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$36,980.00USD
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Best for
Organists who want the full classic B-3 console experience — two 61-key waterfall manuals, four sets of real drawbars, 12 preset keys per manual, a 25-note radial pedalboard, and a tube preamp — without the maintenance of a vintage tonewheel organ. Well suited to church, jazz, gospel, and studio settings where the traditional console format, bench, and pedalboard matter, and where the internal two-rotor digital Leslie or an external 11-pin Leslie cabinet will be used.
Who should skip
Despite the listing's 'Synthesizer' label, this is a drawbar organ, not a synthesizer — skip it if you need synth engines, pianos, or general keyboard sounds. Gigging players who move gear themselves should also skip it: the console alone is 95 kg (209 lbs) and 132 kg (291 lbs) with bench and pedalboard; Hammond's stage keyboards (e.g. the XK series) cover the same tonal territory in portable form. It has no built-in speakers listed, so you will need an amp, Leslie, or PA.
Watchouts
Source conflict on the engine: the Economik listing describes the sound engine as 'VASE III digital tonewheel modeling,' while Hammond's own spec sheet says the manuals use the DTW1 digital tone-wheel generator and VASE III powers only the pedal division — prefer the manufacturer. The listing categorizes it as a synthesizer; it is a console organ. The listing was marked 'currently unavailable' at the time of research. No finish/color or manufacturer part number is stated by any cited source. Storage uses a CompactFlash card, an aging media format. Marketing describes it as lightweight only relative to a ~193 kg vintage B-3; at 95-132 kg it still requires multiple people to move.
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