Nord C2 Combo Organ Demo | Full Compass

[@Dr_Hoops_McCann]

Great Review. I'm kind of in a pickle here. I play Kansas/Doors/Deep purple and zeppelin with my band but i can't decide on buying a Nord C2 or Electro 3 73. What would you say, Chris ?

[@therealborischang]

@Allistur Doors? Get the Electro to get the Rhodes and Vox sounds.

[@LegitTheProducerBackup]

What are the straps that are holding the monitors to the stand?

[@DrewZaremba]

Not that this is typical...can you add keyboard (ie piano or rhodes) sounds on this to use it for other situations? Obviously...the organ is the main thing...but I love the new Norc C2D with the REAL drawbars, but I don't want to buy another keyboard for just piano or other stuff if I don't have to.

[@alphasxsignal]

Can I get the pipe organ sounds for the Nord Stage 2 ?????

[@bobloblaw9448]

at 2:24...LOOK..!! its the kid from Bad Santa....all grown up !!

[@WilliamAugustoProdutor]

like this... from Brasil

[@maxmaxgustavsson]

What's the second song?

[@ampent4204]

AWESOME ORGANS, BUT THERE IS ONE MAJOR ADDON MISSING...WHERE IS THE VOLUME PEDAL???? You just cant play full blast, that control is just as important than the instrument itself.

[@therealborischang]

I think for about $30 you could just buy one.

[@Hammond9104]

why is better than a NORD C1?

[@therealborischang]

Because 2 is always better than 1

[@organeu]

All these brands that copy the Hammond sound don't have a lot of self-esteem and inventiveness. Hammond engineers have worked hard to design and manufacture the new portable Hammonds since the XB series (XB1 and XB2) in the 90s, and today jewels of technology which reproduce the sound of tone wheels wonderfully with the SK pro series. , XK and the awesome new B3. These portable Hammonds supplant all copies. The only copy that is closest to Hammond is the Mojo made by Crumar in Italy. That said, playing the piano on an organ keyboard is not easy, the touch is not the same. This is where Nord can be interesting for a pianist who mainly plays the piano and occasionally the organ. But for a self-respecting organist, who, let's say, he has earned his whole life his salary thanks to the vintage Hammond organ, it is an unspeakable infidelity to play on a copy when Hammond offers the best portable organs simulating the phonic wheels. Here is my opinion and in my capacity as a small technical service provider, on 90% of the technical sheets, I note that a Hammond organ, a real vintage like the B3 portable or the current XK series is requested.

[@organeu]

Good yes, the best NO. For the same price I've a real HAMMOND XK3 by HAMMOND, not a copy, but the original B3, the legend. So nord is good for others instruments.

[@scoutdocco]

Why Vox and Farfisa? Why not Delicia? All the same sh.t! Hammond is real correct.

[@packingten]

I find it funny that something made IN 1935 is still being copied. It sounds OK but it is still not a Hammond or Vox nothing sounds like either except the real deal

[@Kris.G]

+packingten Actually it sounds more than OK.

[@therealborischang]

So buy a real Farifsa, Vox, and B3 and get a second mortgage on your house to pay for them and to buy a panel truck to haul them. Oh, and I forgot. Allocate a chunk of your disposable income for maintenance and repair. And I would wager one person in a thousand has a discerning enough ear to differentiate the museum piece from the Nord in a blindfolded test.

[@UMAMIMAMU]

I'll take the Hammond + pickup truck any day over this overpriced, overhyped piece of junk. My B3 is over 60 years old and still works as perfectly as the day it came out of the factory. You really think anything Nord puts out will be working 100% in 60+ years? I think "no". Not to mention it sounds as sterile as a surgeons hands.

[@chieftp]

overpriced? when B3s were new, they cost as much as a new Buick. you can have all sorts of problems with the old Hammonds. nothing lasts forever. the run motors will eventually fail. coils on the generator open and you lose notes. the busbars and key contacts wear out. the side guide felts on the keyboards wear out. there are Nords from over 20 years ago that still work just fine. I've been playing Hammonds for 25 year and you'll never find a bigger Hammond fan. but I also have a Nord Electro which I love. a real Leslie helps it a lot. no, it doesn't quite "sing" like a Hammond. but it also weighs 15 pounds and I can throw it on the back seat of a car. will it still be working 60 years from now? who cares? I'll be 102 then and most likely dead.

[@colbalt95]

chieftp this is the Nord C2 not the updated c2d. They have improved greatly but only thing I say all mechanical organ still lack is the semi tones that sound when the key is being depressed part of the way.

[@colbalt95]

chieftp on the other hand these parts can be replaced as they are electrical mechanical but once the digital board fails on you and it will eventually, those are a little bit harder to replace especially with a small company like Clavia. If you were to have an organ built, it would cost about 90 grand today.

[@chieftp]

let me know where there's a source of new generator coils or key contacts or a technician who would do the hundreds of hours of disassembly to replace them. it would cost more in labor than the organ is worth. a lot of the parts on the old Hammonds were not meant to ever be replaced (nor serviced.) I've also never met anyone who sat around playing a Hammond by pushing the keys part of the way.

[@Earlvis]

I have a B3, an A102, and a Nord Electro 3-73. The Nord gets very close to my ears. The cost to upgrade a hammond and Leslie is a lot of money. I’m glad I have both as playing my Hammonds is quite an experience but the hard truth is that moving that beast is just not that appealing as the Nord in that regard.