From dale.hunter@envoy.com Tue Apr 10 14:28:03 2001
Subject:Re: XB-2 sound


Thanks for the reply, and I have already printed out the information from
the other web-site. I am using a KBR 3D, and I really do not want to get
back into lugging a Leslie around from gig to gig. I spent too many years
on the road with 2 Leslies, and a B-3, so a Leslie is not an option. The
graphic equalizer is probably going to be the best thing. In addition to
the XB-2, I have a OB 3-2, and believe it or not, the OB3-2 is not (to me)
as shrill as the XB-2. Thanks for your help


mark.longo@highmark
design.com To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
cc:
04/10/01 04:04 PM Subject: [CWSG] Re: XB-2 sound
Please respond to
CloneWheel


--- In CloneWheel@y..., dale.hunter@e... wrote:
> Here is a question for the group. I have an upgraded XB-2, and I
like the
> basic sound of the organ, but I find the upper octave to be very
thin. Are
> there modifications which can be done to an XB-2 to beef up the
higher
> octaves? I may add a graphic equalizer to improve the overall
sound, but I
> am interested in any suggestions from XB-2 owners, or previous
owners.
> Thanks

I agree that the top octave of the XB-2 is pretty thin. In fact,
think all the clones I've heard are a bit thin in the top octave
compared to the genuine article, some more so than others. The XB-2
is a bad offender in this way. I owned an XB-2 for quite a while
(did maybe 500 gigs with it over 6 or so years) and wrote several tid
bits about it for the old Hammond list, which eventually made it onto
the Hammond FAQ site. One of the bits I wrote had to do with how one
might EQ the XB-2 to improve the sound. Those old writings are still
available at:

http://theatreorgans.com/hammond/faq/files/xb-2.html

Some experimentation with an EQ can definitely improve the sound
you're getting, though it won't work miracles. The organ will have a
somewhat shrill and thin high end whatever you do. But the EQ might
make it sound acceptable.

Frankly, the best thing you can do for an XB-2 (and any other
clone for that matter) is to plug it into a nice tube-based Leslie
(if you're not already using one). I do understand that getting a
tube Leslie isn't an option for everyone. I did many gigs with my XB-
2 using in turn: it's internal Leslie simmulation (yech!), a Dynacord
CLS-222, a Voce Spin I, a Leslie 302, a PRO-3, and at last a Leslie
145. For whatever it's worth, I was about to sell my XB-2 when I
finally got a Leslie 145 and the XB-2 sounded so much better I kept
it for another year or two. But I digress.

Good luck whatever you do, and keep playing!
Mark

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