From groovecake@yahoo.com Tue Jan 21 12:02:35 2003
Subject:RE: Hammond

Ed,

That's a very interesting take on things and I think
is quite insightful. There are a ton of Strat copies
out there and I am sure that many of them are fine
guitars and, in fact, in some cases better than some
lower-end Strats. But the "player" wants the real
Fender Strat.

In my case, however, I have always gone for what
sounds the best, clone-wise. I don't care what it says
on it (or, in my current configuration, what brand my
laptop is!) as long as it sounds like the real thing.
I think it has been well established that the one with
the genuine name is an also-ran when it comes to the
sound.

M

--- Ed Fliege wrote:
> At least Fender figured out that if everybody
> couldn't afford a real
> Stratocaster at first, instead of lowering their
> prices they came out with
> the Squire line, which was the next best thing and a
> pretty damn good guitar
> for the money. Not only did this STRATegy (I'm
> sorry, I can't help myself)
> not hurt Strat sales, but lots of Squire owners
> eventually moved up to a
> real Strat as their finances improved (read: they
> broke down and got a real
> job) because for millions of guitar players "there
> is nothing like owning a
> real Strat".
> Given that Hammond/Suzuki has ALL the name
> recognition and the stigma of
> already being a classic, and they have since
> developed some great technology
> with the "new" B3, it does boggle the mind that they
> haven't capitalized on
> this. Fact is, if they made a product that was
> sonically as good as the
> CX-3, Electro, or Voce they would own the market
> because ultimately most
> everybody would want a "real Hammond", providing
> they could afford it.
> Stupid, stupid, stupid. Their legacy it seems is
> that they have retained
> Laurens Hammond's stubbornness.
>
> Ed Fliege
> k2mojo@groovedaddies.com
> www.groovedaddies.com
>
> > ....The fact is that HS is a
> > company who is firmly entrenched in their ways
> (ever
> > see a more service-disoriented business in your
> life?)
> > and they are not interested in catering to
> anyone's
> > wishes. All I can figure is they are a privately
> held
> > organization because shareholders wouldn't stand
> for
> > it. But then again....somebody must be buying
> them,
> > right? They couldn't stay in business if they're
> in
> > the red for long....could they? I for the life of
> me
> > though can't figure out who their customer base
> is.
> > Even with the XK demographic, they dont listen to
> us
> > at all. They are rigid, inflexible...oh yeah, did
> I
> > mention their factory/headquarters here in Addison
> is
> > less 5000 sq ft? Not a big company at all, so I'm
> > thinking their overhead is so low, that they can
> make
> > more money on fewer items.
> >
> > I don't know...I just can't figure it out. You'd
> > think they'd notice that musicians who want a
> portable
> > Hammond have to go somewhere else to get a more
> > realistic Hammond sound.
>
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