From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Wed Jan 15 04:44:12 2003
Subject:Re: Chop Shop/Trek Pre

It does change the sound, but you gain some things in
the trade-off. I have 2 chops, one that is totally
Hammond with tube preamp, and the other with the Trek
preamp with tone controls and reverb. The
HammondStore chop (all tube) sounds gorgeous, warm,
full-bodied...but in a live rock situation, even with
2 leslies, never seems to be quite loud enough. You'd
think with 2 leslies behind me at "scream" there'd be
no problems, but its the truth. Now the other one,
while not as pretty to look at, and not QUITE as warm,
screams. With one leslie, I hear it no problem. The
sound is just a little thinner, but its aggressive as
hell. I have trouble dialing in Allman tone, but just
about anything else isn't a problem. A fair trade-off
for most people I think.

Tony
--- Chuck Hasley wrote:
> You have to face the fact that a clone isn't a
> Hammond or the cost
> would be out of sight.
> I use the BX3 and I agree with you. The high end
> sucks.
> I have been using the BX3 to control the B4. It's
> much closer but
> not quite there.
> I've played B3 for over 30 years and there is just
> no substitute.
> the closest thing I ever got to a good Hammond sound
> from a chop was
> a Bill Beer chop that I played several years ago.
> It had Bill's own ss preamp in it and it screamed.
> I would imagine that the Trek II preamp woulnd't
> really change the
> sound that much.
> I've heard that folks who use it like it a lot.
> Chuck
>
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