Crumar Musical Instruments User Group.

Steve, 
    I bought a T1 recently for $40...it is an ok organ
sound...about what you'd expect for an analogue...the
leslie is for crap, though i do like the bass range
function...very odd feature is the pitch
bender...don't know when I ever used it!   compared to
a porta b it does not even compare...but if you get it
cheap, go for it....I put mine thru effects boxes and
it sounds pretty good.
-J



--- minikorg66 <peglar@...> wrote:
> Hello!  My name is Steve and I'm a new group
> member.....I've played 
> keyboards and collected vintage keyboard/synth gear
> since the early 
> 1980's, and within the next week am going to be
> picking up an old 
> Crumar T-1 organ from a friend locally. 
> Surprisingly, I've never 
> owned a Crumar before (although I have owned just
> about every other 
> brand of keyboard gear ever produced, I think!). 
> Anyway, I was 
> hoping to possibly use this organ as a backup to my
> Voce organ module 
> when playing live gigs, and wanted to get opinions
> from the experts 
> here regarding their sound.
> 
> How accurate is the Hammond simulation?  I'm sure it
> would sound 
> great through a real Leslie (anything would,
> really), but I plan to 
> use it with a Voce leslie simulator.  Is the sound
> comparable to 
> other Hammond simulators of the same era (i.e., Korg
> B/CX-3, Roland 
> VK-09/VK-1, Yamaha SK-20/30/50D, etc.?).  Does it
> even compare to the 
> newer Hammond clones (Voce, Oberheim, Roland, etc.)?
>  Is it even 
> worth lugging around to gigs?  I love the fact that
> it is analog, has 
> drawbars, and isn't really costing me any money to
> get.  So, any 
> opinions would be welcome!  Thanks!
> 
> -Steve in Texas
> 
> 


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