Emotive B3

The Leslie had some problems half way through the show. So I plugged directly into the Fender Hot Rod Deville. Playing with no Leslie Speaker means you can't just hold long notes or chords and get that lush pleasant sweeping sound. Instead you need to utilise the volume pedal, the drawbars and wrist wobbling to inject some movement and expression into the sound. Especially if you like using the higher drawbars. In small bursts or specific songs or I absolutely the sound of a Hammond direct into a Amplifier. Or even a mix of both can be fantastic!!

[@deantiquisetnovis]

Jon Lord is sitting up there on his cloud and has a big smile on his face!

[@Yooper_eh]

Pay attention folks: *THIS* is how you use drawbars!

[@LachyDoley]

Very kind

[@claudevieaul1465]

I know. Done that since I first sat behind an organ with drawbars - still have that same organ, 50 years later, still rocking! 😜

[@tieukhavu8832]

@@LachyDoley You’re going the Jon Lord Way? (Deep Purple in Rock, Machine Head) How did you got the opportunity to jam with Mike Portnoy and Joey Hoekstra?

[@jannesoderholm]

That was absolutely wild! Amazing performance. You are one with the Hammond. And that sound! Woody, dry, straight/no motion and distorted. Wow! Just wow.

[@ReiVieira]

You did like Jon Lord with Deep Purple on Made In Japan! What a beautiful solo (I love this song "I still In Love")! Hammond is the best instrument and you are the best currently for me (I didn't want to compare you to Jon Lord, it was just inevitable to remember that wonderful tone of the Hammond connected to the guitar amp without the Leslie, exactly like you did there, you are awesome!)

[@LachyDoley]

Hey thanks so much for saying. Yeah it certainly has that sound

[@Andy33615]

Brian Auger always uses to play without Leslie - guess he used Marshall-Amps? I love his jazzy playing with a mellow static sound. But this is just more dirty and more Rock’n’Roll! Lovey painting with notes and sound! 🔥🔥🔥👍

[@LachyDoley]

Brian general plugs directly into the PA. Very cool

[@Andy33615]

@@LachyDoley Yes, i was wrong - i read about it. Possibly he used guitar amps in the beginning.

[@louiscornale5667]

How do you get a Hammond into a regular amp ?

[@Andy33615]

@@louiscornale5667 I think it depends on, wich Hammond you play. It will take not too much electronic components. I guess just a voltage divider with load resistors to grab it from the preamp and root to a 1/4“ Jack. But i‘m no expert for this.

[@pasqualebernardo7604]

Great Lachy!!!

[@ZorenToo]

That's how you know it's LIVE! 😁

[@geofftaylor8913]

Your playing flys me back to watching Jon Lord and keith Emerson live. I think you are key in bringing this sound back to poor beleaguered rock and roll. Your Sarnia show is so close to me but I can’t make it. Damn. Next tour!!!!

[@LachyDoley]

Yes hopefully next time. Cheers

[@marcoballa]

This was great! I'm not a "stationary sound" lover, I never use the organ with just a guitar amp (on the other hand, I like the mixed signal of leslie and guitar amp/cabinet in parallel). But you rocked it, this was really expressive and effective 👍👏👏👏👏

[@coventry66]

So awesome. That is some advanced master class adapting!!

[@Pablo668]

That was awesome. Great work.

[@LachyDoley]

Cheers :-)

[@atomickeeyu2285]

Pure soundgasm! :)

[@bruceburn3594]

A masterclass on playing the Hammond

[@systemichab]

Fantastic !

[@LachyDoley]

Thanks so much

[@systemichab]

@@LachyDoley You are very good, Dear Lachy : you have great talent !

[@SanDiegoHarry1]

So reading your description I literally said "Get the F#$K outta here!!!"... You plugged into a guitar amp and rocked that???" - Well, the show DO need to go on - and you brought it! Well cone!

[@LachyDoley]

Hah. Got to do what you got to do :-)

[@SanDiegoHarry1]

@@LachyDoley bro, I approve. Been there, done that!

[@jerrydaminato743]

Nice See you in a few days at Hugh's

[@purtis99]

Sounds like Highway Star Deep Purple

[@mrwanderlive]

This is great!

[@LachyDoley]

Cheers

[@MarcoBorghardt]

Man, I love this so much! I wonder if you still unconsciously wanted to hit the Leslie-switch in the heat of the moment, even if it was not attached.

[@BobOgden1]

Those vocals at the end have real power

[@LachyDoley]

Hey thanks Bob

[@georgebarabas]

Amazing!

[@Groovvy81]

Very cool solo!

[@LachyDoley]

Hey thanks so much

[@heima1299]

Your so crazy, i like it.

[@waltertomaszewski1083]

I thought some crew member at another show had roasted your B3 by plugging it into 220VAC mains (instead of the 110VAC it was looking for)

[@LachyDoley]

It was the show the day before that that happened. I was saved by a Nord C2 delivered from São Paulo 30 minutes before we went on stage in Paraty.

[@GizzyDillespee]

I kinda like this sound and style of playing in a video. Live, I might prefer the Leslie... but in a recorded video, when I'm wearing headphones, each flavor brings something to the table.. A mic'd Leslie is still nice, not gonna lie, but it's a little less impressive than it is in the room. Which is one motivation for people to go to live shows, especially if you can find a good Hammond player with good speakers in a good room. Thanks for posting this!

[@louiscornale5667]

Great job Jon Lord would be proud but how about wooly bully watch it now 😮

[@iconoclastic12007]

The Jon Lord influence is obvious but I’m also hearing Booker T. and Truman Thomas too! This is truly remarkable playing! Lachy you manage to strike that rare balance between virtuosity and not overplaying in this great solo. It is your blues and soul roots that give you that. Cheers!

[@bjkehoe6988]

Amazing solo. Also, notice the band...they were aboslutely killing it, too

[@dariuszmirecki6930]

Hammond is beautiful, in Poland in Kielce there is the only Hammond museum in the world (of the creator and instruments). Thank you Lachy

[@PiggyMull]

.🎹.🎹.

[@geedus71]

Funny how things going wrong can sometimes bring out something that's quite extraordinary. Diamonds are formed under intense pressure! Amazing stuff, Lachey 👏👏👏

[@LachyDoley]

Anything that breaks norm usually brings out creative thinking

[@claudevieaul1465]

Leslie speakers are obviously lovely, but there's a sort of sonic 'precipice' when you brake it... 😜 Then it comes to creating dynamics on a proper Hammond with your drawbars and the volumepedal. This is a gorgeous example of what a console (B3, A100, C3 etc) *really* can do if handled right 😎🙏 Cheers Lachy!!!

[@Indyxpress]

I watched your left hand work and thank you, I got a lot to add to my playing. Cheers!

[@LachyDoley]

Awesome. Yeah you can certainly pull out a lot of expression from those drawbars

[@waltertomaszewski1083]

You sound like John Lord!

[@DazzleCamo]

I liked, I shared, i love you lol

[@jeffreyjones1589]

@ericsakfa @johnnykeyz