1966 Vox Continental V301H

[@arthurfleck8857]

THE DOORS!!!!! MAN I FUCKING LOVE THESE GUYS, WHAT A LEGENDARY BAND

[@theChain120]

This particular instrument pretty much defines the sound of that legendary rock band from Venice. Robby and John were also important, and Jims lyrics as well, no question. But, whenever you hear THIS particular organ sound, you instantly know it's the Doors.

[@brainscott8198]

And/Or Question Mark and the Mysterians...lol.. 96 Tears!

[@abrigospardos]

And The Animals...House of the Rising Sun!

[@abrigospardos]

And Iron Butterfly... In-a-Gadda-da-Vida!

[@abrigospardos]

@@brainscott8198 but 96 Tears was recorded with a Thomas organ, according to Franklin Rodriguez, The Mysterians' organist.

[@progermv]

Yeah, instantly The Doors and Mr. Manzarek.

[@Fabsurf101]

Thanks for restoring this gorgeous Vox organ to such beautiful condition.

[@whlrradio]

It doesn’t matter that this wasn’t a perfect demonstration. This video was awesome and extremely enjoyable to watch. Well narrated. Informative. A good length. High definition. Sounded great. Loved it.

[@simonkormendy849]

Very cool, all you need now is the keyboard bass that Ray Manzarek used, to go with it and you're sorted, would love to score one for myself.

[@TS-dz9yg]

Fender Rhodes Piano Bass

[@josebarragan6627]

Ray Manzarek he was a genius!super underrated and for does who doesn’t know half of the time that Jim Morrison didn’t show up to sing Bcs he’s was to drunk high ray sing 🎤 and play the piano at the same time including the bass line

[@bogdanfutera]

"one for yourself" - well, why not! Nord incorporated very convincing Vox emulator into their C2D organ. Beside, it has incredible Hammond , pipe and Farfisa. Believe me - it's like time machine... You press the button and magically you are taken back 50 years. Or two hundred....!

[@Blueguitar007]

@@bogdanfutera They have that stuff on the Electros too in case you can't afford the C2D.

[@bogdanfutera]

@@Blueguitar007 Thanks. Yes, I know, but I'm happy to own C2D. They discontinued it in 2020.

[@danawilliams334]

Aww! That organ is a beauty! It made me sad to know that the organ was literally beating up by the UPS shipping guy and had to be repaired, but on the flip side it sounds absolutely gorgeous especially on the vibrato setting.

[@eif6051]

Your playing was well beyond anything I can put out. But it did made me realize how unforgiving this instrument actually is. And it definitely made me respect the sound and groove the late Ray Manzarek got out of this machine.

[@VirreFriberg]

Probably the most iconic keyboard ever created

[@blib3786]

not even close lmao

[@VirreFriberg]

@@blib3786 Then you tell me. What's more iconic? Besides the Hammond Organ.

[@chubbypapaya]

@@zzzindan seconded. Rhodes all the way. Basically every modern keyboard has some form of Rhodes emulation bc it's the definitive keyboard-but-not-acoustic-piano sound out there

[@andriealinsangao613]

Also the Wurlitzer!

[@vladimirvgd3359]

​@@blib3786Jim Morrison would slap your face lol

[@bogdanfutera]

Very nicely done. I really appreciate all the work, you put into this timeless piece of history.

[@chookstersshed5556]

Brilliantly done and executed…you got the the authentic vibe happening..sounds amazing well done…thankyou from Andy in Adelaide South Australia 🇦🇺

[@lapipadelmono]

Wow, gotta say I’m really impressed with the quality of everything in this video, voice, angles, lightning, audio, this is what youtube was made for

[@tonylyons7711]

Thanks for this video..I had one of these in the late 60s after listening to the ANIMALS house of the rising sun..Yes the doors used it as well!.. I also had a farfisa compact.. I was in my late teens. . I am 73years old now but the music never stops. i have a prothet rev 2 and a korg..😊😂

[@AlHuerta]

I applauded your love, vision and ability to bring something back to what ( oh shoot, you just cued my jam, 96 tears yaaaaassss! 🎹💯). It once was…that’s a true musician right there…well done young man, well done. Keep our music alive and well. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@ds99]

Oh yes and the Dave Clark Five band used this keyboard in their songs. It was very popular in the 60s. Great demo you gave!

