The nostalgic tone of the Hammond organ reminds me of my childhood, when Hammond was a lofty summit of keyboard, and it was not easy to get vinyl or listen to Hammond sound. I am grateful that the instrument that combines the roar of a lion and the gentle tremolo has been revived and made more accessible by modern electronics. It is very kind of you to make it easy for us to enjoy the music. Thank you very much.
Thanks Gary, glad your enjoying your SKX. It never ceases to amaze me how many players knock HS and always claim the Mojo or Viscount Legend etc are much better, yes they sound good, but from what I've heard I wouldn't they were any better, anyway I'm very happy with my SKX 👍
A really full honest Hammond sound, especially impressed with the Leslie sound featuring 100% authentic wind up and wind down speeds. This set up will give you (and your listeners) musical pleasure and inspiration for many years to come. Many thanks for sharing your music. Best wishes from us in Sweden - Peter and Kathy :)
Many thanks Peter, your comments as always very much appreciated. I was always happy with the SK2 even though it only had one set of Drawbars, so when they introduced SKX earlier this year I was very impressed with it, they have improved a lot of things, but most importantly it now has three sets of Drawbars, the perfect compact portable Hammond with a big sound, I'm really pleased it and hopefully it will give many years of pleasure. All the best from the North West :) Keith and Carolyn
Hello Keith. This is my all time favorite song and it is an amazing video you have made. Nothing beats the hammond sound. Thanks. Regards from Stefan in Sweden.
I am really amazed at the sounds that can come from a compact unit! I have the XK-3C, the model they call the mini B and I just love it! Thanks for sharing!
I love mine too Gary, very pleased with all of it, although I dont really use the Pipe's much, but its a big improvement from the SK2 if only for the extra drawbars. Thanks for listening, Cheers Keith.
Hey Keith, congratulations to your new organ, sounding phantastic. I love your economical play of the melody as well as the super bass voicing. Grand chapeau! Regards from Germany Hans-Joachim
Dear friend, music friend. Hello! I listened to your performance. Great! It is really moved. It is a wonderful performance every time. It is beautiful · strong · fun · various goodness is discovered. I am learning! And please keep playing wonderful performances from now on. I support you. I am sincerely grateful.
Hello Keith , What a beautiful sound you can't beat hammond for this great ray Charles song, you played it well!! I use to play and sell hammonds years ago, but I play a genos now! Cheers!!!!! Lugero.
You probably haven't Jason, differently perhaps, I've several copies of the music for this one from Buskers Books and Fake Books etc and there nearly all slightly different, it happens a lot with many songs, nothing to worry about, its also fun to play around with different chords and interpretations, use the sheet music as your starter,.......... Mr Haven was excellent at this :)
Thanks for playing an actual song. I am very annoyed at players that just play endless, monotonous blues riffs and never actually platy a song we can sing along with. Thank you!
