![]() I recently mixed an LP for a band that (foolishly?) decided to use farfisa on about half their songs. Name one "Fafisa-Centric" band that has recorded more than one song that any normal person would have ever heard. It can never and will never sound good on every single song in a band's repertoire. My question: has anyone found a way to get a good approximation of a Vox at a reasonable price? i.e., is the Roland VKM stuff any good for a Vox sound? What about patches for the microKorg series? Anything?Ī farfisa is a very specialized animal. My point is, that as much as I like the Farfisa's s quirky sound for the tunes I'm doing, I still find myself still lusting after the Vox sound - I recall it being so much more beefier/manlier/Irish Springier than the whiny Farfisa. With the Vox, you could get "THE rock Sound" (maybe that's why Steve Naive used to play one).įast forward 25 years, and I've recently aquired a Farfisa again, since I find myself, apparently in the throes of some existential mid-life crisis, forming a New New Wave band (or a retro New Wave band, or I suppose one could say an Old style New New Wave band. However, the Farfisa never seemed to me to have near the same cajones as the Vox. So, I ultimately sold it and got a Red Farfisa, which was much sturdier than the Vox, and cooler looking. Remember, it was New Wave, and we were changing the rules man).Īnyway, I loved the thing, but it kept breaking down on me at gigs. Back in the early 80's, whilst in an original "New Wave" band, I played a Vox organ (which I placed lovingly on an upside down trash can or sometimes an ironing board for a stand.
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