1966 Vox Continental V301H 

This particular instrument pretty much defines the sound of that legendary rock band from Venice. Robby and John were also important, and Jims lyrics as well, no question. But, whenever you hear THIS particular organ sound, you instantly know it's the Doors.

The house of the rising sun is hard to play. It shows you how good Alan Price was!

It doesn’t matter that this wasn’t a perfect demonstration. This video was awesome and extremely enjoyable to watch. Well narrated. Informative. A good length. High definition. Sounded great. Loved it.

THE DOORS!!!!! MAN I FUCKING LOVE THESE GUYS, WHAT A LEGENDARY BAND

Thanks for restoring this gorgeous Vox organ to such beautiful condition.

Probably the most iconic keyboard ever created

Very cool, all you need now is the keyboard bass that Ray Manzarek used, to go with it and you're sorted, would love to score one for myself.

Your playing was well beyond anything I can put out. But it did made me realize how unforgiving this instrument actually is. And it definitely made me respect the sound and groove the late Ray Manzarek got out of this machine.

Aww! That organ is a beauty! It made me sad to know that the organ was literally beating up by the UPS shipping guy and had to be repaired, but on the flip side it sounds absolutely gorgeous especially on the vibrato setting.

i liked your avant-garde reimagining of the doors

Wow, gotta say I’m really impressed with the quality of everything in this video, voice, angles, lightning, audio, this is what youtube was made for

Very nicely done. I really appreciate all the work, you put into this timeless piece of history.

It asks to play "Light My Fire" - a definitely Vox Continental song

I applauded your love, vision and ability to bring something back to what ( oh shoot, you just cued my jam, 96 tears yaaaaassss! 🎹💯). It once was…that’s a true musician right there…well done young man, well done. Keep our music alive and well. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

the sound of my youth....bravo!

Dude... i enjoyed so much this video. Thanks a lot

Oh yes and the Dave Clark Five band used this keyboard in their songs. It was very popular in the 60s. Great demo you gave!

long live ray

Love this video i was exactly expecting you to play a doors song

Brilliantly done and executed…you got the the authentic vibe happening..sounds amazing well done…thankyou from Andy in Adelaide South Australia 🇦🇺

96 Tears...love it!

I'm fascinated by this but it would take me 7.5 billion years to get half as good as you.

Great intro. Love does great things

I love the animals song that you played

I had the pleasure of opening for the Animals way back in the day.....my band The Fugitives-they were amazing!

Light my fire!!! 96 Tears! House of…! -> Perfect songs for the demo.😎 I had to play those in the 60s on a Farfisa. Always wanted the Vox. (No tubes in the Farfisa)

Playing and owning both a Vox Continental and Farfisa Combo Compact organs during the mid to later 60’s was something else back in the day. Through today in my early 70’s I still own 2 Vox Continentals in very good shape. One is a single keyboard and the other a “Super Continental” as they called them that is a Double Keyboard Organ. They are Antiques today for sure and I haven’t thought of ever selling them.

Amazing restoration! Nice job!

Goodvideo! and Good Light My Fire too.

I've had a V-301H since 1989. Ever once in a while, a transistor in one of the divider pairs would fail, so I would replace that pair. But it's been stable now for several years.

thanks for the great video, really interesting stuff and nice playing

Awesome sound. Hurrah for the 60's! Via the Vox Continental....

A fine organ!

They were a nice instrument

Nothing but excellent. Bravo man!

Wow! Incredibly good video! You are VERY GOOD!!!

I liked the part of 96 tears of ? and the mysterians

Always wanted to play this organ

so much work to plug it into a kustom solid state. and yes, the doors, can never miss

Awesome sound

Keep practicing light my fire. You'll get it.

COME ON BABY LIGHT MY FIRE

This video is great!!!

Nice Ed Sullivan impression!

They used this on allot of Monkees songs I'm a believer most noticable with the intro vox organ lick

Great song selection.

Great restoration work!