Thanks Thomas, and I couldn't agree more with you, I wish they would do proper song demo's on new Hammonds, the jazz riff stuff doesn't impress me either, I'd much prefer the Keith Beckingham/Bryan Rodwell style of demonstration of times gone by, thanks again for listening :)
Thanks for listening and your nice comment, but the BK-7m wasn't used at all on this recording, as the description says the Drums etc are from Band In A Box. Cheers, Keith
I used to have an SK2 which I really liked although the extra voices were not great they were useful. Have the voices been improved on the SKX? I am about buy a new keyboard and am agonising between The SKX and the Legend Live and my nearest Hammond retailer is over a hundred miles away.. The SKX will cost £750 more so I have to justify the extra cost. Whichever way I go I will be getting a BK7M and therefore wonder if the extra voices add value or not. As you have used the SK2 and now have the SK3X I would really value your opinion. By the way Georgia is one of my all time favourite songs played on the organ going back to first hearing Roy Phillips playing it when he was with the Peddlars. John
Hi John, The extra voices in the SKX are the same as the SK2, however it feels like something has been done because they play better, not sure what, but to me the keybed feels better, of course having two extra voice sections is better, I like to layer the extra voices with the drawbars to create a fatter sound rather than just play drawbars on their own, I suppose that's the old Organist in me..lol. I know you could use the BK7 for this, but having it all set up in one registration button makes it easier and quicker to change sounds, also I split the lower manual sometimes with an extra voice to the right, it's like have three manuals. Your asking the wrong person though if your agonising between The SKX and the Legend Live, I have to see the "Hammond" name on my instrument, and yes I know that might sound daft, but I've always had a proper Hammond, I'm not a lover of the word "Clone", to me the Legend is just another brand that sounds like a Hammond. I will say though that the SKX has a warmer sound than the SK2, the SKX was voiced in the USA compared to Japan for the SK2, and the Leslie sim has been improved. Anyway good luck with your choice, Keith
Keith, you made mention of BIAB, but yet, I saw what I think is a Roland drum machine. Did you use BIAB? Secondly, no doubt the SKX is very nice, but did you look at the XK-3C with two manuals? I'm 60 years old, I play at playing, use BIAB with my arranger keyboard, and I'd like to get one of the XK-3C based 'Vintage' systems, sans the Leslie (since the Leslie simulation is supposed to be 'all that on the -3C) I'm wondering what you might have through of the -3C system.
Hi Gary, What you see above the SKX is a Roland BK-7m which is not being used on this particular track, I'm using a backing I created in BIAB with the Bass Track muted so I could play the SKX Bass. I have previously owned an XK3 which was a lovely Organ, however the Leslie sim wasn't good so I used a Neo Vent with it, this worked well, if look at some of my older Video's you'll see that setup. I sold the XK3 for an XE200 which I loved as it had more "Bells & Whistles" than the XK3, after that I bought the SK2 and now the SKX, both excellent Organs. The XK-3c has a better Leslie sim than the XK3, but I didn't want to go back to that as the SK series is a lot more compact (I only have a small home studio) plus they have a very good Library of extra Voices to complement the Drawbars which I like a lot, also the SKX is a big improvement on the SK2 in my opinion, and the BK-7m makes a perfect partner for it :)
Wow, thank you for the detailed response. Everything I've heard about the XK-3 versus the XK-3C is just as you've said. Since I already have a Korg PA800, that takes care of the 'extra bells and whistles', since I should be able to use the MIDI capability of the XK-3C for the extra sounds I want, and the rythym section. I use the newer versions of BIAB, so most of the backing tracks are audio now, but I can still send MIDI to the PA800 from BIAB and skip the MIDI input from the XK-3C. Anyway, right now, this is a moot point, since I don't have the money for any organ, but I'm learning. Thanks for the reply! :)
Keith, I wish you could make a video about how you make the hammond and the automatic accompaniment (whether BB, Roland, or Tyros) work together. For whatever reason, your videos using the XK3 seemed to have a slightly better sound, IMO. A friend recently bought the SKX to use at his church, and brought it by for me to explore at home. The sound of the SKX seems too bright to my ears; do you modify the sound in any way (EQ, Leslie settings, etc)? For someone like me who never played any hammond except the old originals (made before 1980), the SKX with its cryptic display is very difficult to navigate. But, that does not seem to be a problem for you. I would be interested to know what you like and don't like about the hammonds you've played. I enjoy your videos, because you play music I like. Thanks, Keith!
