From dougsyolists@aol.com Mon Sep 23 20:08:52 2002
Subject:Re: Trek Percussion

In a message dated 9/23/2002 7:05:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
bluesnote@msn.com writes:

> Looks like I have a line on a B-2. How hard is it to add
> percussion? Can a semi tech like myself install or do I need a
> Hammond Tech?

The way I understand it (from both people at Goff and the hammond@zeni.net
list) is that a "semi tech" can install the TrekII percussion. I was
interested when I investigated a CV that I decided not to buy.

Two noticable changes in it compared to a B-3:

(1) you lose the 1' (9th) drawbar permanently, not just when percussion's on.
If you use the 1' drawbar a lot, you might want to use the 1-1/3' drawbar
(8th) for the trigger instead. That's a common mod for B-3's, etc.

(2) As I understand it, the Trek II will go through the vibrato circuitry,
where B-3 percussion bypassed it, even if vibrato was on for the manual. With
a BV the vibrato is "all or nothing", with a B-2 you can run vibrato on the
lower manual and percussion w/o vibrato on the upper if it bothers you.

Doug

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