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Hi, everybody. I've been offered a Hammond 820, for less than a $100. Did anyone know anything about this model?. Thank you.
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That's one of their "hybrid" models -- has the regular Hammond drawbars but also has tabs with pipe organ-ish markings. I believe the 820 would be from the early to mid 80's, so not a digital organ, just a dressed up analog. It has a built-in Leslie speaker for the drawbar tones, and a separate stationary speaker system for the pipe tones. The pedalboard is AGO 32 pedals, fairly good one.
The price sounds right. Not a great organ, but interesting, and pretty flexible in many ways. Worth picking up, though if it has problems you could be stuck with doing some fixing.John
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It won't get you the "B3 sound", but still a good instrument, and the inbuilt Leslie is half the battle towards sounding passable.
The Leslie is worth salvaging even if the organ itself is beyond hope.Current:
1971 T-202 with Carsten Meyer mods: Remove key click filters, single-trigger percussion, UM 16' drawbar volume correction. Lower Manual bass foldback.
Korg CX3 (original 1980's analogue model).
1967 Leslie 122 with custom inbuilt preamp on back panel for 1/4" line-level inputs, bass & treble controls. Horn diffusers intact.
2009 Marshall 2061x HW Plexi head into Marshall 4x12 cabinet.
Former:
1964 C3
196x M-102
197x X5
197x Leslie 825Comment
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Thank you for the advice. I'm planning to go this weekend to check the organ.Comment
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