The real deal! 
by Havlicek from East Hampton, NY USA, June 2006
Music Background:  Musician, recordist, songwriter

Having just finished talking about the current lineup of organs at an online forum, I wanted to add my review here while the thoughts were still fresh in my mind. While there are many ways to simply add an organ track to a song using various samplers...if you want to PLAY organ, an actual organ is the only way to go. Of all the currently-available organs, the BX3 is easily the king...including the Hammond XK3. The attention to detail on this thing is nothing short of stunning and even the Leslie-sim is so good that you'd really have to work long and hard to justify using a Leslie (figuring-in the mics and hassles). The cabinet-work is attractive and while the overall style of thing is sort of "post-modern"...I could easily see this piece comfortably sitting in a church, living room, studio or stage.
Sound-wise, Korg really did their homework when designing the BX3 as it just reeks of authenticity and you can get as microscopic as you want when editing the sounds. In a playing situation...call-up a preset and then toggle between the preset and the drawbars. The preset's "global" settings like distortion, Leslie/amp etc. stuff will still apply to your drawbar settings...nice! On a related front, about anything will sound neat going through either a real or a good copy of a Leslie...but stop the Leslie for jazzy/precussive stuff or distorted rock stuff and many organs' sound falls-apart. The BX3 still sounds meaty and full...wonderful!
The "purists" will complain that it's not a real organ and that's a load of nonsense. What makes a real organ isn't the weight, age, noisiness or difficulty of using the thing...it's the sound and the playability...and the BX3 is as real as it gets. If I were handed a mint B3/Leslie tommorrow knowing what I know about the BX3...I'd sell the Hammond in a heartbeat.

Hammond RE-BORN! 
by Ben Allen from Noth Carolina, June 2004

Hammond RE-BORN! by Ben Allen - Noth Carolina, March 2004

This is one bad little organ! ohh is it not a real organ? My BAD It sure does sound real!



This is the Hammond Monster re-born



If you can think of a sound that that old HAMMONDS CAN MAKE, then the Korg Bx-3 CAN SURE DELIVER that same sound with dead-on accuracy. This baby is WAY better than the "Hammond" a.k.a. Suzuki XK2, and it's miles ahead of there new XK3 as well. THE WATERFALL KEYS ARE just perfect! AND THAT Leslie! ONE word, WOW! this thing has the best leslie simulation of ANY clone out there! And the cool part is, it can do ANY leslie you want.. 122, 145, 50C, WHATEVER!



If you DIG that wonderful Hammond Sound, but don't want a bad back or a bill from the roadies, then the BX-3 is for you!



(note, i DO NOT work for Korg INC, or Korg USA)




I am just a keyboardist/organist who wanted THAT sound, and looked for years and never found it... UNTILL NOW..




Amazing! Just Amazing!

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