From dougsyolists@aol.com Thu Jan 09 08:58:30 2003
Subject:Re: Chop Shop

In a message dated 1/9/2003 10:55:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,
trevor.reynolds@insightbb.com writes:

> 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.

First: keep the AO-28.

Second: I'm not enthusiastic about reverb-thru-Leslie. Perhaps the players in
question had add-on reverb (either Hammonds, or a 122RV/147RV) that didn't
feed the reverb through the Leslie itself... for my A-105, I tap the Leslie
off of the AO-28, jumper out the main amp with a resistor, but keep the feed
to the reverb amp.

Third: As much as I dislike the A-102 consoles (and consider them perfect
"chop fodder"), I wouldn't recommend damaging the A-102 case by chopping it.
SpeakEasy sells a "road case"... You install the A-102 guts in the case and
down the road you can potentially un-do the chop. See
http://www.speakeasyvintagemusic.com/hammondstore.html

Doug

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