[@L4Z3RB0Y]

Dude... i enjoyed so much this video. Thanks a lot

[@slimpikkins9526]

the sound of my youth....bravo!

[@jimmydillon6204]

I had the pleasure of opening for the Animals way back in the day.....my band The Fugitives-they were amazing!

[@anupamdebnath4959]

I love the animals song that you played

[@armstronglance]

Light my fire!!! 96 Tears! House of…! -> Perfect songs for the demo.😎 I had to play those in the 60s on a Farfisa. Always wanted the Vox. (No tubes in the Farfisa)

[@Daniel-tx5vk]

Love this video i was exactly expecting you to play a doors song

[@jimmydillon6204]

96 Tears...love it!

[@ffas23]

Playing and owning both a Vox Continental and Farfisa Combo Compact organs during the mid to later 60’s was something else back in the day. Through today in my early 70’s I still own 2 Vox Continentals in very good shape. One is a single keyboard and the other a “Super Continental” as they called them that is a Double Keyboard Organ. They are Antiques today for sure and I haven’t thought of ever selling them.

[@teeteeree3540]

Amazing restoration! Nice job!

[@renhoek3851]

thanks for the great video, really interesting stuff and nice playing

[@tommymandel3326]

Goodvideo! and Good Light My Fire too.

[@southerner66]

I've had a V-301H since 1989. Ever once in a while, a transistor in one of the divider pairs would fail, so I would replace that pair. But it's been stable now for several years.

[@dreamscience5794]

I've had a load of key return springs made for my Vox 301J UK model. If you fancy sprucing up your keyboard - I have them available.

[@coolbluelights]

I'm fascinated by this but it would take me 7.5 billion years to get half as good as you.

[@home.coffee4559]

long live ray

[@sighshell8670]

A fine organ!

[@pablopicaro7649]

Awesome sound

[@semectual]

Sweet looking 1966 Vox Continental! That screans Oldies to the Max! Great Restoration on i despite how UOS shipped it to you! Enjoy that Gem and hope to see more videos on it! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@awaken77]

It asks to play "Light My Fire" - a definitely Vox Continental song

[@jayuihlein1664]

Awesome sound. Hurrah for the 60's! Via the Vox Continental....

[@brilko2541]

Wow! Incredibly good video! You are VERY GOOD!!!

[@zeromt3577]

Props, man! Great rehab job, great demo.

[@Chris-is6xb]

Nothing but excellent. Bravo man!

[@j.lietka9406]

is that the same model that mr ingle (ingel?) - Iron Butterfly - used in Inna Gadda DaVida? cool vid & thanks

[@brandonlovelady8659]

This is indeed what Doug Ingle played!

[@j.lietka9406]

@@brandonlovelady8659 Awesome! I wish i could afford one, even it is what, 50+ years old!

[@brandonlovelady8659]

@@j.lietka9406 You and I both! Just can't beat that iconic, reedy sound!

[@theironbutterflychannel9400]

I believe he used the Italian Continental but its the same as other ones just different models. Only say this for a few reasons and that being that i once saw a video of them on American Bandstand and his Vox had the two cross braces over each other. Also I've seen some live photos of his Vix close up and see two holes where the wing nuts or bolts go. Hope this helps, I love that band and try to learn as much research as I can on them.

[@j.lietka9406]

@@theironbutterflychannel9400 wow! Thanks for the update! There's a shorter video of them at the Playboy after hours. Not sure how close up the camera gets to Mr Ingles Vox. Thank you again! 🤓

[@carlos_aguirrexd]

This video is great!!!

