I am a lover of the Hammond sound and the Hammond organ. All my life I have played on Hammond organs, real ones from the L100 in my late years, the 70s, to the B3, a magical incredible organ without competition. I also earned my salary thanks to the Hammond organ, and I have never once been unfaithful to the Hammond brand and Leslie cabin. That said, in the 70s, the Italians were already starting to copy the organ Hammond with a not too bad approach (PARIS organs) then Crumar who today, we must recognize that the MOJO is an almost perfect copy of the legendary B3. I admit to being impressed by this VISCOUNT, a stunning brand!
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I just got the Legend Soul 261 in. Wow, what a fantastic Hammond like tone! Hooked up to my Leslie 145 and bang that Hammond sound and more. Also sounds great with my MIDI foot bass. This is a winner. You need to get one everyone!
Leslie 142's are very hard to come by here in the states! Would love to try one, but for now the 145 will do, mine has the Atlas Sound PD--VH horn and a JBL bass speaker since I play foot bass, had the amp reworked.@@frankmontis
Yes, the UAD plugin is by far the best rotary plugin I’ve ever heard. Haven’t found a way to use it with low latency though. Too bad they didn’t make it available for native use.
@@frankmontis Just came in. It is small. Has a nice horn driver and a 15" neo bass speaker, a fan inside. Very tweakable, foot bass notes are weak on the lower end, no subwoofer output. Does sound pretty good. Different from the Leslie 3300 tone wise. You know you can get a 11 pin to 6 pin adaptor from Leslie or Hammond for your 142 to use with your XK5 or you Soul 261.
Vortex is nice but bass response is lacking, I am surprised they did not include a sub out option like on the 3300. Contacted Kraft Music here to see about them selling the UHL X5-2 organ. Have you tried one yet. Has the HX3 engine. I like my Soul but would get the UHL if it was available here.
I guess they felt that you could send out the bass separately when playing either a Legend Soul of an Xk-5, so you wouldn’t need that on the Leslie side of things.
@@frankmontis I guess you could find a work around like you have with you Leslie 142, where your bass sounds good. Have you played a UHL X5-2 yet? Sure sounds like the real thing!
Great and very soulful organ playing, as always! Two small questions: 1) Does the C3-vibrato really sound that good 'right out of the box'? 2) Are the key springs lighter than on the original Viscount Legend? Thanks in advance for you reply :-)
I think the vibrato sounds this good out of the box yes although I did tweak a lot of other things to get the sound I like. I never played the original so I can’t say, but I do think it is pretty light yes and my guess is that it’s lighter than the original based on what I’ve read.
I love your playing Frank and I have been watching your videos for years. If you were to buy a clone would it be a crumar mojo or the viscount? Keep up the amazing work you are doing because there are many of us out here who love your work!
Yeah, I had the SKs Pro, was to complicated to operate,sold it.. Also found a Hammond '57' B3 to hook up to my Leslie 145, sounds amazing. Might sell my Xk5 and get the Soul!@@frankmontis
Well, the irony here is that the overdrive is nothing but real. It is coming from the 142 vintage Leslie . When connecting a real Leslie with the 11-pin connector the overdrive of the pre-amp section of the organ was turned off back when I created this video. So there is no overdrive from the organ here. Now, at my request months ago that overdrive IS available when using a Leslie .
Apart from the fact that your statement is a little bit pointless you haven’t listened to a lot of the jazz organ greats then, because you will hardly see any of them play pedals other than stomping a few notes to give the left hand bass more punch, but that’s not playing the pedals. Not that they couldn’t do it, but they hardly did, apart from maybe e ballad. And there’s a reason for it too. And yes, there are exceptions , as always. And lastly, real jazz has no such rules. If it had rules that could not be broken it wouldn’t have existed in the first place. I don’t consider myself a ‘real’ jazz organ player, but a pretty decent organ player nonetheless
I am a lover of the Hammond sound and the Hammond organ. All my life I have played on Hammond organs, real ones from the L100 in my late years, the 70s, to the B3, a magical incredible organ without competition.