Sorry Dan, I'm not getting into tutorial video's, but if it it helps there really is'nt anything special about using a Hammond with automatic accompaniment, BIAB is really no different than playing with other musicians, you tell it what you want and press play. I have a love hate relationship with Auto Arrangers, when I'm playing the SKX for my own amusement I prefer to use the drums only on the Roland BK-7m, styles tend to get very monotonous and restrictive, (left hand tied to just playing chords etc) especially playing a Hammond. The SK2 has a brighter sound than the SKX, especially towards the higher end of the Keyboard, they have in my opinion improved this a lot with the SKX. I suppose if your into Gospel and Jazz then your not going to like a bright sound, however there is plenty of EQ adjustment on the SKX that can solve this, probably more than an original B3, I'd like to bet an SKX through a 122 would sound amazing, the Leslie on this recording was the SKX 122 Stock without being modified. My XK3 videos were all played using a Neo Vent, when I listen back to them it sounds a bit choked to me now, well that's the only way I can think of to describe what I'm trying to say. When I bought my SK2 I tried it with the Vent and I wasn't really that impressed prefering to use the SK2's Leslie's, many will disagree with me on this, but it's all down to a personal choice. I kept the Vent on a shelf for about 2 months thinking if I don't feel the need to use it during that time I'd sell it.......I sold it. The SKX is a superb instrument, it sounds great, very portable and very tweakable, I personally couldn't be happier with it, but we are all different, especially in the ear department......lol....... Kind Regards, Keith
Well in a way it is a live drummer Levi, BIAB now uses "RealDrums" which are actual studio recordings of real drummers that you can use instead of Midi drums, check out PG Musics web site :)
The drums are way too loud. Eliminate, or turn way down. We want to hear you play the organ. If Hammond was smart, they would include some rhythm and backing tracks with their organ. Most of us will never play in a band, we play at home. Even a lower cost Casio keyboard has rhythm tracks, metronome, a sheet music stand, and pitch bend wheel for notes and modulation, plus recording facility.
Excelente! Hermoso sonido del Hammond y hermosa melodía
The nostalgic tone of the Hammond organ reminds me of my childhood, when Hammond was a lofty summit of keyboard, and it was not easy to get vinyl or listen to Hammond sound. I am grateful that the instrument that combines the roar of a lion and the gentle tremolo has been revived and made more accessible by modern electronics. It is very kind of you to make it easy for us to enjoy the music. Thank you very much.
Historical song, lovely played ❤️😎
Always loved the sound of an organ, pipes or electronic. Thanx, mikem
yea me too Classical or Hammond also older yamaha electone and now Johannus Allen...
Very good rendition of this classic. Thanks for sharing this with us!
Great playing on a great instrument. Just bought one and gigged twice last weekend with a lot of compliments as to the great sound of the skx.
Thanks Gary, glad your enjoying your SKX. It never ceases to amaze me how many players knock HS and always claim the Mojo or Viscount Legend etc are much better, yes they sound good, but from what I've heard I wouldn't they were any better, anyway I'm very happy with my SKX 👍
A really full honest Hammond sound, especially impressed with the Leslie sound featuring 100% authentic wind up and wind down speeds. This set up will give you (and your listeners) musical pleasure and inspiration for many years to come. Many thanks for sharing your music. Best wishes from us in Sweden - Peter and Kathy :)
Many thanks Peter, your comments as always very much appreciated. I was always happy with the SK2 even though it only had one set of Drawbars, so when they introduced SKX earlier this year I was very impressed with it, they have improved a lot of things, but most importantly it now has three sets of Drawbars, the perfect compact portable Hammond with a big sound, I'm really pleased it and hopefully it will give many years of pleasure.
All the best from the North West :) Keith and Carolyn
Great arrangement Keith and well played. Love the new feature of the SKX..thanks for sharing.
Dan Slick Thanks Dan 👍
Lovey choice of song! Like it!
Thanks Levi :)
LOVE IT! GREAT JOB!!!!!
Very cool cover on Hammond Keith !!!!
Thanks Carlo 👍👍👍
Hello Keith. This is my all time favorite song and it is an amazing video you have made. Nothing beats the hammond sound. Thanks. Regards from Stefan in Sweden.
Stefan H Thank you Stefan, pleased you enjoyed it 👍
Very good, great sound. I like it very much
greetings Rik
I've had my SK2 4 years now. Still in excellent condition, but thinking about getting the SKX. I like the new draw bar set up!
Wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
I am really amazed at the sounds that can come from a compact unit! I have the XK-3C, the model they call the mini B and I just love it! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Ronald, so far I'm over the moon with the SKX, for a small compact Organ it certainly has a big sound :)
I love my SKX. the Theatre pipe organs are very realistic not mention the B-3 sounds and the Electric pianos are amazing. Thanks for posting.
I love mine too Gary, very pleased with all of it, although I dont really use the Pipe's much, but its a big improvement from the SK2 if only for the extra drawbars.
Thanks for listening, Cheers Keith.
Hey Keith, congratulations to your new organ, sounding phantastic. I love your economical play of the melody as well as the super bass voicing. Grand chapeau!
Regards from Germany
Hans-Joachim
Thanks Hans, glad you enjoyed it, I'm very pleased with the new SKX :)
Dear friend, music friend.
Hello!
I listened to your performance.
Great! It is really moved.
It is a wonderful performance every time.
It is beautiful · strong · fun · various goodness is discovered.
I am learning!
And please keep playing wonderful performances from now on.
I support you.
I am sincerely grateful.
Great job.
Awesome!
Wow, great sound. Good luck with your new SK2!
Thanks Ronald :)
WOW, that was great.
Hello Keith , What a beautiful sound you can't beat hammond for this great ray Charles song, you played it well!! I use to play and sell hammonds years ago, but I play a genos now! Cheers!!!!! Lugero.
Thanks Lugero, glad you liked it :)
Lovely!!!!
Thank You 👍
Very good Keith and a perfect choice of song for the tones you have used. That leslie effect is very pleasant 🙂
Thanks Jason, I'm very pleased with it, think I'll keep it...lol....
Keith Horton You made me realise with this song that I’ve been playing the wrong chords for the last 30 years. 🤔
You probably haven't Jason, differently perhaps, I've several copies of the music for this one from Buskers Books and Fake Books etc and there nearly all slightly different, it happens a lot with many songs, nothing to worry about, its also fun to play around with different chords and interpretations, use the sheet music as your starter,.......... Mr Haven was excellent at this :)
Ale ładnie dajesz BRAWO ! Bravvissimo. greetings from Poland :-)
Hi Keith, I like your arrangement of Georgia On My Mind. Very well played.
Thanks Gary, glad you liked it :)
I like vid this sooooooooooo much 🤤
So well played.
Thanks, glad you like it :)
very nice to hear on the new hammond
Thanks Mark :)
Super. Nice
Very good my friend.
Eduardo Gutierrez Thanks Eduardo 👍
Very well played, I like it a lot!
LG.Manne
Thanks :) glad you liked it.
Nice rendition mate
Thanks 👍
Amazing! Is the organ connected to an actual Leslie or is it the built in Leslie on the organ?
... because unfortunately Keith Horton is no longer alive he can't answer your question - he died suddenly about two years ago 😢🤷♂️ ... 🙋♂️🍀🇩🇪
SK Xcellent Keith. Lovely sound, as good as the original and with no rotating parts either.
Nice playing too, as usual :-)
Thanks Keith, really glad I took the plunge and bought it, as you say no rotating parts and hopefully maintenance free too :)
Buenas tardes sr profesor, dónde venden estos instrumentos musicales favor publiquen los distribuidores y fabricantes
Verry nice
Thanks Lars :)
The best
Thanks for playing an actual song. I am very annoyed at players that just play endless, monotonous blues riffs and never actually platy a song we can sing along with. Thank you!
Thanks Thomas, and I couldn't agree more with you, I wish they would do proper song demo's on new Hammonds, the jazz riff stuff doesn't impress me either, I'd much prefer the Keith Beckingham/Bryan Rodwell style of demonstration of times gone by, thanks again for listening :)
Yes sir. I totally agree. I am tired of listening to "music" that is nothing but a bunch of riffs and runs, but no verifiable song. Well done...