[@Pete970]

Great intro. Love does great things

[@scottwatson6655]

Great song selection.

[@zzzut]

Great restoration work!

[@andriealinsangao613]

Nice Ed Sullivan impression!

[@austin_hutto]

thanks!

[@andriealinsangao613]

@@austin_hutto Wish I could get one!!

[@austin_hutto]

@@andriealinsangao613 takes a lot of searching and time.. and money

[@andriealinsangao613]

@@austin_hutto What's worse, I'm here in the Philippines!!

[@remigiovilla]

Yes , great impresion of Ed Sullivan Show

[@josedealva4205]

so much work to plug it into a kustom solid state. and yes, the doors, can never miss

[@austin_hutto]

jose de alva if I had a tube amp I would of used but I didn’t have one at the time , just got a fender got rid deluxe , but unfortunately after moving the Vox is having issues with a couple keys , hopefully I can get it sorted out and do and video of the Vox through the the fender

[@rjones384]

Used by Augie Meyers with Doug Sahm "She's about a Mover" I used to have a Farfisa, traded it for the Vox Contnental, then traded the Vox for the Hammond. I still have the Hammond and also have a Yamaha Reface YC that does a pretty copy of the Continental, Farfisa, etc.

[@renegonzalez1336]

Great video! Just remember to turn on the lights so we can see better

[@melstarr976]

Always wanted to play this organ

[@aawagga6841]

i liked your avant-garde reimagining of the doors

[@austin_hutto]

it's ok, you can say its crap lol

[@eduardomendez3326]

Estimado muy buenas música norteña mexicana de bronco sus inicios esos efectos???

[@knightoflight7490]

Alan Price-Organ 👍❤️

[@danawilliams334]

Was this the kind of organ that Alan Price used in The House Of The Rising Sun? I ask that because it sure almost sounds like it. From a couple of angles during the video that I just watched, the keys on the beautiful organ look almost exactly like the ones from the 1964 video of House of the Rising Sun.

[@austin_hutto]

yes alan price used a vox continental v301j UK model

[@abrigospardos]

It certainly was!

[@john3775]

They were a nice instrument

[@RodrigoOliveira-pg4pf]

I liked the part of 96 tears of ? and the mysterians

[@josebarragan6627]

Rodrigo Oliveira to many tear drops for one heart ❤️! To carry on

[@RodrigoOliveira-pg4pf]

Jose Barragan S2

[@chrisnicini834]

Very cool Austin, nice video!

[@austin_hutto]

thanks, I really like your covers as well

[@theeleven42]

Super cool, great job

[@jamesescobar4954]

Wonderful Video! Nice touch adding a Question Mark tune and an Animals tune

[@austin_hutto]

thank you, those are the songs most well known from the continental

[@andriealinsangao613]

Not to be rude, but I'm afraid you left off two other well-known Vox Continental songs, I'm A Believer by the Monkees and Because by the Dave Clark Five.

[@austin_hutto]

Andrie Alinsangao I’m a believer was actually recorded on a Baldwin organ, but everyone presumes it was on a Vox because it was seen on the tv show

[@imabeliever81]

They used this on allot of Monkees songs I'm a believer most noticable with the intro vox organ lick

[@ericwyness9089]

You're right; I remember it most from their "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone" with a very simple, and short, organ solo - four notes, then repeated, first without then with vibrato.

[@imabeliever81]

@@ericwyness9089 two for sure and on a little bit me a little bit you

[@liudas5377]

That was great!! Thanks...

[@LukaTomato]

What was the song played after Light My Fire?

[@Speakerboy22]

96 tears by ? And the mysterians

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

Luka Pronounced: 'Question Mark and The Mysterians.'

[@PatchInAudio]

Respect

[@aalok2423]

COME ON BABY LIGHT MY FIRE

[@stouras]

🎼🎶 let my fire

[@teeteeree3540]

I am a manager for an Estate Liquidator & we are currently selling one of these. Pretty cool 😎

[@j3kfd9j]

Very cool.

