Farfisa MiniCompact

No brainer, it's all spelled out in front of you. It does take some time setup the legs and back panel depending upon the organ's condition.

The action is solid and a good tech can make sure all the keys are level. No expansion, no options... just play.

Classic sounds make for really fun playing. It really just has to mimic itself! The action seems just right for what it does.

Reliable once it's all tuned and checked out by a tech. No need for a backup.

You will have to have a friendly, knowledgeable tech if things go wrong.

I would definitely buy another one. I have been playing for a few years now and have been blessed with a B-3, Korg BX-3 and Nord Electro 2 [more money than talent]. But this is still a favorite keyboard. It is just way too cool to look at and play. Love the vibe.

No manual. Couple presets and they all sound great. This is no editing station but a pure sonic cheese machine.

Full polyphony, action is great. No MIDI of course. Not the dual compact so it has no reverb or bass notes but this thing is light, has killer vibrato and sounds mean when you crank up the knee lever volume handle. Hold on to the keys as you power off and you'll get a relly cool sound.

This is the king for surf, old school punk and Animals/Kinks type stuff. It is so easy to use and cuts through any mix brilliantly! No fancy stuff, just plain old good tone.

These are very old(60's) and stubborn instruments. But that's the fun of it, if it was some pure, pristin,e no-strings-attached axe then it wouldn't be as entertaining to use!

Please come back Farfisa.

I would definitely buy another one if it were stolen. I've been playing my whole life and am really into vintage keyboards/pedals/amps etc. But also a plug-in/Logic junkie. I had to put some work into but all in all I got a sweet deal for the legend.

Switch on, and play. Couldn't be easier.
But, the tuning is very difficult.

Full-polyphony. I like the Keyboard very much, it's very comfortable to play.

It has it's very own sound (like any other farfiusa compact organ).
The Multi Tone Booster ads nice Vibrato.

I used it many times at Gigs. I also got a Hammond on stage and the Farfisa is a great Opposition.
I used to play it through an Korg MS20, it sounds like a polyphonic Synth.

I love old Organs and this one is really one of my favourites. If it would be stolen, I would buy a new one.

very very very easy to use.

It doesn't have tons of features, its basically a very stripped down combo compact.

This is probably one of my favorite keyboards. It has one of the most distinctive sounds in the world and if you use your imagination you can really get some incredible stuff out of it.

these things are indestructable, they are very hard to damage.

there's no such thing as customer support with farfisa

If it were lost or stolen I would buy a new one. I love combo organs and despite the fact that this thing is incredibly stripped I love it compared with a lot of others, I think I like the fact that its so restricting that you really have to use your imagination to get what you want. Also running it through a chorus pedal sounds sweet. You get the sort of sound that portishead has on their live album. running it through a wah and an expression pedal, actually any sort of pedal really enhances your possibilties.