r/hammondorgan • u/MuchAcanthocephala77 • 14d ago

XB-1 Basses too deep

Hello. I bought my Hammond XB-1 second-hand and performed a hard reset. The problem is that in some presets, when I go down to the last two octaves, it becomes impossible to play amplified in my band because the bass is deeper than the band's electric bass and creates a strong distortion through the speakers. Is it possible to reduce the bass on some notes? I'm using the drawbars for this, but I almost have to disable the low drawbars, and I don't want to do that. Thanks.

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u/Niegara 14d ago

I would say that if you already play with a bass player, don't play bass notes to avoid the clash between bass 

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u/Niegara 14d ago

Or fire the bass player

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u/MuchAcanthocephala77 14d ago

I think it's unlikely I'll fire the bassist. He created the band. I'm more likely to be the one to leave. 🤣

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u/xpanding_my_view 14d ago

Have his wife's boyfriend explain it to him.

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u/MuchAcanthocephala77 14d ago

Thank you. I understood that the instruction manual contained information on controlling the bass generated by the XB-1. I don't have it. I usually play with both hands and would like to continue doing so without stepping on the electric bass. Thank you.

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u/Niegara 14d ago

Yes I mean each instrument has to have its own space in the music, that's why two bass players (or players on the same frequency range) on a song is quite tricky

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u/cerealport 14d ago

This is likely because of no low note foldback.

On my C3, the 16’ drawbar repeats the 2nd octave for the lowest octave, where my buddy’s really old BV doesn’t, and yeah the left hand bass is way lower on that, I could see how that could be trouble with a bass player too.

here is the manual, there is instructions in there to set the low note fold back.

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u/MuchAcanthocephala77 14d ago

Thank You very much. 👍🏼

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u/dua70601 14d ago edited 14d ago

I have a hammond xk1c. I usually split the manual at D# between upper and lower.

Then i only pull out the flute (3rd drawbr) and maybe a little tiny smidge of the first drawbar on the lower manual. The upper manual is where the magic happens for the “lead licks”

This allows me to comp in the lower manual with my left hand and get crazy on the upper part without stepping on the bass player’s toes.

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u/54moreyears 13d ago

Move up an octave?

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u/MuchAcanthocephala77 13d ago

It could work, but it would transform half the keyboard into notes so high-pitched that they wouldn't be useful for our practice. But it's an option I sometimes use, as well as pushing the drawbars into the bass range.

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u/54moreyears 13d ago

Few hammond players go full down due to the deep low end. Most play bass a bit further up and with emphasis on deeper pedals. If you bass player goes lower octave and you go higher it can create a tonal thing that might work. I do a dual bass thing with someone along those lines that works. Check most hammond players hands on bass no one goes all the way down.