Re: Advise anyone?

[David Jacques <djacques@post.cis.smu.edu>]

Ah yes... the Farfisa....  I am curious how many people on this list 
started their playing careers like me on one of those little Farfisa 
Compact Deluxe's....  I loved that stupid knee lever where you could add 
that fuzz to your heart's content...  I was inspired to buy a Farfisa 
after hearing Country Joe and the Fish...  I quickly found that the sound 
was very limited, especially after hearing such Hammond forces as 
Steppenwolf and Vanilla Fudge...  Somehow the old Farfisa could not match 
up.. I remember watching the Today show at 7AM one morning.  Hugh Downs 
introduced the Vanilla Fudge.. THey blew out the NBC studio that morning 
with a very loud rendition of Keep Me Hanging On...  You could actually 
see the crew and the anchors covering their ears...  Very funny.  Anyway, 
that was the first time that I saw a B-3, and I know that I had to have 
one...  So my little Farfisa was relegated to Smoke on the Water duty...  
Thanks for the memory...

David Jacques

On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Pat Styles wrote:

> Let me start by apologizing for the subject of this post.  I know it is 
> considered blasphemy on this list.  I just don't know where else to go with 
> this question.
> 
> Thanks to the generous help of the members of this list, I've got my A100 
> sounding great - that is when there is someone here good enough to play it.  
> Now I'm looking to add a new sound to my inventory, something a little 
> cheezier.  I have three small Farfisa combo organs that look like they came 
> from the 60s.  None of them work well, but I figure that from the three of 
> them, it should be possible to get one up and running.  It would be nice to 
> get service manuals for these things.  I have heard of people writing letters 
> to the company with no response, so that would not appear to be an option.
> 
> I have searched the web with no substantial mention of Farfisa organs.  Is 
> there any mail list such as this one that might be full of information 
> sources 
> or does anyone here have access to information on these organs?  Parts 
> suppliers?  Repair shops?  
> 
>  Thanks
> -pat
>