Jon Lord's Keyboards and Synthesizers

In this video, Jon Lord talks about his Hammond B3. These are the most common drawbar settings (for "the beast" sound):

  • The first four (lower) drawbars near maximum or maximum
  • The last two (higher) drawbars on 1, 2 or 3, depending on the amplification and acoustics of the environment.
  • Al the other 3 middle drawbars on minimum or mute.

It would be something like (in values): 888800022

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In this Getty Images photo from 1987, Jon Lord is seen playing a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer during a Deep Purple concert in Los Angeles.

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At 5:51 the RMI can be seen next to the Hammond organ.

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Jon Lord using a Moog Memorymoog Plus on stage. This organ was developed in 1982-1985. Picture was taken in Deep Purple concert in Australia, November 1984. (Photo by Hideo Kojima/Shinko Music/Getty Images).

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In a live 1993 performance of "Beethoven" by Deep Purple, Jon Lord is seen playing the Hammond XB-2 Organ at the 1:20 mark of the video.

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In the Video, Jon Lord plays the Hammond C3 hard overdriven with a Tube Marshall Full Stack

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Jon Lord Playing ARP String Ensemble With Deep Purple At Nippon Budokan (MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Jon Lord playing keyboards with Deep Purple at Nippon Budokan, December 15th, 1975. (Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)

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In the user-uploaded photo from Procolharum, Jon Lord is pictured playing a Hammond A-100 Organ.

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In this video Jon plays a Memorymoog

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In the source provided by The Concert Database, Jon Lord is seen with an ARP Pro Soloist synthesizer positioned directly behind him, indicating its use in his performances.

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Jon Lord can be seen playing an ARP Odyssey in this photo.

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Korg M1 can be seen at 1:00 on the video.

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Minimoog can be seen in picture of Jon Lord on this tweet from JonLord.org.

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According to Roland UK, Jon said “The V-Piano is nigh on perfect. Astoundingly good – responsive and intuitive. A great pleasure to play”.

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Jon Lord on stage with a Kurzweil PC2x LONDON - 25th SEPTEMBER: English drummer Ian Paice from Deep Purple performs live on stage with keyboard player Jon Lord (1941-2012) behind at the Sunflower Jam in Porchester Hall, London on 25th September 2008. (Photo by Dick Barnatt/Redferns)

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I've got a little Kurzweil MicroPiano which gives me a wonderful piano? KEYBOARD MAGAZINE JUNE 1998

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Jon Lord with a Hohner Clavinet D6 at Nippon Budokan (MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Deep Purple Jon Lord live at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, December 1975. (Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)

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In this photo, Lord can be seen playing a Vox Continental on The Dating Game (a U.S. television show) in October 1968.

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In an interview published in Music UK in May 1983, Jon Lord confirmed his use of the Moog Opus 3, stating, "I still use my old Hammond organ, which has been modified I don't know how many times. It's got all sorts of things built into it. On top of that there's a Clavinet and a Moog Opus which I basically use just to fatten-up the sounds. That's all on one side of me on stage."

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