Viscount Legend Live

I'm a Hammond organ techician, and as such I am _extremely_ aware how a real tonewheel Hammond sounds, works and plays. I still prefer bringing a proper tonewheel Hammond to my gigs, but sometimes it isn't possible these days, so I just had to get a clone. Tried all I could find, and the Legend is BY FAR the best buy, in my book. There are a couple of others that can match it sound wise, but none at the same price point. The Viscount Legend is an absolute bargain that delivers great sound and actually responds like a real Hammond.

On the downside: the wood parts chip easily, and the painted metal scratches very easily. If it were powder coated instead of painted it would be perfect - but alas, it's not. Also, the output level from the 11-pin Leslie output is a tad too low and does not quite conform to the Leslie standard.

My previous organ was Hammond XK1, and I've used it for the past 10 years. I upgraded to Viscount legend live, and so far I have no complaints. Sounds really good, better than XK1. I'm running it to Leslie 760, but I've tried the onboard leslie sim with my headphones and it sounds very, very good on slow. You can tell it's not a real leslie on fast, but I could see myself using it for gigs where I can't take the real deal.
What bothered me the most before purchasing was the claims (from some people online) that the action is too stiff. I don't find it too stiff, maybe it's not identical to the real hammond, but the action is just fine. And the trigger point is quite high, so you can play very fast.

If I had to choose one thing that I don't like - it's the blue LEDs. They are quite bright, and I think I'll use a permanent marker to dim them a bit. But it's a minor annoyance in otherwise superb keyboard. 5 stars.