Organ Sound ELECTRO-HARMONIX B9 ORGAN MACHINE

Gordon Hartin · Post by **Gordon Hartin** » 19 Jun 2014 11:31 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98u-MDTKAWU

I know many have used a Pog, but...

Gordon

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 19 Jun 2014 1:08 pm

Pretty impressive.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 19 Jun 2014 1:22 pm

I'm a sucker for these kind of pedals.
I've got one on order!

Mike Wheeler · Post by **Mike Wheeler** » 19 Jun 2014 1:33 pm

I'd definitely have that in my bag of gadgets if I was still gigging. That sounds amazing!

Dom Franco · Post by **Dom Franco** » 19 Jun 2014 2:42 pm

I would love to hear a demo with a steel guitar (given the extra sustain possible)
I bet it would require some careful attention to picking, blocking and bar vibrato.

The guitarist was using very precise fingering and some open strings in the demo. And the sound cuts off the instant the string stops vibrating. This would make some changes in playing style necessary.
Dom

Don Mogle · Post by **Don Mogle** » 19 Jun 2014 3:49 pm

Impressive!

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 19 Jun 2014 3:59 pm

Nice find Gordon! Seems to combine the rotating effect and organ tone generator into one box! Like buying a Pog and a Leslie box.

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 19 Jun 2014 4:06 pm

It's funny---I've worked on technique & gear to get me close enough to enjoy myself (although I sold my Pog--just didn't like it). This is so good that I almost resist it as too good.
The separate guitar level control is very cool. Brings a lot of versatility.
I agree with Dom--I'm interested in how it handles bending, sliding, pedaling and bad intonation. Not only will that spoil the organ effect; it might sound glitchy.
The thing really tracks well, though. Doesn't it?

Dickie Whitley · Post by **Dickie Whitley** » 19 Jun 2014 4:41 pm

...I just looked at Musician's Friend, Sweetwater, and American Musical......none have as far as I can tell. I'll have to go look at the video site and see where you can get it...

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 19 Jun 2014 5:23 pm

It's available as a pre-sell for $220 on a few sites. I gave up on the POG as well. The POG required the addition of a leslie sim to be complete and that turned into a kluge.

Eric Philippsen · Post by **Eric Philippsen** » 19 Jun 2014 6:10 pm

Wow. Been a long time since I was knocked over by ANY piece of equipment. Trolling the internet shows everybody can't wait to get one.

I'm thinking Electro Harmonix just might have hit a home run with this baby.

Bill Moran · Post by **Bill Moran** » 19 Jun 2014 6:24 pm

Dickie Whitley wrote:...I just looked at Musician's Friend, Sweetwater, and American Musical......none have as far as I can tell. I'll have to go look at the video site and see where you can get it...

Here it is !!
http://www.lamusic.ca/Electro-Harmonix- ... achine.htm

Nathan Guilford · Post by **Nathan Guilford** » 20 Jun 2014 10:52 am

I'm definitely excited. I think I'll wait till I can order it from the US though. It sounds really awesome on the Youtube video, but doesn't everything?

Eric Philippsen · Post by **Eric Philippsen** » 20 Jun 2014 12:25 pm

This just wowed me too much. So, I pulled the trigger and pre-ordered one through Sweetwater Music, a big music catalog and retail outlet in Indiana. (Sweetwater.com) About $220 or so with free shipping. Delivery next week or thereabouts. Fine by me.

Jay Ganz · Post by **Jay Ganz** » 20 Jun 2014 1:07 pm

Organ tones are pretty nice for sure. I didn't hear any authentic leslie/rotary sounds (unless I missed them in the demo)
but I have the Strymon Lex for that anyway.

Josh Rossow · Post by **Josh Rossow** » 20 Jun 2014 2:14 pm

Thanks for posting this Gordon, very cool pedal. I got a Pog2 not to long ago and a digital leslie pedal from Hammond. Although the pog2 sounds pretty good, it makes me wish I would of waited a little longer, I would of probably gone with the b9 organ instead of the pog2. I'm getting a kick out of getting these organ effects out of the steel. Gunna give this pedal a try and see how it is compared to the Pog2.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 20 Jun 2014 2:28 pm

Sounds great!

Ron Whitworth · Post by **Ron Whitworth** » 20 Jun 2014 7:50 pm

Yes, this really sounds good.

Can you just imagine Buddy playing around with this new
toy for a couple of days then just cutting loose with it
- man I would love to see/hear that!!
Ron

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 21 Jun 2014 7:33 am

I can't wait to use that pedal together with this one:

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 21 Jun 2014 8:56 am

You can hear the Leslie effects. He may not have the speed cranked up to where you (or me) like it. He should have demonstrated that. They sound good enough to me to use as an effect on stage. I had a Pog2 and a Rotochoir rotating speaker pedal. While that combination worked fair good, I couldn't stand having to step on 2 pedals to get the organ/leslie sound. I ended up keeping the Rotochoir and dumping the Pog2. If you want it to 100% authentic, hire a keyboard player.

Oh, and the question about it handling bend, if you watch him carefully, he actually bends string a little bit and it tracks them well. Of course, he's not bending a half or whole tone like we would.

Joe Snow · Post by **Joe Snow** » 21 Jun 2014 4:01 pm

very compelling demo. I do wonder what it does with a steel guitar.

Jay Ganz · Post by **Jay Ganz** » 21 Jun 2014 5:42 pm

You think that's somethin'.... I heard that EHX is coming out
with a pedal that makes an organ sound just like a steel guitar!

Paul Arntson · Post by **Paul Arntson** » 21 Jun 2014 9:05 pm

I wonder if it would make a cheap keyboard sound just like a B3. That way the guitar-induced artifacts should go away.
Has anybody tried it this way?

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 22 Jun 2014 8:35 am

Good question Paul. I don't think they have delivered any of these to stores yet. People are having to "pre-order" them.

Paul Arntson · Post by **Paul Arntson** » 22 Jun 2014 9:35 am

I just read the blurb. They claim " the B9 Organ Machine will transform your guitar or keyboard" so I guess it's supposed to. Sounds like a lot of fun and more portable than a B3.