From julin98@alum.mit.edu Mon Mar 11 14:40:52 2002
Subject:Re: New B-3 - a new service offered!

Ha! I hope you won't forget to shove half-a-dozen or so guitar picks
through every opening wide enough to fit one...

--- In CloneWheel@y..., "Barry" wrote:
> Since Mark just informed us that these organs are going into
production, I have a new service to offer. As you may know, the
Fender guitar company will sell you an exact replica of any of a
number of vintage guitars. Not only that, but for a little extra,
they will "age" it so it looks like a real vintage instrument
(really!). Since H/S does not appear to offer this service, I will
(for a small fee) make a any new B-3 look like a true vintage
instrument. My crew (many of whom are musicians) and I will: spill
beer all over the top and leave many bottle rings, create cigarette
burns on the finish and keys, stain and fade the finish, and crash
the thing into cinderblock walls as we navigate narrow stairwells.
Yes, it will be indistinguishable from a true vintage B-3!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barry
> To: CloneWheel@y...
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 1:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [CWSG] New B-3 - what are they thinking?
>
> I've been hearing a lot about the new B-3 here, and my take on it
all is this. I'm sure few (if any) clone users actually like the
sound of our clone better than the sound of a real B-3. I would
guess we use the clones because they are lighter, smaller, and
cheaper than a B-3. I also know that B-3's are not extinct; it is
possible to get a B-3 that looks and works great from a number of
places. So, the new B-3 (as I understand it) is kind of the worst of
both worlds. It is as big and heavy as a real B-3, yet its sound (no
matter how skillfully designed) is really just an imitation of the
sound of a real B-3. On top of all of this, it is quite a bit more
expensive than any clone or real B-3. I wonder if this product is
just a kind of showpiece, not really designed to sell in large
numbers, but to attract attention to the builders and their other
products.
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