From jake92028@yahoo.com Thu Aug 05 23:46:29 2004
Subject:Re: M-3 for sale

The unexperienced or spoiled by bypassing the M-3 w/Leslie step on
the way to a B-3 are.. is there a nice way to say "full of it?" The
M3 with Leslie is a wonderful Baby B-3 or A-100. It was the first
Hammond I had a chance to play on and got to come back and jam on at
a Reno club where a blues/jazz quartet was playing. It was the first
Hammond I bought and connected the Leslie to from my original Lowrey
spinet which I was already rockin' with. Around my local/regional
area, as many "now appearing with so-and-so at the Hammond Organ"
bands are featuring a player with an M-3 and Leslie vs B-3 and
Leslie. They're waay easier to haul at ± 250 lbs and have the same
tonewheel generator and drawbar system as a B with 2nd/3rd
percussion, Vibrato and Chorus - with level adjust. Common mods like
adding the foldback feature will put them on exactly the same sound
track as a B-3. If you're playing a single keyboard "best-quality"
clone using a split, the twin 44-note manuals are even longer. If I
needed it, I'd buy one of these in excellent condition for $500 or
more - in a heartbeat - and work on getting the Leslie/Pro-145 hookup
myself, then get the foldback mod. The point is I know what they
don't have; what counts is what they do have, which is great Hammond
tonewheel/drawbar, V/C sound. Here's the specs:

http://www.keyboardmuseum.com/ar/h/ham/m3.html

To the original post writer looking at an M-3: Buy it. You'll love it.

Walter