From groovecake@yahoo.com Wed Sep 18 09:27:09 2002
Subject:Drawbars - To Grab or Not To Grab


--- ZAKEMO@AOL.com wrote:
> David,
> I'm with you. If you ain't "playing' the
> drawbars, your only half
> playing. OHF Bob
>

I think that's kind of B.S.

Because I am not one of those players who is always
changing drawbars settings in the middle of solos and
all that. You don't hear Jimmy Smith or Joey D. or
Chester Thompson doing that much. (When you are
kicking left hand bass, you really don't have much
opportunity to tweak drawbars). They usually bounce
between a couple pre-sets.

I am way more attracted to their style than the
Medeski-types who are always changing the drawbar
settings. (I've heard players who do that, seemingly,
as a substitute to playing interesting lines.)

When playing jazz trio on the B-3, I go between the Bb
and B presets, with the respective drawbar settings
being 888888888 and 888000000 with percussion. I have
these presets set in the memory of the B4 and switch
between them using program changes on the VK-7. Not
only is this easier, it's more realistic than grabbing
all the freaking drawbars and clicking off the
percussion. I don't do it on a real B-3, so why would
I do it on the B4?

Regarding chorus and percussion, same thing. I have
presets with and without chorus for the 888000000,
888000008, and 888888888 settings.

If you are a "drawbar grabber" and such, then this
might be an issue for you. Since I am not, I have
solved the problem with presets.

Ok...I'm done rambling.

Mitch

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