From dfibraio@comcast.net Sat Feb 14 19:37:32 2004
Subject:Re: agonizing over upgrading my vk7

John. Never even seen an electro. no store around here carries them,
although I see nord leads everywhere. I don't understand.

At 09:06 PM 2/14/2004, you wrote:

>Damon, have you had the chance to try the Electro?
>
>I'm wondering how the lack of drawbars would affect you. With the V-combo
>you have real drawbars to feel. The drawbar feedback on the Electro seems to
>me to be all visual. There is no tactile feedback of the drawbar settings.
>You hold a button down and watch the LEDs to set the tone. Would that be a
>hindrance to you?
>
>I'm now using a VK-8 with the latest upgrade from Roland (that is supposed
>to make it equal to the v-combo: 4 amp simulations, updated rotary effect).
>Used through a set of stereo speakers I'm really quite happy with it.
>
>I used to have a Hammond C3. Last weekend I played a late-night show in a
>small place where the band was pushed off to the side of the stage, pretty
>much out of the view of the audience. After the show a friend stopped me on
>the way out to say that he couldn't see the band, but was really happy to to
>hear that we used the B3. Almost didn't have the heart to tell him I sold
>the Hammond and was using the Roland that night. I've done no editing of the
>settings on the VK8 since upgrading. It was straight, but through a stereo
>mixer and separate speakers. And that seems to be the answer. Sent through a
>mono system (as I do at rehearsals) it is just OK. Before the upgrade,
>though, even in stereo I hated the rotating simulation.
>
>Every time I go into my local Guitar Center I try the V-Combo and the
>Electro. I still prefer the Roland sound. And the simplicity of the organ
>section. The Electro seems like it might be too visual (buttons/LEDs for
>drawbars, Leslie speed switch in the wrong place, etc.).
>
>John
>