Sweet, nice rig man 😄
Thanks :)
Lovely Keith.
Can’t see your face on the video, but I bet you were smiling.
Peter I've had a smile on my face since I bought it, oh! and central heating helps too lol......
Dave
Here's one you will like. I used to have an organ like in this video....
REAL NICE KEITH.
Thanks Tom :)
Real Nice Keith....Ben
Thanks for listening Ben, although this one is not one of my favourite recordings, I wonder if Pat Boone would have done any better ...lol....😉
Yeah, his wish!
Why isn't there a place to put sheet music for those of us who rely on that?
Please turn the drum loop off, It's making it difficult for me to enjoy your heavenly Hammond sound
Utilizas el leslie interno del Hammond o usad un leslie externo?? Dime algo por favor...
What speakers are you using? Leslie or digital?
Wonderful playing. Which style on the BK 7m are you using?
Thanks for listening and your nice comment, but the BK-7m wasn't used at all on this recording, as the description says the Drums etc are from Band In A Box.
Cheers, Keith
Very good Keith! A question: do you play also the the bass line with the pedalboard? See you again. Osvaldo
Thanks for listening Osvaldo, yes on all three I played the Bass Pedals :)
I used to have an SK2 which I really liked although the extra voices were not great they were useful. Have the voices been improved on the SKX? I am about buy a new keyboard and am agonising between The SKX and the Legend Live and my nearest Hammond retailer is over a hundred miles away.. The SKX will cost £750 more so I have to justify the extra cost. Whichever way I go I will be getting a BK7M and therefore wonder if the extra voices add value or not. As you have used the SK2 and now have the SK3X I would really value your opinion. By the way Georgia is one of my all time favourite songs played on the organ going back to first hearing Roy Phillips playing it when he was with the Peddlars. John
Hi John, The extra voices in the SKX are the same as the SK2, however it feels like something has been done because they play better, not sure what, but to me the keybed feels better, of course having two extra voice sections is better, I like to layer the extra voices with the drawbars to create a fatter sound rather than just play drawbars on their own, I suppose that's the old Organist in me..lol. I know you could use the BK7 for this, but having it all set up in one registration button makes it easier and quicker to change sounds, also I split the lower manual sometimes with an extra voice to the right, it's like have three manuals.
Your asking the wrong person though if your agonising between The SKX and the Legend Live, I have to see the "Hammond" name on my instrument, and yes I know that might sound daft, but I've always had a proper Hammond, I'm not a lover of the word "Clone", to me the Legend is just another brand that sounds like a Hammond.
I will say though that the SKX has a warmer sound than the SK2, the SKX was voiced in the USA compared to Japan for the SK2, and the Leslie sim has been improved.
Anyway good luck with your choice, Keith
Keith, you made mention of BIAB, but yet, I saw what I think is a Roland drum machine. Did you use BIAB?
Secondly, no doubt the SKX is very nice, but did you look at the XK-3C with two manuals? I'm 60 years old, I play at playing, use BIAB with my arranger keyboard, and I'd like to get one of the XK-3C based 'Vintage' systems, sans the Leslie (since the Leslie simulation is supposed to be 'all that on the -3C)
I'm wondering what you might have through of the -3C system.
Hi Gary, What you see above the SKX is a Roland BK-7m which is not being used on this particular track, I'm using a backing I created in BIAB with the Bass Track muted so I could play the SKX Bass.
I have previously owned an XK3 which was a lovely Organ, however the Leslie sim wasn't good so I used a Neo Vent with it, this worked well, if look at some of my older Video's you'll see that setup. I sold the XK3 for an XE200 which I loved as it had more "Bells & Whistles" than the XK3, after that I bought the SK2 and now the SKX, both excellent Organs. The XK-3c has a better Leslie sim than the XK3, but I didn't want to go back to that as the SK series is a lot more compact (I only have a small home studio) plus they have a very good Library of extra Voices to complement the Drawbars which I like a lot, also the SKX is a big improvement on the SK2 in my opinion, and the BK-7m makes a perfect partner for it :)
Wow, thank you for the detailed response. Everything I've heard about the XK-3 versus the XK-3C is just as you've said. Since I already have a Korg PA800, that takes care of the 'extra bells and whistles', since I should be able to use the MIDI capability of the XK-3C for the extra sounds I want, and the rythym section. I use the newer versions of BIAB, so most of the backing tracks are audio now, but I can still send MIDI to the PA800 from BIAB and skip the MIDI input from the XK-3C.
