My name is Jim, I run this site, and play Farfisa in The Infrasonics and in The Columbines. I am launching a new section of the site called My Farfisa, a place where anyone who comes to the site can post about their Farfisa. I figured I would check it out to make sure that everything is working!
Restored by the awesome folks at Smashing Guitars in Asheville, NC, my Farfisa is a pristine, working model of what a Compact Deluxe should be. Â In addition to all the bells and whistles that the Deluxe is known for, someone along the way added two modifications to this beast. Â The first black knob in the picture adds a volume pot for the Bass section. Â The second knob adds depth to the onboard reverb.
I go back and forth between a few different amps depending on my mood. They are a restored Gibson Sabre Reverb, a Shure Vocalmaster Deluxe PA Head, and a Roland KC-300.
For effects, I seem to always have a Maestro Parametric Filter on for filter sweeps and it’s great fuzz, possibly a ProCo Rat for getting dirty, and definitely a Moogerfooger Ring Modulator with an expression pedal in the frequency for variable speed modulations.