[@saintbees]

Keep practicing light my fire. You'll get it.

[@panthercombo9647]

I have a V301H in near mint condition, I bought it in 2011 and seller did an excellent job on the packaging, only thing that really bothers me is I've had 3 key contacts break since I've owned it, this Connie looks like it's never been gigged or played hard but broken key contacts are a repair that should not be performed by mere mortals.nice video, I love 60s combo organs.

[@austin_hutto]

luckily there were no broken contacts, but a couple tonecards and the preamp were screwed up, it also doesn't help that the preamp was directly behind the drawbars where the moving drawbars could come in contact with the wiring. One of the weirdest designs ive ever seen, luckily they changed it in later models.

[@panthercombo9647]

@@austin_hutto mine was built in June of 66 also, supposedly only made for 4 months by Thomas Organ, I'm wondering how many they actually did produce.

[@austin_hutto]

@@panthercombo9647 im not sure, I would guess about 1200. I'm curious to see the condition of yours.

[@panthercombo9647]

@@austin_hutto can you post pictures in the comments?

[@austin_hutto]

i don't think so

[@panthercombo9647]

Was the date of manufacture stamped on the side of the lowest C# key?

[@flavioikier4073]

É isso aí, quem sabe sabe, parabéns!

[@Wegster64]

awesome! thx for sharing

[@thiagoaltero9680]

Adoro Doors Animals muito bom mesmo sem palavras um abraço do Brasil

[@joeblow593]

Wonder how much beer got inside this thing. As a side note, a Thomas home organ was used to record 96 tears.😁😁

[@michaelfuria4257]

never knew this, thanks.....

[@nicholasmarshall6361]

I'm stumped. What song are you playing after 96 Tears??

[@tmxl7847]

song in 7:10??

[@LannieLord]

Is this the one Strawberry Alarm Clock used ???????????????

[@ChannelingJohnBonham]

Se pul ve da, California. Very cool vid!!

[@kellymckenzie4865]

I had a Ludwig supraphonic snare drum. It had a ink stamped date or October 24th 1964. It got stolen. I've never recovered

[@BROOKS39]

What’s the name of the riff between 07:35 - 08:05? Was that a Animals song??

[@austin_hutto]

96 tears

[@BROOKS39]

@@austin_hutto Thank you so much. This is such a cool song.

[@SynthMagic]

One of the sexiest keyboards ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@shrapnel95]

Awesome job on the organ dude! She's a beaute! Also, fuck the criticism of egomaniacs. It may not be the best LMF around but as long as you're having fun that's all that fucking matters. You're nonchalant attitude and class got my respect dude. I got your back home boy. Austin Hutto FTW!

[@panthercombo9647]

The UPS guy? Was it packaged properly? I've had no problems with UPS, it's been the shippers that wouldn't package the organs properly,I've only had 1 combo organ arrive damaged, An Elka Panther the seller sent by itself with no packaging, no damage to the outside but everything came loose inside, took me a couple months to get it back 100%, I like to see the organs double boxed with thick styrofoam blocks on all corners, packed tight so not able to move inside.

[@austin_hutto]

Richard Demartino my friend bought the organ for me in California , he paid ups to package it and ship it , it was packaged with bubble wrap and packing peanuts, so any damage was their responsibility , also it was shipped ups ground so it’s my assumption that in transit it was thrown around because when I got it , their were stabs in the box where a corner edges dented marks in the box

[@panthercombo9647]

@@austin_hutto Yes then if they packed it they didn't do it right, best to buy the packaging and do it yourself, I thought you meant the delivery driver beat it up,

[@austin_hutto]

@@panthercombo9647 I'm not certain on who damaged it because it mades its way from California to Denver, but some handlers didn't handle it with care because it was pretty beat up.