Sweet looking 1966 Vox Continental! That screans Oldies to the Max! Great Restoration on i despite how UOS shipped it to you! Enjoy that Gem and hope to see more videos on it! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Props, man! Great rehab job, great demo.

Respect

Very cool Austin, nice video!

Great video! Just remember to turn on the lights so we can see better

Used by Augie Meyers with Doug Sahm "She's about a Mover" I used to have a Farfisa, traded it for the Vox Contnental, then traded the Vox for the Hammond. I still have the Hammond and also have a Yamaha Reface YC that does a pretty copy of the Continental, Farfisa, etc.

Super cool, great job

Adoro Doors Animals muito bom mesmo sem palavras um abraço do Brasil

Se pul ve da, California. Very cool vid!!

Alan Price-Organ 👍❤️

É isso aí, quem sabe sabe, parabéns!

Very cool.

Wonder how much beer got inside this thing. As a side note, a Thomas home organ was used to record 96 tears.😁😁

Wonderful Video! Nice touch adding a Question Mark tune and an Animals tune

is that the same model that mr ingle (ingel?) - Iron Butterfly - used in Inna Gadda DaVida? cool vid & thanks

That was great!! Thanks...

awesome! thx for sharing

I am a manager for an Estate Liquidator & we are currently selling one of these. Pretty cool 😎

One of the sexiest keyboards ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had a Ludwig supraphonic snare drum. It had a ink stamped date or October 24th 1964. It got stolen. I've never recovered

I'm sorry but that was the funniest Light My Fire ever!

Amazing

Estimado muy buenas música norteña mexicana de bronco sus inicios esos efectos???

Was this the kind of organ that Alan Price used in The House Of The Rising Sun? I ask that because it sure almost sounds like it. From a couple of angles during the video that I just watched, the keys on the beautiful organ look almost exactly like the ones from the 1964 video of House of the Rising Sun.

Augie Meyers of the Sir Douglas Quintent.

🎼🎶 let my fire

fucking sweet bro. hopefully getting my own v301j soon!

Never understood why the colours inversed! Hammond used inversed colours for non-notes keys, used for settings, and that made sense...

i want one 🗿😭

Awesome job on the organ dude! She's a beaute! Also, fuck the criticism of egomaniacs. It may not be the best LMF around but as long as you're having fun that's all that fucking matters. You're nonchalant attitude and class got my respect dude. I got your back home boy. Austin Hutto FTW!

4:47 light my fire 8:20 when the music over

Sepulveda California is pronounced Seh-pull-veh-duh.

Is this the one Strawberry Alarm Clock used ???????????????

I have a V301H in near mint condition, I bought it in 2011 and seller did an excellent job on the packaging, only thing that really bothers me is I've had 3 key contacts break since I've owned it, this Connie looks like it's never been gigged or played hard but broken key contacts are a repair that should not be performed by mere mortals.nice video, I love 60s combo organs.

What was the song played after Light My Fire?

I'm stumped. What song are you playing after 96 Tears??

Kustom, the Most Comfortable Amplifiers and Speaker Cabs.

let's start a band!

Brought here from Circles (Esher Demo) by the Beatles

Can i have it? Lol

Was the date of manufacture stamped on the side of the lowest C# key?

You butchered the light my fire intro but your restoration was good.

Lindo.

The UPS guy? Was it packaged properly? I've had no problems with UPS, it's been the shippers that wouldn't package the organs properly,I've only had 1 combo organ arrive damaged, An Elka Panther the seller sent by itself with no packaging, no damage to the outside but everything came loose inside, took me a couple months to get it back 100%, I like to see the organs double boxed with thick styrofoam blocks on all corners, packed tight so not able to move inside.

dude the volumen on this video is too low

1:11 amogus 😳

Ray Manzarek???...is that u???

Wish I could get one, but they are all over 1000 dollars everywhere I look so no luck :(

exellenty

How about "In A Gadda Da Vida"?

song in 7:10??

Too bad you didn't show some other drawbar combinations where you can get that classic Animals of Paul Revere and the Raiders sound. Just push in those middle 2 drawbars about half way.

Can you play I’m down?