Anyway, right now, this is a moot point, since I don't have the money for any organ, but I'm learning. Thanks for the reply! :)
Very nice
i like it (like #201)
Greetings - Ryszard
Thank You 👍👍👍
Thought you were Pat Boone at first glance on your photo pic!
😂😂😂😂😂
Keith, I wish you could make a video about how you make the hammond and the automatic accompaniment (whether BB, Roland, or Tyros) work together. For whatever reason, your videos using the XK3 seemed to have a slightly better sound, IMO. A friend recently bought the SKX to use at his church, and brought it by for me to explore at home. The sound of the SKX seems too bright to my ears; do you modify the sound in any way (EQ, Leslie settings, etc)? For someone like me who never played any hammond except the old originals (made before 1980), the SKX with its cryptic display is very difficult to navigate. But, that does not seem to be a problem for you. I would be interested to know what you like and don't like about the hammonds you've played. I enjoy your videos, because you play music I like. Thanks, Keith!
Sorry Dan, I'm not getting into tutorial video's, but if it it helps there really is'nt anything special about using a Hammond with automatic accompaniment, BIAB is really no different than playing with other musicians, you tell it what you want and press play. I have a love hate relationship with Auto Arrangers, when I'm playing the SKX for my own amusement I prefer to use the drums only on the Roland BK-7m, styles tend to get very monotonous and restrictive, (left hand tied to just playing chords etc) especially playing a Hammond.
The SK2 has a brighter sound than the SKX, especially towards the higher end of the Keyboard, they have in my opinion improved this a lot with the SKX. I suppose if your into Gospel and Jazz then your not going to like a bright sound, however there is plenty of EQ adjustment on the SKX that can solve this, probably more than an original B3, I'd like to bet an SKX through a 122 would sound amazing, the Leslie on this recording was the SKX 122 Stock without being modified.
My XK3 videos were all played using a Neo Vent, when I listen back to them it sounds a bit choked to me now, well that's the only way I can think of to describe what I'm trying to say. When I bought my SK2 I tried it with the Vent and I wasn't really that impressed prefering to use the SK2's Leslie's, many will disagree with me on this, but it's all down to a personal choice. I kept the Vent on a shelf for about 2 months thinking if I don't feel the need to use it during that time I'd sell it.......I sold it.
The SKX is a superb instrument, it sounds great, very portable and very tweakable, I personally couldn't be happier with it, but we are all different, especially in the ear department......lol.......
Kind Regards, Keith
Sounded almost as a live drummer..?!
Well in a way it is a live drummer Levi, BIAB now uses "RealDrums" which are actual studio recordings of real drummers that you can use instead of Midi drums, check out PG Musics web site :)
Keith Horton Great, dont forget to feed him, much "bytes! 😁
Got to be better than feeding a live drummer lol.....
Keith Horton 😂
No ha Sido facil. 🌺
The drums are way too loud. Eliminate, or turn way down. We want to hear you play the organ. If Hammond was smart, they would include some rhythm and backing tracks with their organ. Most of us will never play in a band, we play at home. Even a lower cost Casio keyboard has rhythm tracks, metronome, a sheet music stand, and pitch bend wheel for notes and modulation, plus recording facility.
This would be so much nicer without those drums
DrHeud. Sorry you feel that way my husband cannot reply as he died in February.
@@KeithHorton1 I am sorry for your loss. He played one of my favorite songs for sure.