I also earned my salary thanks to the Hammond organ, and I have never once been unfaithful to the Hammond brand and Leslie cabin. That said, in the 70s, the Italians were already starting to copy the organ Hammond with a not too bad approach (PARIS organs) then Crumar who today, we must recognize that the MOJO is an almost perfect copy of the legendary B3. I admit to being impressed by this VISCOUNT, a stunning brand!
Looks like Viscount learned a thing or two about the Leslie speaker. This sounds much better than their old Legend
Actually this is recorded with a 142 Leslie ( a real one ), even though I blended that with the dry signal.
@@frankmontisOh, thanks for clarifying. I’d like you to try the Legend Solo with the inbuilt Leslie sim
Love everything you do, Frank.
@@wdilks 🙏🙏
30 years ago as a pro musician we had not so much choices.. Had the xb2…
Such a great time for B3 players..
Sounds good Frank. The mod they made for you about the Leslie was a good idea. Best wishes from Cincinnati.
Thanks, yes, exactly was I asked for!
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@@silverlicious2086 no I didn’t see a second comment somehow and I didn’t delete anything either , weird !
killer playing & sound as always frank !!!!
Thanks Scott !
Man, holy crap......loving this!
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Just saw where Nord is bringing out their new organ.
I just got the Legend Soul 261 in. Wow, what a fantastic Hammond like tone! Hooked up to my Leslie 145 and bang that Hammond sound and more. Also sounds great with my MIDI foot bass. This is a winner. You need to get one everyone!
I agree. Love it on my 142 Leslie and even without Leslie I think it sounds good.
Leslie 142's are very hard to come by here in the states! Would love to try one, but for now the 145 will do, mine has the Atlas Sound PD--VH horn and a JBL bass speaker since I play foot bass, had the amp reworked.@@frankmontis
I noticed that the UHL X5-2 will not be sold in the US! Wonder if Viscount could build a Legend with the HX3 engine? They already sell in the US!
@@JC-td4gg Viscount has their own engine. They will probably never use HX3, but of course people can connect a HX3 based device with midi
@@frankmontis Have you played the UHL X5-2?
@ I haven’t, nope
@@frankmontis Did you hear the video where Whiter Shade Of Pale is played?
@@frankmontis th-cam.com/video/unhC9EXI7sk/w-d-xo.html
Got a Soul 261 now, using it with the UAD Waterfall Rotary Plugin (147 Leslie sim) - very happy with it! 🥰🥳
Yes, the UAD plugin is by far the best rotary plugin I’ve ever heard. Haven’t found a way to use it with low latency though. Too bad they didn’t make it available for native use.
Sounds wonderful!
Thanks !
Just ordered a Vortex 315 to try out. Get it soon. See how it sounds compared to my Leslie 3300W speaker.
I would be interested to know what you think. As I own a 3300 too ( although only use that with my Xk5 at the moment )
@@frankmontis I should get it in a few days. hope it also does well with my Trek II foot bass.
@@frankmontis Sorry, my foot bass on the 261 Soul. I have the Trek II String bass on my 57 B3.
@@frankmontis Just came in. It is small. Has a nice horn driver and a 15" neo bass speaker, a fan inside. Very tweakable, foot bass notes are weak on the lower end, no subwoofer output. Does sound pretty good. Different from the Leslie 3300 tone wise. You know you can get a 11 pin to 6 pin adaptor from Leslie or Hammond for your 142 to use with your XK5 or you Soul 261.
@@frankmontis For your 142 it is the Hammond 1122 kit.
Great and sweet sound on that Viscount! Especially the rich bass. Your "noodling" sounds better than anything I play😆. You do online lessons? I'm in.
Hi Tim, in my mind I replied to this message but I guess I didn’t. Yes I do online lessons on hammondlessons.com .
Vortex is nice but bass response is lacking, I am surprised they did not include a sub out option like on the 3300. Contacted Kraft Music here to see about them selling the UHL X5-2
organ. Have you tried one yet. Has the HX3 engine. I like my Soul but would get the UHL if it was available here.
