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XK1 vs XK3c


mrhudson

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Okay, so a Guitar Center near me is selling a Hammond XK1 for $1039 new, which is a pretty good deal based on what I know. I was dreaming of the XK3c, but the XK1 is so much cheaper as this sale goes. How much am I missing out if I skipped the XK3c and just went with the XK1? Part of the trick is that I don't have a Hammond XK3c to compare against locally.....

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How authentic do you need it to be? Is 80% authentic close enough, 90%, 95%?

 

Have you ever played a real Hammond? Is it important that the controls of the clone be in the right place? Have you played real Hammonds enough to know the differences between ones built in the 50's, 60's, and 70's? If so, do you have a favorite vintage and is it important that you be able to tweak it closely to your ideal?

 

How important is the built in sim to you? Will you use it or play it thru a real rotary speaker? If the sim, will you play in stereo or mono? Thru good full range amps or {censored}? Recording, gigging, or both?

 

The XK-1 is a perfectly acceptable generic Hammond clone. The XK-3 can be tweaked to sound more like a SPECIFIC Hammond you have in mind. If you don't need that level of detail, the XK-1 may do fine for you.

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Thanks for the thought process workthrough...... I'm not an authenticity freak, no, and don't have a real Hammond in mind that I'm desperate to emulate. Never played a real one. This keyboard would be used to bring good organ sounds to a funk/rock/blues type band - but I do want it to be able to scream and have good distortion/cut/bite. But, the organ sounds would only be part of my sound for gigging, running through (eventually) a pair of Traynor K4 amps (so, no real rotary speaker in use, but definitely stereo monitoring and PA outs). For recording, I have some soft synths that could be used if they sounded better. Current gigging keyboard is a kurzweil SP88 (so there's room for improvement I hope!)

 

Maybe I'm talking myself into the XK1 :-)

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