 About
this site I owned a Farfisa Fast 5 organ when I was a kid. Well, I got it when I was a kid -- for Christmas when I was 13, in 1968. My folks spoiled me that year, getting me that organ, and a Gibson Thor amp to go with it. After a couple years I bought a Model 120 Leslie, which made a big improvement in the sound, and later a 147 with a combo preamp pedal that improved it even more. I played that Farfisa in bands in high school and college, until 1976. By then the keys clacked like crazy and the action was worse than anything you've ever played, but in all other respects it was still in 100% working order. It was the best Christmas present ever. So call this a sort of Farfisa homage. Farfisa User Reviews at harmony-central.com
The Farfisa Marketplace and links Completed Farfisa auctions at ebay Farfisas at the synthzone.com And in the interest of historical credibility....a pic of me sitting at my Fast 5, circa 1973. Gibson Thor amp to the right.  |
The
Farfisa Combo Series Click pic for the Combo Series page 
Pics and text from a 1969 brochure for the four "Combo series" Farfisa organs. Plus more pics of each model, collected from the internet. These are the organs that helped define the "garage band" sound of the '60's and early '70's. The Farfisa Fast Series Click pic for the Fast Series page  In
1968, Farfisa released its "Fast" (Farfisa
All Silicon
Transistors) series of organs
(this
obviously was when being fully transistorized was considered a good
thing).
Featured here are pics and text from 1969 brochures for each of the
Fast
organs; the Owners Manual for the Fast 4 and Fast 5 organs; and more
pics. Farfisa Amplifiers Click pic for the Amp brochure page  Farfisa's
BR80 and BR80 Twin amplifiers were "state of the art" in 1969, but
didn't
sell very well in the U.S. Pics here are from a 1969 brochure. Farfisa June 1969 Price List Click pics for larger image of the price list
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"The dual manual Nord C1 Combo Organ comprises three types of vintage organs: a classical tonewheel, Vox Continental and Farfisa Compact Deluxe, all carefully modeled from their originals." |
