment.Obviously the whole think works only if you use an ampli for you Electro,something like a Vox or a Bogera or a Fender Reverb.If you make the sound go thru normal mixer/speakers you'll get a buzzy bad sound.
Sometimes I even use a Zakk Wilde Overdrive..it works great, it magnifies the sound alot..but in my opinion it works better for synth ( Triton or Nord Lead ).

[The Liquid Mind]

Thanks Berto, (is that the first electro? Can't find one on Mercatino or anywhere..)
I think I'm going to buy a korg new cx3... the hardest part is that there aren't so many around here to give a try, but I have limited budget and the only other solution is roland vk8m.
Maybe I'll run it through my Hughes&Kettner amp and see what comes out..
I quickly tried just the electro3 from the Pathosray keyboard player, I'm not interested in mellotron and e.pianos so far and it didn't impress me that much (and it's not that cheap of course).

P.S: I'm thinking right now to sell my Trinity Plus.. anyone in north Italy interested?

[Berto]

Actually it's the Electro2,I did buy it used in L.A. way way cheeper than in italy.As usual.
I dunno how Pathosray keys player is used to do but sometime ago I was asked to join that band..I don't like that kind of progressive, so I refused and honestly I don't understand how that kind of sound could come useful into their tunes..
As I told u once,for me Electro+ booster analogic efx + equalizer thru a valve ampli = killer B3/clavinet sound.

[The Liquid Mind]

I dunno how Pathosray keys player is used to do but sometime ago I was asked to join that band..I don't like that kind of progressive, so I refused and honestly I don't understand how that kind of sound could come useful into their tunes..
..oh this is quite funny. I'm in a cousin band of Pathosray (their bass player Fabio is our singer now) Mirrormaze (and we're quite different as well). We went to their concert in April and he got onstage the electro3 for b3 and mellotron as far as I know...their second album is good imho because of shorter songs, more focused.