and he kindly got right back to me personally with the following information about my trusty
old Standel Amp, as follows:
"Hi Jon,
Your Standel was built in 1965/66. It has 40 watts of power output (80 watts is power consumption with the amp being 50% efficient) and four ten-inch Jensen speakers.
Hope that helps.
All the best,
Danny “Sage” McKinney
The Standel Co."
The Amp (sounds way better than it looks folks): (original casters)
Back of Amp, notice information is scratched on the plates with a tool
Close up image Standel The Artist X
with spring reverb and tremelo
I first came in to contact with Standel amps when I shared a rehearsal space in
San Francisco with the band Quicksilver Messenger Service. John Cipollina one of
the 2 guitarists (Gary Duncan was other guitarist) had a very unique set up
in our rehearsal hall on Harrison St. SF, incorporating 6 Fender Twin Reverb Amps,
4 Fender Dual Showman heads and 2 big 2 x 15" Standel amps on either side with
similar front panel configuration to my Artist model. He also had his rig going
through brass high frequency horns. It was loud and it sounded good!
I got my Standel amp at Silver & Horland music shop on 48th St. in NYC in the
late 70's for 90 bucks and it's still working today.
Yesterday we featured some of the lost tapes of our good friend Les Paul R.I.P.
The Lost Les Paul Tapes 1988 from Jon Hammond Show - Recorded April 4, 1988 NYC
As seen on The Jon Hammond Show MCTV a 1988 performance of Les Paul Trio at Fat Tuesday's NYC "There's No Place Like Home" dedicated to Les' Mom aka "Sniff Along With Les" hilarious commentary from Les.
*note from Jon Hammond: apology for some slight tracking variance, the historic nature of these previously lost tapes determine I broadcast this again in Les' memory.
Gary Mazzaroppi is the bass player and Lou Pallo second guitar (also a Gibson according to Les!)
Special thanks Roger Bell, Joe Berger, Rusty Paul.
RIP Les - Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009)
Jon Hammond is a Hammond Artist and member of AFM Local 802 and Local 6 Musicians Union, Host
of daily radio program HammondCast on KYOU Radio
Have a great day folks, and a better one tomorrow! Keep it tuned to KYOU Radio
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Standel Amplifiers, Wes Montgomery, Bob Crooks, Danny Sage McKinney, John Cipollina,
Jon Hammond, HammondCast, KYOU Radio, XK-3c, XK-1, B3 organ, Local 802 Musicians Union Tech Talk from Jon Hammond Using Vintage Fender Amplifiers Live XK-1 and XK-3 Series Organ
Organist Accordionist Jon Hammond says: "I have been using stock 1965 Fender vintage Band-Master piggyback amps and 1965 Fender Twin Reverb amp with factory JBL speaker option to power my XK-1 and XK-3 organs, also XB-2 prior to that. You can't beat that combination on the band stand as a portable solution to the classic B3 Leslie combo (I own 2 B3's, a 1965 and 1959 models with stock 122 and Bill Beer custom high-power Keyboard Products Leslie in flight cases) this sound has served me well for many years. I started playing professional gigs with a blonde 1964 Fender Band-Master I scored from Leo at Leo's Music in Oakland CA with my electric Giulietti accordion. These amps are well suited to either accordion or Hammond organ by nature. In 1987 I had the good fortune to meet Leo Fender on the way back to USA from the Frankfurt Musikmesse, we had a lengthy discussion in Frankfurt Airport on this topic. Nobody has come up with a better more comfortable sound solution for my own taste yet, and the Hammond Suzuki engineers have done a wonderful job at recreating the sound and feel of the real deal Hammond organs with the XK series, and I still use my XB-2 organs on occasion also."
Jon Hammond is a member of AFM Local 802 and Local 6 Musicians Union, ASCAP Composer Publisher
and leader of Jon Hammond Band, Host of Jon Hammond Show TV and daily HammondCast radio program
English: 1965 Fender Bandmaster piggyback amplifier belonging to Jon Hammond with 2 x 12" factory Fender Jensen speakers stock. Hammond uses it currently with his Hammond XK-1 Organ and Excelsior Accordion with Sennheiser pickups.
English: Jon Hammond at XK-1 Hammond Organ in concert at JAZZKELLER FRANKFURT at annual "Musikmesse Warm Up Party". On the JON HAMMOND Band with Jon, Tony Lakatos tenor sax, Joe Berger guitar, Heinz Lichius drums. Funky Swingin' Jazz and Blues.
Fender Band-Master, 1965 Twin Reverb, Factory JBL Speakers, XK-3c, XK-1, XB-2, B3, Organ, Giulietti, Excelsior, Accordion, Jon Hammond, Jazz, Funk Soul, Local 802 Musicians Union Jon Hammond Band Plays The Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWkW6pFphH4
HAMMOND ARTIST JON HAMMOND AT MUSIKMESSE For 24 years, jazz organist
Jon Hammond has brought a touch of New York soul to the Musikmesse Trade show in Frankfurt, Germany with an all-star band. This year was no exception, and joining Jon and his Hammond XK-1 on the stand was Giovanni Gulino on drums, Tony Lakatos on tenor saxophone, and Jon's long-time guitarist Joe Berger. The event was the Musikmesse Warm Up Party at the Jazzkeller in Frankfurt. Here are a couple of videos from the date. We think they got it wrong--this ain't "Warm", it's RED HOT!!
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