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DanHeron · . Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 3496 Location: Manchester, UK

I've always wanted a combo organ but could never really afford one. They seem to go for a lot. BUT today I spotted this on eBay for BIN £90. It's less than 20mins away from me and looks bloomin awesome, so I snapped it up:

Dunno how good it sounds, it isn't not a well known brand or anything. But I'm sure I can put it through a few pedals and get something out of it.
It also has a built in rhythm section which on this demo sounds prettttttty pretty good. I love that beat at the start haha:

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Pretty excited. Probably gonna put it in my studio for lunchtime jams. It has a built in speaker and headphone output as well which is useful.

lorez · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 6:11 pm Post subject:

Looks & sounds pretty cool.
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DanHeron · . Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 3496 Location: Manchester, UK

Yeah, should be fun. Hopefully (if the seller reads my final message in time) I've arranged to pick it up tomorrow morning so expect a demo soon!

BobArsecake · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:03 am Post subject:

I read that as "an inbuilt mayhem section". Looking forward to demos!

BearBoy · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:05 am Post subject:

That looks ace. Looking forward to the demo. Love a bit of old school organ.
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NickS · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:17 am Post subject:

Looks really cool.

Gabriel · . Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 3169 Location: NYC

That sounds awesome.

Mages · Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:56 am Post subject:

wow I like how it plays the bass keys in tempo with the beat.

holyCATS1415 · . Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 1062 Location: MQT, MI

I had a whippany mel-o-sonic at one point. I love combo organs. They look rad and usually have at least one usable setting for the kind of music my band plays. Unfortunately, the experiences I have had with them is that they work great for a little while and then they never stay in tune (or just stop working all together). Would love to own a fully functional Elka Panther or a Farfisa but they are way too expensive and almost always half broken. I settled for a Roland VK-1 and am totally happy with it.

Cool find! I would definitely buy another old organ if I come across a cheap one.

BobArsecake · Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 2:29 am Post subject:

One of my girlfriend and mine's hobbies is pickling things in cider: apricots, beef, and last week I put my organ in cider.

Chris Fleming · . Joined: 08 May 2013 Posts: 507 Location: Glasgow

On the one I used to have you got some really nice beats if you pressed two of the rhythm buttons at the same time. Wish I still had it, found it on the street just up from my old flat. After a bit of a clean it worked really well, but it was too big to move when I moved to a forth floor tenement which was a bit smaller. Think I gave it away? Can't remember? Been trying to get another one ever since