[@panthercombo9647]

@@austin_hutto I just lowered the key contact cage on mine to reduce flexing on the contracts, the V301H has adjusting nuts so you can do this, I like the feel of the keys better also, not as stiff feeling.

[@panthercombo9647]

@@austin_hutto by the way you play fine, dont pay attention to that arrogant jerk,

[@marchristiansen]

Amazing

[@JurgenKrace]

Never understood why the colours inversed! Hammond used inversed colours for non-notes keys, used for settings, and that made sense...

[@dannybrazen]

fucking sweet bro. hopefully getting my own v301j soon!

[@austin_hutto]

awesome dude, i waited a while till i found this one, the best ones are uk 301j's or the american 301H's , the italian 301E's are too problematic and the keys break a lot and the wiring and stuff is completely different.

[@ralphiegamer4665]

Can you play I’m down?

[@herrtrigger77]

Nice.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

How about "In A Gadda Da Vida"?

[@rajincajin95]

Just got mine. I got to replace the vibrato on/off switch and the D, D# not working on all the draws... other than that she's good....Btw do you how much these are worth?

[@austin_hutto]

rajincajin95 cool, yeah a couple keys didn’t work when I got it, but in fair or excellent condition these things can range between 1,000 to 5,000 dollars

[@theomnetwork3898]

I have a 1968 Vox Continental Made in Italy version. Mine sounds a whole lot brighter than yours.. to a point where its ear piercing. I have to turn down a lot of the drawbars to get a similar sound to yours. What do you think would be the problem with mine? I got it second hand so I don't know how it originally sounded.

[@austin_hutto]

The OM Network that’s just how the 301E sounds. the tone cards are a bit different from the others. the only thing that really stands out to me is that the sound , sounds more clicky and bright than the rest. it’s cool because each era and model of the organ has a different and distinct sound. Like 301j is very British Invasion because a lot of groups at that time played that model, 301H is played by American groups as it was manufactured in California , then the 301E was also being played in American as well because they stopped producing the 301h , and the 301e became more produced

[@rainbowbridge4766]

Can i have it? Lol

[@austin_hutto]

Rainbow Bridge not in a million years

[@rainbowbridge4766]

Austin Hutto It was worth the try you know

[@ME-ru4hv]

I'm sorry but that was the funniest Light My Fire ever!

[@austin_hutto]

tried my best to do it in one take

[@ME-ru4hv]

@@austin_hutto It's simply delicious.. I especially appreciate the multiple camera angles! thank you

[@packingten]

You should play it then!.

[@blahblah24681357]

i want one 🗿😭

[@choccymilk6011]

well say goodbye to your wallet because they're hard to come by cheap anymore

[@yourtubesteak]

Too bad you didn't show some other drawbar combinations where you can get that classic Animals of Paul Revere and the Raiders sound. Just push in those middle 2 drawbars about half way.

[@austin_hutto]

i'm thinking of doing a followup video with different drawbar combos, I've been playing a lot more, and I also got a fender deluxe to play through to get some better tube tones.

[@remigiovilla]

4:47 light my fire 8:20 when the music over

[@3lullabies]

Augie Meyers of the Sir Douglas Quintent.

[@verticalfish]

Brought here from Circles (Esher Demo) by the Beatles

[@thegriffithcompany4983]

Lindo.

[@johnmenanno2152]

You butchered the light my fire intro but your restoration was good.

[@oh3kusmc]

Sepulveda California is pronounced Seh-pull-veh-duh.

[@austin_hutto]

Yeah I feel like a idiot for mispronouncing that

[@euanthepianoboy]

Way to nitpick. It’s an awesome video! 😂

[@craigbrowning9448]

Kustom, the Most Comfortable Amplifiers and Speaker Cabs.

[@packingten]

Got a little Kustom practice/personal amp 8" speaker sounds like tube amp.

[@QueenFan12]

Wish I could get one, but they are all over 1000 dollars everywhere I look so no luck :(

[@errorsofmodernism9715]

let's start a band!