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If I were to go looking for a vintage Farfisa organ to use in a surf band,
what model would be best for that classic Farfisa sound? Do they all sound
pretty much the same, or is there one particular year/model that is more
desirable? Which model had the reversed color keys?
-Matt Crunk
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Hmmm - if your doing traditional surf, electric piano was the keyboard
of choice in surf, with very few exceptions. Farfisa is a post-surf
development (maybe '66) if I recall corrfectly. Garage bands, not surf.
Phil
--- wrote:
If I were to go looking for a vintage Farfisa organ to use in a surf
band,
what model would be best for that classic Farfisa sound? Do they all
sound
pretty much the same, or is there one particular year/model that is
more
desirable? Which model had the reversed color keys?
-Matt Crunk
In a message dated 10/7/2005 3:22:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, writes:
Hmmm - if your doing traditional surf, electric piano was the keyboard
of choice in surf, with very few exceptions. Farfisa is a post-surf
development (maybe '66) if I recall corrfectly. Garage bands, not surf.
I didn't realize surf had a time frame, I thought it was just a genre. But
my question was, more specifically, for that classic, cheesy, Farfisa sound,
will any old Farfisa do, or is it exclusive to a particular model?
-MC
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Surf is a genre, but it was born in '61 and died for the most part in
'65, with only a few holdouts. Surf was reborn in '79 to some degree,
but did not begin to seriously evolve again until '88-'90.
Phil
--- wrote:
I didn't realize surf had a time frame, I thought it was just a genre.
-MC
An early surf album with lots of organ is Al Casey's 1963 "Surfin'
Hootenanny" album. The organ sounds great and really adds to the
listening experience. Besides the Sundazed stereo reissue, I also
have the mono version of the album where the organ sounds even better.
/ Klas
--- In , Phil Dirt <phildirt@r...> wrote:
>
> Avengers VI is 1966 I think, and the Nocturnes were covering a jazz
> intro that frequently used organ at abut that time. Both are a long
way
> from representative, but do provide glimpses, and when compared to
the
> archetypes, display how different they sound.
>
> Perhaps a more common band to consider is Jim Waller and the Deltas,
> though of course they were a jazz band from Fresno, and Jim Waller
> today cringes at those recordings.
>
> Phil
>
> --- Mel Waldorf <mwaldorf@p...> wrote:
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> A couple of great surf songs with organ leads:
> Time Bomb - Avengers VI
> Coming Home Baby - The Nocturnes
>
> Ventures aren't surf but they had organ on a number of their tracks
>
> For organs, Farfisa and Vox organs are tops. I used to have a
Farfisa
> mini-compact; I never should have sold it. I've got a Yamaha
Electone
> now,
> which does a pretty good job too.
>
> In the realm of vintage electric pianos, the Hohner Pianet-T is much
> cheaper
> than Rhodes or Wurly models.
>
> Mel
>
