Hammond XK-3

This new instrument does what has never been done before, offering you the classic "tone-wheel" sound by utilizing 96-digital tone wheels! This new Vase III sound-generator now makes it possible to reproduce all of the characteristics of the vintage Hammond B-3. Additionally, the Hammond XK-3 houses two internal vacuum tubes that will change continuously from pre-amp mode to overdrive mode via control knob.

But wait! The new Hammond XK-3 also includes 12 reverse color key presets, 3 sets of drawbars, a 2-rotor digital Leslie, and a 6-position rotary vibrato-chorus knob, all the features you would expect to find on a Hammond Vintage B-3.

But there's more. The XK-3 will perform like no previous tone-wheel Hammond could ever do -- a library of 132 programmable patches allows you to save and store your own drawbar combinations, MIDI information, whatever you like. And just think, all this in a 43-pound package that won't break your back or your budget.

"Walking with a real Hammond under your arm."

Ian McLaren from Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom

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Customer Rating:
Overall, a wonderful *portable* thing for organists everywhere. I will use it until I die. The best thing *is* the XK-3 itself. The *only* bad thing is the lack of separate vib for upper and lower. Yes the NI B4 Leslie sim is better, but the XK-3s sim is excellent when set up and EQ'd properly. It's a Hammond for goodness sake, hook it up to a real Leslie then complain. This is my fourth Hammond, coming 70 years after my third, AV #22 made in 1935. It's a good thing.

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