Marketed by Klassic Keys GB (Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England).

This particular XK-3c is in a commendable condition. There are usually numerous dinks/abrasions (mostly on the wooden end-panels)..see photos....well, only one obvious dink! This one has been well cared for/ungigged? The protective film is still on the display.

Dolly Parton's band at Glastonbury had one on stage.....nuff said, pardner!.......

Sourced from a Berkshire domestic studio, and complete with decent amplifier, handy gigbag, full manual, volume pedal, X-stand and mains cord + free mainland UK delivery in a box...EVERYTHING works 100%, even PAT tested...We believe that this model is the BEST one ever made. NO extra instruments, an organ should just be an organ, Its Japanese made, so robust/reliable; and much easier to repair if anything goes wrong in the future (NO SMT...which is an absolute (costly) nightmare to fix, if it can be fixed...ask any tech...).

Was used in recording sessions with Peter Green & Cosy Powell (just before his fatal car crash), so some rock provenance there....

Designed with the professional musician in mind, the XK-3c is built upon the outstanding features and astounding tone-wheel type sound found on the legendary XK-3 organ. Many of the most requested advanced features and effects never before found are now on board....still has 132 memory slots, that should be adequate.....plus pitch-bend and mod wheels, two genuine valves/tubes inside to generate warm overdrive, and a superb reverb, MIDI, Leslie socket & stereo outputs.

"Out of the Box", the XK-3c is set up to be reminiscent of a very fine vintage Hammond B-3 Organ. However, the instrument allows you advanced and comprehensive control over all of the different features of a Hammond Organ. This allows you to mould it into your "Dream Organ" which will sound and play exactly as you wish. Until now, technicians have commanded high prices to customize a B-3 to individual tastes-Now you have all of this control at your fingertips, in a simple interface. Or you can just play your XK-3c without modification-either way its designed to be a "mirror image" of a classic B3/C3 Hammond Organ. The "c" stands for computer....so now you know. KKGB dont......we will just play it....

The XK-3c can be used strictly as a single keyboard or expanded into a two-manual B-3 like organ, with stand.

Vase III sound engine

Control multiple keyboards and sound modules from the XK3C improved digital leslie sound quality

New MIDI Control features make it easy to integrate your computer based software and MIDI instruments.

Assignable controllers for MIDI instruments

Advanced digital Leslie and vibrato scanner

Advanced MIDI Master "real-time" controller functions.

Digital Tone Wheel

The XK-3c's digital tone wheel generator is based on the same principles as the vintage mechanical tone-wheel generator. The 96 digital tone-wheels are constantly oscillating and re-create the original Wow and Flutter. In the vintage Hammonds, the close proximity of the mechanical wheels produced an imperfection called "leakage" that came to be part of the original charm of the instrument. This effect has been recaptured and may be introduced incrementally into your personal sound setup. The XK-3c has full polyphony, and the keyboard has been updated to feel and play like a vintage B-3.

Every vintage B-3 has its own personality and voice, based on the age and condition of the mechanical tone-wheel generator. The XK-3c allows you to tailor the organ's digital tone-wheel generator to your own specification and further, to recall it in an instant. There are 5 basic tone-wheel sets: B-Type 1, B-Type 2, Mellow, Brite, and Saw., with variations of each. There are also further levels of control for the user who seeks a wider variation and customization of sound. Each of the 96 digital tonewheels can be individually voiced for volume, timbre, motor noise and leakage, and recalled as a complete custom setup. Note that these settings are not compiled effects, but are controls of the sound generators themselves.

Split & Manual Bass

You can split the 51-note keyboard into "upper" and "lower" ranges, or have the lowest part of the keyboard serve as "manual bass". Yet another variation of the "manual bass" feature plays the "pedal" part on the lowest note played. With the keyboard spiit, this can mimic the characteristics of a two-manual and pedal performance.

HAMMOND XK3C Specs

Keyboard: 73 waterfall-style (61 + 12 black "preset" keys). Keys are velocity sensitive.

Drawbars: 2 sets of 9 and 1 set of 2 drawbars

Sound Generator: VASE ill sound generator creates 96 digital tone-wheels. Tone-wheel leakage noise and motor-noise are adjustable wheel by wheel

Presets: Original B-3 reverse colour keys, storing 132 programmable memory slots

Polyphony: Full polyphony (unlimited)

Leslie: Advanced digital Leslie and scanner vibrato

Pre-amp & Overdrive: New dual tube amp (using Tube type 12AX7,12AU7) for pre amplification and overdrive

Reverb: 10 Modes

Sustain: On Pedal Drawbars

Wheel: Pitch bend, Modulation

Panel Controls: LESLIE" Slow/fast, on/off, breaklthru, effect

Vibrato/Chorus Upper On, Lower on, V1, V2, V3, C1, C2, C3 with 6 position rotary knob,

Emphasis and Depth are adjustable for each position

Panel Controls:

Percussion Second, third, decay fast, soft

Control Manual bass, split

Assignable MIDI controllers Upper 1, 2, 3, Lower 1, 2,

Pedal, on/off, Value knobs

Effect Tube amp, reverb on

User Assignable function

Display switch Page up/down, parameter, value ±, rotary encoder,

Menu/exit, play, rec/jump, bank

Volume Control Master volume, tone control, tube overdrive

Display: 20-Characters, 2-Line backlight LCD

Terminal: AC input, Line out UR, send/return, LESLIE" 11-Pin, MIDlln1/ln2/ Out, Headphone, input for expression Pedal EXP-100F, expression Pedal V-20R and input for foot-switch FS·9H & Leslie half moon switch CU-1 Adding Lower keyboard and Pedal possible via MIDI

Card Slot: CompactFlash

Power Supply: any voltage twixt 100 <>250Vac <> easily flipped internally

Dimensions:119cm(W) X 40cm(D) X 12cm(H)

Weight is 18.5 kg (40.8 Ibs). ..B3 is around 85Kgs (without bass pedals)....

Sale is via HMRC VAT margin scheme. This simply means that no VAT may be reclaimed by registered entities. Private buyers are unaffected. UK price is £1375 with FREE UK (mainland) delivery. KKGB are now including a FREE amplifier and an X-stand; that's a complete working system. Not bad, yes?

EXPORT price is £1225 <> all enquiries welcome..no free amp or X-stand, however....KKGB ship (nearly) worldwide.