From steve@speakeasyvintagemusic.com Thu Jan 09 08:06:43 2003
Subject:Re: Chop Shop

Hi All

Eric excuse me for the business dealing. Trevor!!!!!! Stop do not pass GO &
Do not collect 200.00. You are headed for a disaster.You need to KEEP the
AO28 at all cost. Call me!!!!!!! You are looking at this project all
wrong!!!!!!!! 717-292-0814

shayes

Steven Hayes Sr Engineer
Speakeasy Vintage Music
http://www.speakeasyvintagemusic.com
----- Original Message -----
> Hi all,
> I have an A-102 Hammond 65ish model and a brand new Leslie, model
> 122A. Awsome sounding. Both in mint condition. I'm thinking about
> chopping the Hammond. Motivation being to both lighten it up and to
> make it so I can just slide it in the back of my pick-up truck. I
> plan to make a custom stand which would be collapsable. I know it
> would still be heavy and I wouldn't gain that much in weight
> reduction but I would gain a little. I also know I'll get my own
> special level of Dante's Hell for chopping it. But I guess I already
> had a ticket in the gate for chopping two spinets (M3, & L-100)
> several years ago. However, What I would like to do is remove the
> AO28 preamp and somehow configure it so that there is only a single
> 1/4" line running out of the Hammond which would then plug into a
> Speakeasy vintage preamp pedal then into a volume pedal and a reverb
> device. Not necessarily in that order, (suggestions on the order
> welcome.) By the way, does anyone have views on the role of reverb
> wih a real Leslie speaker. Some shudder at the thought. However I
> could swear that when I listen to old live recordings of Rare Earth
> as well as others I hear reverb. But then when I listen to Jimmy
> Smith it sounds like he's not even using a Lelie. Can he get that
> sound with just the stock speakers on a spinet or a console. I'm
> referring to the Jimmy Smith "Respect" Verve V6-8705 album.
> Has "Funky Broadway", "Respect", "T-Bone Steak" on it. Anyway back
> to the job at hand. The Speakeasy could then control the Leslie. I
> have the A-100 series tech manual with all the schematics but I am
> not an electrician. Maybe I should just consider using a trek II
> solid state pre-amp instead of the Speakeasy preamp pedal as it has
> reverb built in. But I don't know if I can install it. Also, I like
> the idea of the speakeasy's simularity to the original AO28. Can
> anyone please advise or talk me through on this delicate operation.
> Main question is which two wires on the AO28 are the two that I
> would wire to a standard 1/4" cable to feed into the Speakeasy
> preamp pedal. And how would you connect them. Also how about putting
> a load on all those other wires going into theAO28? What a mess!
> Any help, suggestions, comments? Thank you very much.
> Sincerely,
> Trevor
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