From funkyhammond@yahoo.com Mon Feb 16 11:48:49 2004
Subject:Speakeasy vs Hammond preamp

Hey gang,

I was hoping 'tonysounds' or someone else might be able to answer this
question for me. In a post to the NordElectro group, Tony said that he
finds the Electro, even running through a Speakeasy into a Leslie,
doesn't "grind" well and gives you more of a Greg Allman sound but
can't really achieve a good grind tone that you would hear, say, Jack
McDuff or Greg Rolie using. I'm assuming the same would go for any
clone running it's dry organ sound through a Speakeasy into a Leslie.

I've found that when I plug my Electro into my A-100's preamp going to
my Leslie, any tone, grind, etc. that I get out of my Hammond I can
get out of the Electro, so I'm a bit confused by Tony's post.

Are we really talking about a difference between the Speakeasy preamp
and the Hammond AO-28 preamp? I don't own a Speakeasy, but have been
thinking about purchasing one so that I can use my Electro with my
Leslie. But if I'm not going to be able to get the same kind of grit,
grind, bark, etc. that I get when running the Electro into my Hammond
preamp to the Leslie, then I'm going to have to rethink my options.

Has anyone here found the Speakeasy a bit lacking in reproducing
certain characteristics of the AO-28? Has anyone done actual A/B
comparisons running a dry clone into a AO-28 preamp then into a Leslie
versus using a Speakeasy into the same Leslie?

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Yiorgos