From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Fri Jan 10 08:01:48 2003
Subject:Re: Chop Shop 2 cents worth.....maybe OT

Whats the address for
KEI....keyboardexchangeinternational.com? I'd like to
get a look at the SKB kit, whatever that is.
t

--- "dhocter "
wrote:
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, Barry Reynolds
>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Chopped B3 single manual (SKB type like at
> Keyboard
> > >International)
> >
> > Dan:
> >
> > Who did the chop?
>
> I bought (traded for) this unit already chopped
> about 15 years ago
> from Keyboard Exchange International in Florida. If
> I remember
> correctly, I was told it was an experiment (someone
> told me SKB used
> to sell the case as a kit). I would never
> cannibalize a perfectly
> good B3, but 15 years ago they were really seen as a
> dinosaur and
> could be had relatively cheap (therefore creating a
> market for the
> SKB kit for chopping). I'd like to think mine was
> parts left
> over from a damaged beyond restoration B3 and that
> helps me minimize
> the guilt of perpetuating the practice of chopping
> (whatever gets me
> through the night). Since then, I see that KEI
> sells what they call
> a SKB3 (pictures on their website). Mine is
> evidently an early
> prototype or at least a similar project of what
> they're doing now. I
> don't know if they (KEI) chopped it or took it in
> already chopped,
> but the workmanship inside mine does not appear to
> be at the
> professional level that I know KEI is capable of.
> However, although
> not pretty inside, it has stood up to the rigors of
> the working
> weekend musician off and on for the last fifteen
> years, no problems
> whatsoever with less than tender treatment. Also,
> from my experience
> that long ago with Jim Huss, the owner of KEI, he's
> an excellent and
> honest person to deal with. Good company. If
> there's anything I'd
> change, it would be to get this to Steve Hayes and
> let him go through
> it and work his magic on it. The reverb picks up
> leakage (RFI?
> maybe) from the tone generator because of the
> cramped quarters inside
> the case. It gets proportionally worse the more
> reverb you dial in.
> I've tried shielding the components from each other
> with no success
> (but I really don't know what I'm doing). But like
> Tony, I only use a
> small amount of the Trek II reverb when I choose, so
> the effect is
> minimal in a band setting. If you have any further
> questions, I'd be
> happy to answer them "off forum", just contact me.
> I think this
> thread is starting to drift OT, since chops are
> technically not
> clones but rather compromised versions of the real
> thing in my
> opinion.
>
> Dan Hocter
>

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