playing piano on the Hammond looks strange... but it's a good option for touring instrument

Thank You

Thank You for this comparison.

Great video! I have my M-solo for six months now and use it mainly in the studio because I don't like to play Hammond with plugins. You can adjust the key click, leakage and virtual multi contacts with the system button, but you probably already know this. Bought it as a Hammond of course, but also use the string ensemble and synth in productions! Everything is so hands-on and that's actually what I love so much about this little instrument! Had an SK1 before this one for 10 years, but not having the virtual multi contacts made me want to sell it and now i'm still really happy with this one! Hope to see some added instruments in the future, probably via a firmware update, which is also very easy to do and without any hassle!

well, i need one. saving up for mine...

Great job but how about wooly bully watch it now 😮

Seeing someone bless themselves and do a sign of the cross ✝️ before trying yet another Leslie Sim has got me ROTFLMAO 🤣 Let us pray 🙏

Deep purple without Jon and Richie is a tribute band

Hi Nick, I REALLY like this video, the DEXIBEL" organ sounds - at least for my untrained ears - pretty "Hammond-alike"! A shoot-out between a REAL Hammond and some clones ( PLEASE also include the "Ferrofish") would be great! Of course, you should always play the same "riff" on the various keyboard(s)- preferably a Jon Lord/Deep Purple riff - during this shoot-out. I'd also LOVE to learn more about Rick Wakeman's organ sound! Greetings from Germany!

Thanks Nick, really interesting instrument. Seems a bit difficult to navigate perhaps, but some great sounds. Like the key click, not too in your face as are some. Leslie sim seems pretty good barring that slow old bass rotor, but that seems common. But as it seems to be marketed towards the piano market the organ seems good to me. Looking forward to the next section. I’ve never found Dexibell to be a very inspiring name for a keyboard, probably doesn’t matter much though. Cheers!

Not so bad, percussion ok, other should compare with the Mojo, don't know if it pass the Test 😁

I am not convinced. The "Hammond" sounds rather sterile and lifeless, the motorised faders are a gimmick in my opinion and the user interface doesn't seem to be that intuitive like Nord's or Yamaha's equivalents.

Good for wooly bully watch it now 😮

This is lame Nick. Seriously, do better.

Interesting…I think when you review these clones it would be worth repeating a few licks on your C3. Doesn’t need to be all of them, but that’s a sort of acid test?

MONSTER TRACK 😮

house of the rising sun

Love that Crumar ❤️

How are you getting your overdrive sound?

Hi Nick, Back in the day, I didn’t take spares to gigs as my M102 and 122 were relatively new (I am that old), but it did take a frequently use a mains extension lead. Something I did learn to take was a set of safety pins after an incident carrying the Hammond upstairs at a venue when I split my trousers from front to belt. That was a draughty one. Cheers.

Love the sounds this makes. Very rich tone.

I remember watching this as a kid in my bedroom on tv. Didn’t know who any of the bands were. Years later quite by chance I bought my first album and I had no idea who the band was or what kind of music they played but I liked the cover art… it was Burn by Deep Purple. Thus began a lifelong love affair with all things Deep Purple and Ritchie Blackmore

can you please do a side by side comparison of the xk-4 and xk-5? I'm stuck between the two and wondering if I should go all out on the xk-5 or not

Not my cup of tea! For ME it's just another Rhodes clone with some added hard-to-use sounds... But ...isn't it all a matter of personal taste? I prefer a keyboard with a great DYNAMIC Piano Sound, a "natural" "Pianet-Sound" would be a great add-on"! As long as I can get the three basic sounds ("Real "Piano", Rhodes, Hohner-Pianet) I am happy!! NO, "I" don't a want/need the seventh clone/variation of the Rhodes piano, because I doubt that the audience will recognize the difference! But if you are one of the few "weekend warriors" who earn a lot of money a! Neverthelrss thank you for the demonstration!t every gig, then I recommend that you invest part of the money in "original instruments" (and a "roadie")

Deep purple now a tribute band you rock nick 😮

They left the fluorescent bulbs on during the video shoot. Thus the strobing. Oh, and great organ!!

Once upon a time there was a band called Deep Purple.

Jack of all trades (Legend) vs the master of 1️⃣ one.(Rhodes)🎹 I felt a bit embarrassed for the Legend when it attempted the Rhodes sounds whilst actually sitting on top of a Rhodes stage piano. How embarrassing for the Legend when you started to play the Rhodes. A lot of the other sounds were quite nice but I've never heard a Hammond piano or a Hammond organ with piano type hammer action but hey, the Legend has created one. 🤔 I Loved this video and the Rhodes Stage Piano🎹 👍👍👍

About your a/b switch ... If you use that, you can't use the 11 pins, can you ? So, what do you do ? I was waiting for a studio12 cable to pop up ...

A doorwedge! I'm adding that!

I just enjoy reading your hands 😊 How's the keybed? I've gotten quite addicted to my Korg sv1 (rh3) keys...

I do not know why but I feel that the reviewer is talking to himself

Makes me want to play the world in action theme 😂

Nice review Nick, Ik like the way you do. Since my 11th birthday a very big fan of Deep Purple. Went 15th of juli 60. OMG time is flying. And they where guilty I started playing the Gitar. So still a big fan of them and rock music with a Hammond. And I love the way al members playing there instruments like masters. See also YOUSTN a Hammond player of 77 years.

Wow. I just got an old Hammond M102 series organ and have got it working. Now I have something to practice on it and learn a bit how to play it. This lesson was fantastic. Thanks Nick.

It was thé organist entertains on BBC 2

May be I should not be saying it but this review is a bit messy and chaotic. I appreciate the knowledge of the reviewer but the presentation should have been better planned (to say the least). 😊

Jon would love that. Awesome.

Nice. Purple still rocks

I know it's different, but it sounds like "Mean Streak" from Perfect Strangers to me.

I hate that the many new models of Hammonds have no music stands.

Hey nick you rock but how about wooly bully watch it now 😮

Great job but how about wooly bully watch it now 😮

Awesome video and this song swings and makes you smile because the musicianship is top shelf🇨🇦🤜🏻🤛🏻🇬🇧💥🤘

Organ of the ck61 or roland vr 09? what do you think?

61 keys please

Í have had the VR09 for many years and if it wasn´t for the other sounds than organ Í would have sold it. There is not much warmth, the lesley sim mediocre and the overdrive is quite bad. Percussion and key click nót very good either. But otherwise this is a versitale and well laid-out board with many good sounds. To me my Nord NE6d sounds á lot better

Yes, the riff remind me to: "Give Me All Your Love" (Whitesnake) and "Mean Streak" (1984), it's a good song!

Nick, PLEASE tell us, are you playing the M solo through a real lesley?