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But having said that... if you like a bit of Farfisa the consensus seems to
be that the "Farfisa Compact" is the definitive one. Matti from Laika and
the Cosmonauts, on the other hand, uses a Fast series Farfisa and those are
very nice too. With regard to reverse coloured keys you're probably thinking
of the Vox Continental - the most commonly used '60's combo organ.
This is a very good online resource for combo organs: (although they don't really cover Farfisas).
Re compression - as another engineer and mixer I would add that it doesn't
do any harm to add limiting while tracking your lead guitar as long as you
set the threshold so that the compression doesn't kick in except on the very
loudest bits - and you're almost certainly going to need some compression on
the final mix (or at the mastering stage). Just don't get obsessed with
making it as loud as it will go because you'll knock all the life out of it
in the process.
Alan Jenkins
Message: 15
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 13:21:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Phil Dirt <>
Subject: Re: Organ Sound for Surf Music
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
Message: 25
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 15:58:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Phil Dirt <>
Subject: Re: surf compression ?
As a recording engineer and mixer, I strongly suggest you NOT color the
source signal beyond your amp and reverb. It can't be undone. Your
playing style (variations in attack relative to the rest of the mix)
will determine whether compression adds to the mix or not. IMHO, there
are no "pat" answers.
Phil
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