HALLELUJAH! Our Church Bought A New Hammond Today!!
 

we've had the same B3 for 23 Years and let me tell you, that poor Organ was worn out! Tore up from the floor up!

Well, my repairman found an Old Lady that lived on a Farm that had one in her living room for Years but never played it. It's a hammond C3 Vintage 1960 Emaculate condition!! My Repairman sold it to me for $5000 that is a Steal!!! a vintage Hammond that's in pristine condition usually goes for 10,000 and up and a brand new one is 20,000 and up !!!
so this was a big Blessing! thanks be to God !

Congratulations Thad!!!

Isn't a C3 the same as a B3 mechanically but is more like a desk in that it doesn't have the back?

Awesome Thad.What a great deal.

Thanks trouvere- aren't you into music too ?

Hey Thad.

For he is Jarv !

He is Jarv !

He has RISEN FROM THE DEAD !!

and He is JArv !!!

lol

Good to see you buddy !
you sure don't come around like you use to !
hope all is well

BTW Everyone, just in case you don't know it, JArv and I use to work the late shift on FCF ! lol

Darkwing will appreciate having a new organ. Maybe the keyboard player can keep time now....

:bubble

UH?????

Darkwing loved it! he gave his nod of approval on it
and was there to help set it up tonight during rehearsal

:welcome2

So how does it sound?!

Great!! and has a good touch to it - that is important.
we totally wore the contacts down on the other one.
almost every key sqeaked when we played it.
every Hammond has a personality and it's own temperament(kind a like some church folk lol). we are VERY happy about this one. It's like we have stumbled upon a Blessing

it's 2:30AM in Detroit what in the world are you doing up ?

I'm in Flint, lovey, and it's 3:37...need to get a move on...work you know.

Have a good day...:sing

flint-detroit same thing close enough
im still waiting for you to do me that favor!!!
good nite

B-3 sits on 4 legs, C-3 has an enclosed cabinet.


http://hammondorganco.com/images/readmoreB3_1.jpg

Thad......

What would you rather play???

That 23 year old B-3 refurbished new contacts etc.......

Or the C-3?

The B-3 is the one that has to have a decorative "skirt" to protect the audience.


:D

Congrats Thad!!!

COOP
I like this New C3 and the reason is it is vingtage series
the B3 we had was a tube Hammond BUT It was a 1973 Hammond B3.
that was the last Year they made Hammonds. not quite as good as the ones made between 1958-66
The B3 was a good Organ and served us well though. I'll miss it too :heeheehee

So, are you playing anywhere now ?

Not if the ladies playing it are wearing skirts long enough themselves. :D

Congratulations Thad.


I wish I could find a deal like that.

So basically it's like finding an original 57 Chevy in someone's garage with super low like new miles on it. Is that what all the excitement is about, Thad?

Ah, I see.....Tubes are cool...

Glad you like the new rig.

I will be playing Bass this Sunday at Amarillo Fellowship.

No....that would be finding a 65' B-3 in the original crate UN-used.

Yep. :highfive



We got an RT-3 (like a B-3 gutwise, but in the C-3 style cabinet, but bigger - has the full 32-note concave pedal board) and Leslie for like $5,100 a few years ago. Had it for a year and a half or something maybe, and it needed a little refurbishing done on it, but we opted for trading it in and getting a New B-3.

I see. Well, congrats on the new organ. Don't be so hard on it, like you were the other one, and maybe it will last until you retire. :D

Are you in the market or already have one ? what's the statis

Yes

you play by ear or read chord charts ...what ?

Right now I am play a little M connected to a Leslie. So if I could find the right deal I would like one now. If not I'm going to just hold off until we get in the new sanctuary, our present on is had a very small platform. But if the right deal comes along I would get one now.

Thanks Carey!



BTW, I heard of a church just the other day that got rid of their Hammond simply because they want ALL contemporary music and no association with "pentecost". in fact, a friend was visiting this church and the ladies had just come back from a ladies retreat. they was excited and shouting, dancing etc, and the leadership decided that this would offend visitors so they squelshed it. I was really surprised! this is a UPC church. apparently they are now "SEEKER FRIENDLY"

Wow. We agree on something! :highfive

Thad that organ needs to be played under a tent.

O NO a hammond M is Not going to Cut it my friend!!! :heeheehee
even an A-100 would be MUCH Better than that and are not too pricey.
in fact, I love the A-100. they are EXACTLY like the B-3, same amount of Keys, same exact buttons & options but Way Less in Price. If you hook it up to a 122 or 147 Leslie you would never tell the difference.
you can buy one on Ebay or from the internet and find A good deal BUUUUT you will pay $$$$ for the crating! I bought an A-100 for home and ended up paying $600 for the crating. This time I waited till something came up in my area. My Organ repairman found this one just outside of Fresno and brought it to me for free.

also! Don't buy one from a Pentecostal church! lol
those organs have taken the most abuse of all (out side of the ones that have been played in Rock bands!). the ones that have sat in a person's home or funeral palor are the best. we had a funeral home call us one day to tell us they had a organ to give away if someone would just pick it up.
I didn't think it was going to be much of anything. but I went and took a look and low and behold it was a hammond B-C which is the B3 before it was called a B3 minus the percussion. I used it in our chapel till we found a hammond C-2 for $40 dollors! yes $40! I turned around and sold the B-C for the church for $1000.

now you are talkin' my kind of Language Bro Scott!
you mean to tell me you like A Hammond Organ under
a tent ???? I thought you didn't like gospel hammond
But strictly southern country???

you know, I don't know of anyone having Tent revivals
anymore do you ? I Think Bro Frost in Bakersfield still
has one .... maybe. I'll have to check on that

At the last church I pastor I found a A100 and leslie for $1500 and it was great. That thing would rock the house. I would love to find another one like that.

When I find another one A100, B3 orC3 I am going to buy it for myself. I am the only organ player in the house.

Hey by the way , would you by any chance have a chord sheet to "I think I'll Testimony what the Lord has done for Me"

I don't BUT let me ask Dark wing. I know He'll be reading this thread.
He specializes in Lead sheets LOL :lol

darkwing ????

THAD - I rejoice with you in finding this GEM! We have a Kickin' A-100 with a powerful Leslie in the church and then I have two H-100's here at the house and three other Hammond's in storage. One of these days - I am gonna sell all but my A-100. My wife likes it better than any of the others but I want a B-3 or C-3 for the church.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!