The Hammond XLK-5 will turn your XK-5 keyboard into a two manual ultra portable Hammond Organ.
Your can now also adding bass pedals.
Once connected, the XLK automatically plays both lower / left drawbars on the lower manual. This is SO IMPORTANT for playing authentic ‘Hammond Chops'.
Because you now have two manuals, you can forget about split points. You can now get low down and dirty with the upper manual and hit the lower notes which before were restricted by the keyboards spilt point normally used for left hand chords or bass.
The lower manual which is also 61 notes will allow you to play in that ‘oh so cool' style of left and bass grooves with lower manual generated chords and chops used so much by the likes of Jimmy McGriff, Brother Jack McDuff and the late Jimmy Smith + many more Hammond Groovers.
The conversion from XK-5 to XK-5 System using the XLK-5 does not take long and involves nothing more complicated than plugging in a couple of cables, removing the original sides from the XK-5 and dropping the 'naked' instrument into the lower keyboard assembly.
You now have fully independent control of upper and lower drawbars using the reverse colour pre-set keys
You can also buy the complete organ as an XK-5 System as well as the upgrade kit. |
