Property of Grateful Dead Productions

Vince Welnick

Hammond XB2 Organ, ca. 1990

Keyboar🍸d (46 x 12.5 x 4’’). Serial number: 91040155.

Early production XB2, it became a favo🍌red and much lighter replacement for the unwieldy Hammond B3 for many touring bands. The XB2 models were the first portable Hammonds to faithfully captu𝐆re the idiosyncratic sounds of the iconic B3 drawbar tones without the 400lb weight. These were also frequently used as MIDI controllers.

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