From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Thu Jan 09 14:39:32 2003
Subject:RE: Chop Shop

I have a trek reverb unit in my chopper, and it does
sound pretty cool, but to be totally honest,I dial it
to the point where I can JUST ABOUT hear it, and then
I turn it down a little more. But for a reverb unit,
the Trek is very good. Reverb on a Hammond just isn't
to my liking.

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--- David Jacques wrote:
> I installed Trek reverb units in all my B3's. They
> all go through a
> variety of leslies and sound GREAT! I use very
> little, just enough to
> add some depth...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: excel2019
> [mailto:trevor.reynolds@insightbb.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:52 AM
> To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CWSG] Chop Shop
>
> 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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