Hammond B-3 Portable
Hammond B3P

We say:
Our thoughts

We like the new B-3 a lot, and the portable is no exception. The sound is very accurate and we are not dissapointed with the comparison to the real deal. The Portable shell is perfect, and this is the organ we use for most rentals and what we recommend for anyone who moves their equipment frequently. We use it with a 122XB, but many of our customers prefer the 771. The portable has the exact same internals as the cabinet version.

Hammond says:
Information from manufacturer

NEW B-3

The PORTABLE B-3, like the NEW B-3 is an exact digital duplication of Hammond's original B-3. Except now you'll enjoy the ability of being able to take your instrument with you whenever you want. It comes in several lightweight components making it easy to set up and take down.

PURE Hammond

Since its introduction in 1955, the Hammond B3 has become the essential performance tool for the worlds great keyboard players. The instantly recognizable B3 sound is synonymous with the world of popular music, while no concert stage would seem complete without a B3´s imposing wooden design. Now look at the Portable B3. Simple clean lines. All that magnificent and glorious sound. And portable.

B3 design specifications

Now, for the first time Hammond has exactly replicated the original B3 design specifications with the introduction of the NEW B3.

Sound generator system

The unique B3 sound is reproduced by a revolutionary newly designed sound generator system (96DigitalToneWheels™), which recreates all of those wonderful idiosyncrasies of the Tone wheel generator which have eluded all previous digital systems.

Waterfall keys & harmonic drawbars

Two, 61 note, B3 style, waterfall key, keyboards allow for the essential performance characteristics of the Hammond masters, especially effortless palm glissandos. While four complete sets of nine traditional harmonic drawbars and twenty four reverse colour key presets achieve total ease of set up.

Mechanical multi-contact system

It is by utilizing several tone varying features that the B3 performs so uniquely. Upper and lower pitch foldback subtly effects the overall sound, while, probably, the most important and interesting feature is the nine key contact system operating on each key. These contacts connect from each of the nine drawbar pitches and by pressing a key slowly each pitch level can be determined, high to low. This system created the earliest form of touch response for tone variance as well as expression. This mechanical contact system is also responsible for Hammond´s famous key click noise, an unintended feature that became an essential component of the B3 character. The NEW B3 incorporates a complete mechanical contact system, totally unique in a modern instrument.

B3 expression curve

Sound dynamics are controlled by an exact copy of the original B3 expression curve incorporated in the new instruments foot volume controller.