Holy Grail/Crap!

relient nelson · 03-14-2010, 12:17 PM

So my fiance and I are on a trip to North Carolina checking out the church I'll most likely be leading worship for come June. We stopped by the pastor's wife's mom's house to pick up something and the husband took me down to the basement to look at some of his old musical equipment.

So we walk down there and he turns on the light in the corner of the room.

...

I was instantly transported back to the year 1970 and my jaw hit the floor.

A quick scan of the literal performance stage he had setup revealed:

A 1970-something "Acoustic" brand bass amplifier in mint condition.

A 1973 Hammond C3 rock organ.

A vintage Gretsch and and vintage Pearl drum kit.

But the icing on the cake......

A 1971, original first run, in mint cosmetic condition, MINIMOOG!!!!!!!

HOLY CRAP!

So anyways, turns out that according to this guy it doesn't work currently. But I told the pastor of this church how awesome they are and how valuable, and he's going to talk to his father-in-law and acquire it for the church and get it fixed! How killer is that?!?!

Basically, when my fiance and I move out here, we will own a minimoog that we payed absolutely nothing for. I am stunned. And that is all.

**Rainer.** · 03-14-2010, 01:52 PM

More excited about the Moog than the Hammond? Really?

**Sean.thomson** · 03-14-2010, 02:10 PM

I'd be more exited about the drums than the Moog personally...

relient nelson · 03-14-2010, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainer.

More excited about the Moog than the Hammond? Really?

Well yeah, that's probably just related to what I would prefer to play, not what's really better.

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Originally Posted by Sean.thomson

I'd be more exited about the drums than the Moog personally...

Moog, man.... moog.

**thesteve** · 03-14-2010, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean.thomson

I'd be more exited about the drums than the Moog personally...

Well...vintage Pearl kits from the 60s and 70s are weird MIJ concoctions from wha tI've seen...I don't blame him not getting too excited.

**Rainer.** · 03-14-2010, 04:03 PM

All the best keyboard instruments are from the 1970s anyway.

Besides, the most important question is does the Hammond have a Leslie?

relient nelson · 03-14-2010, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainer.

All the best keyboard instruments are from the 1970s anyway.

Besides, the most important question is does the Hammond have a Leslie?

No, that's why I didn't get as excited about it.

**scared2mosh** · 03-14-2010, 09:07 PM

Nice... I'd kill for one of those.

relient nelson · 03-14-2010, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by scared2mosh

Nice... I'd kill for one of those.

The great thing here is I'm not even going to have to!

Folk_guy · 03-14-2010, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by relient nelson

A 1973 Hammond C3 rock organ.

Actually the C3 was considered the Church / Classical Organ version of the B3 which was more of the theatre organ version, and had the Leslie speaker. The big difference between the B3 and C3 was how the presets were configured (the reversed color keys on the left end of the Keyboard), and the Leslie speaker of course.

relient nelson · 03-14-2010, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Folk_guy

Actually the C3 was considered the Church / Classical Organ version of the B3 which was more of the theatre organ version, and had the Leslie speaker. The big difference between the B3 and C3 was how the presets were configured (the reversed color keys on the left end of the Keyboard), and the Leslie speaker of course.

I understand that, but many C3's are used for a rock organ sound today.

**nbfan** · 03-14-2010, 11:12 PM

Dude I might kill for that Moog except I've got a softsynth plugin that sounds exactly like the original. I'm cheesey I know. Good stuff though!