From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Wed Oct 23 05:20:23 2002
Subject:Re: [CWSG]Electro Convert

There we go....I stand corrected. (maybe I was
thinking of the V5 manual?) It's just TOO damned
early.

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--- bt1955@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/23/2002 6:39:38 AM Central
> Standard Time,
> eslawson@comcast.net writes:
>
> >
> > Another question I have not seen explicitly
> covered: On the Electro 73, do
> > the Hammond sounds work for all 73 keys or just 61
> (like the Voce V5)? I'm
> > presuming that all keys work, even though a real
> tonewheel Hammond only has
> > 61 keys.
> > Regards,
> > Eric Lawson
>
> Eric, yes, on the Electro 73 all 73 notes play. Its
> kinda nice, you get extra
> notes on the bottom and top. The Electro is very
> close to the real thing. The
> C-3 chorus is dead on to a A-100 or late 60's B-3,
> nice and strong. The perc
> is really nice to. I have directly A/B'd a
> Electro,tapping into the real B-3
> pre-amp. Its scary close. If you really want the
> topping on the cake, as we
> all know the final stage of the B-3 is the preamp.
> The Pre-amp EQ the Hammond
> gives its tonality and balls so to speak. The swell
> capacitor is very
> important on a Hammond. Its not just a volume
> control, it also alters the
> response of the instrument especially when you lean
> into it. I take a
> Pre-amp from a A-100/C-3/B-3 they are all the same,
> put it into a little
> road case that fits under a keyboard stand, tap the
> Electro into it, and you
> basically have a real tone monster that responds
> just like the real thing,
> because I use the real pre-amp and swell pedal from
> a Hammond. You can do it
> with a B-2/C2 pre-amp as well. Even without that
> preamp the unit sounds
> great. The problem is, when you go to the mega mall
> stores, they set you up
> with Stereo monitors, which is all wrong, because
> they are made for studio
> control room monitoring, put a real Hammond or
> Rhodes thru those little thing
> s, and they to will sound horrible.
>
> Best Regards,
> Tony
>
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>

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