I guess they felt that you could send out the bass separately when playing either a Legend Soul of an Xk-5, so you wouldn’t need that on the Leslie side of things.
@@frankmontis I guess you could find a work around like you have with you Leslie 142, where your bass sounds good. Have you played a UHL X5-2 yet? Sure sounds like the real thing!
Nice!!!
Thanks 🙏
Yeah, sounds great!
I love the 142 taste too 👍
Me too !
Sounds great!... I suspect you are using the internal Leslie simulation?
actually I'm not (as described in the description). It's a leslie 142N mixed with the internal dry signal (lesliesim turned off)
@@frankmontis ..dud!... Should of read the description 😁... Would like to hear it with the new improved internal Leslie.
@@jazzplayer59 will make a recording of the internal sim soon. Sounds pretty good too!
Do I understand well :
Yamaha/Nord : sample based
Hammond/Viscount : digital modeling of the tonewheel
Thanks
No, they're all modelled.
@@PaulHarrisonmusician Thanks for your answer
Great and very soulful organ playing, as always! Two small questions: 1) Does the C3-vibrato really sound that good 'right out of the box'? 2) Are the key springs lighter than on the original Viscount Legend? Thanks in advance for you reply :-)
I think the vibrato sounds this good out of the box yes although I did tweak a lot of other things to get the sound I like.
I never played the original so I can’t say, but I do think it is pretty light yes and my guess is that it’s lighter than the original based on what I’ve read.
I love your playing Frank and I have been watching your videos for years. If you were to buy a clone would it be a crumar mojo or the viscount? Keep up the amazing work you are doing because there are many of us out here who love your work!
Thanks a lot Bryan! At the moment of would go for the Viscount Soul, really like it a lot !
@@frankmontis which organ has the lighter touch( less heft) mojo classic, hammond xk5 or viscount soul?
@@FrankKershishnikthe Hammond Xk5, although the Legend is a bit different but probably as light as the xk5.
Frank! What do you think about the leslie simulation in the legend soul?
I think it’s pretty good even though I will always prefer the real deal, but it sounds like credible to my ears.
So, has this replaced your Hammond XK5? Sounds really good.
Hi Jerry,
It hasn’t replaced my Xk-5, which I still love. It DID replace my Hammond SkPro in my lessons room, where I recorded this video.
Yeah, I had the SKs Pro, was to complicated to operate,sold it.. Also found a Hammond '57' B3 to hook up to my Leslie 145, sounds amazing. Might sell my Xk5 and get the Soul!@@frankmontis
Should the Leslie 3300 work OK now with the 11 pin on the new Soul models that you talked about?@@frankmontis
Just bought the Soul 261,should get it soon!@@frankmontis
Sounds great!!!! However, not convinced at all with the overdrive! sounds not real to my ears!
Well, the irony here is that the overdrive is nothing but real. It is coming from the 142 vintage Leslie . When connecting a real Leslie with the 11-pin connector the overdrive of the pre-amp section of the organ was turned off back when I created this video. So there is no overdrive from the organ here.
Now, at my request months ago that overdrive IS available when using a Leslie .
The CV is better Than XK5 ~~ sorry
Do you play pedals? Real jazz organ players play pedals.
Apart from the fact that your statement is a little bit pointless you haven’t listened to a lot of the jazz organ greats then, because you will hardly see any of them play pedals other than stomping a few notes to give the left hand bass more punch, but that’s not playing the pedals.
Not that they couldn’t do it, but they hardly did, apart from maybe e ballad.
And there’s a reason for it too.
And yes, there are exceptions , as always.
And lastly, real jazz has no such rules. If it had rules that could not be broken it wouldn’t have existed in the first place.
I don’t consider myself a ‘real’ jazz organ player, but a pretty decent organ player nonetheless
Show us how it’s supposed to be done then FBarrett! 🥴🤦🏻
could you show us how?