I think he likes it.I know I do!
http://keyboardmag.com/Gear

Taike

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SWEET!!

Bittersweet...

About $4500 even if they DID have them over here.

Neat, but not for me--too much to haul around. I guess if I were back in the nite-clubs, lounges, restaurants situation, where it would be anchored at one location and didn't have to be moved, I would love it, even at that price.

Thanks for the link,

Gary

Well, with Joey endorsing -- and in on the design -- it should prove to be a lot less bittersweet than the Hammond Digital, which would come in at the US 25 grand level or thereabouts.

Notice that Joey uses the true stereo amplification in order to let the Leslie sim do its thing, just like I was trying to emphasize in posts here awhile back. You just can't simulate what the Leslie speaker does using a mono "keyboard" amp -- and I really can't stand those "keyboard" amps that have faux stereo INputs that get summed to mono immediately inside the cabinet.

Time will tell if the KeyB earns a place among the contenders. With Joey in on it, future looks bright at the moment.

If we start to notice 'em touring where there used to be Goff pros out there, look out...

Thanks for posting that,


--Mac

I'd like to hear some other artist play it. I'm not a Joey DeFransisco fan; I don't like all the runs and scales. Actually, I wasn't much impressed with the sound when he tried to play more melodically; I think someone like Booker T cold give us a better picture of that element. JMO.

Wow, that really IS sweet. If that comes in at $8500.00 with the stand, bench, and (25) pedalboard, that may be my next major musical purchase. I think I'd prefer it over the B3 (in every way other than aesthetically) because of the maintenance issue and the lack of a need for a Leslie. I'd still keep my C1 for gigging (and the studio) and keep the KeyB Duo in the Family/Recreation room.

Ummm, wish someone would make a cheap B3 enclosure made of lightweight plastic (in simulated cherrywood) with fake drawbars, knobs, and toggle switches, etc., that would perfectly house a Nord C1/2. Matching 25key pedalboard (real) that weighed in at @ 15 lbs, and of course, matching bench (also made of lightweight plastic - of course it wouldn't hold Joey D. ). The whole thing should be collapsible and cost under 2000.00. I'd buy one (and so would every C1/2 owner in the world - well maybe not in Arranger world). Ahhh, if only I were a little younger. What a great venture.
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Now that I've had time to think about it, it sounds pretty stupid.

chas

You know, Joey has endorsed everything from the Hammond/Suzuki to the Diversi to the KeyB. What's next, Casio? So much for celebrity endorsers.

chas

"Show me the MONEY $$$$$" ...
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Joey is part owner of Diversi.

Something like this, Chas?
http://www.hammondstore.com/chops.asp

Taike

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