1972 Farfisa VIP 400 Organ + EHX Lester K
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- Опубликовано: 1 мар 2019
- This is the demo of my 1972 Farfisa VIP 400 organ. Since I could not find any real material on this seemingly rare organ I decided to show off some of its features before putting it on sale.
This VIP400 does not seem standard as explained in the video. It has 2 extra voice sliders and 4 extra switches on the lower manual panel. These sliders dont appear to do much or anything at all, so I can only assume the modification was no longer working.
I am at this point sure this is the only VIP 400 organ in my country, as I haven't seen any around before.
This organ weighs a tonne!!
Enjoy. 
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I am blown away by the fact that this organ despite being in a remarkable pristine condition, this Farfisa is 4 years older than myself, also liked your presentation showing the sounds and what that white module can do!!👍
Picked mine up in 1975 and have it to this day with the Leslie 145 speaker.
I had the Farfisa 470 with a leslie ..damnnnn I miss that sound . I loved the drawbars and the " piano " ...before the Farfisa I owned a GEM portable organ .
Nice, sadly not a very popular organ here, this is the fist one I laid my eyes on and played! I know during the 70s and 80's some local bands used Farfisa professional organs.
I had one of these. So very sorry to ever have sold it.
6:54 WHOA. Portamento on an organ. Quirky but kinda cool. Nice demo of this unique organ.
Indeed, i seem to recall the VIP series of Farfisa is where they got a little, I guess, brave and experimented a little.
@@DigitalMusicXpress Where can I find cosmetic parts for this ? Mine is missing some knobs for the 4 sliders as well as knobs for range and repeat. I don't have the legs for it either. Any help would be appreciated !
@@roccosapareto6409 Honestly, this is a niche enough thing that I'd doubt anyone would be making replacement parts for them now. You're best bet would be if someone has just the old knobs and legs for sale or an unsavable donor organ that has them
@@roccosapareto6409 you'd better print them and label them with a transferable sticker 😅
Dancin' Days by Led Zeppelin used the feature. I forget what model they used but certainly a VIP
Perhaps a bit off topic, but when I was a kid, we had some model Kawaii organ that we used to mess about with. It's long gone now (sold, I guess), but now that I'm dabbling in music again, I'm just imagining the kinds of fun I could have had with that thing again.
The "Slalom" feature, which wasn't very musical, was Farfisa's response to the pitchbendable wheels/levers offered by other keyboard companies: Moog, Arp, etc
What is the song you are playing around 9min in? It’s amazing
Greetings!
It's really a generic chord progression, but we used it very commonly back in my early days playing in a Christian Praise and Worship band. Not any particular song but may sound familiar, its a chord progression I use often when just playing casually.
@@DigitalMusicXpress It sounds awesome
Can it be used for Pink Floyd/Deep Purple/Proco Harum sounds?
Maybe after some mod? e.g. replacing the silicon transistors by germanium ones? Seems the sound is too smooth for Saucerful
Fafisa's in general has had a much different sound compared to Hammonds and such. This one has a closer "Hammond" sound than normal Farfs if you can use a suitable leslie speaker emulator like I have done here, the Lester K is not the best one out there, but can in a mix add a very useful sound.
I am not sure about the replacement transistors mods, Germaniums require a different drive / circuit than Silicon and would take a fair amount of knowledge... I think once again adding a decent leslie sim with drive controls will bring this organ to life!
the flute drawbars dial in some perfect Compact & Continental tones, even more with modulation.
In this iteration of vintage 1972 Italian organ, the silicon holds up nicely and gives the option of more tones when necessary.
I run mine through tube reverb and it’s superb. I play a ‘66 Compact too with onboard reverb - this compares nicely.
Great stuff certainly.
@@wraitheful Thanks for your advise. Any way, I still have time to consider what organ for the studio: just bought a 24 tracks reel-tape recorder, I'm considering all possibilities, even going for an old Hammond B/C Bertram version (portable) as they're much cheaper than the regular ones... Actually, the main issue is often the same as for the 24 tracker, the huge Amek console etc : it's not uncommon having to drive for 600-1000km to get it and a truck and might be needed , as my Renault Clio might not be fit for an organ, not speaking about the weight... Well, that's the issue with the real gear and having real sound: modelling is surely practical but it never matches the real things...
I am Japanese.
I also have this same thing.
However, it is in poor condition.
Is this channel still active?
Sadly not as much as I would like, honestly I don't have many ideas for video material at the moment. I am considering staring streams in the future but given that I've lost my job recently, I cannot buy any equipment to get going at this stage.
@@DigitalMusicXpress good luck for your job chase.
Btw, congrats for the video from Italy.
Lipa