From davidml3@yahoo.com Tue Feb 24 20:50:23 2004
Subject:Re: Pro-145...Is it worth it?

What kind of deal did you get on yours? I need to get
me one of these to take from gig to gig!

--- jake92028 wrote:
> >This little amp cost alot. For the rare few that
> own
> one, is this amp worth the cost?<
>
> Yes. And it doesn't really cost a lot compared to a
> keyboard in the
> same price range; I got a great deal on mine. If
> players will buy
> expensive keyboards, $1500-$2000 plus, to get the
> best rotary
> simulation - when they already have a good B3 clone
> keyboard output -
> I don't understand the logic to buy another
> keyboard. I said this
> before, but if you've got a V5 and keyboard
> controller, it's all you
> need. A previous question about my V5 and
> controller came up because
> I'm playing them into a Pro-145, kind of like an
> 'A/B,' also because
> I like the sound - the V5 is still a 'best' B3. A
> Pro-145 has a 70W
> RMS top and 130W RMS bottom amp and 800Hz crossover,
> with a tube
> preamp stage that's not like a Pro-3t. There is a
> tube gain stage
> working with a preamp control that adjusts the plate
> load across the
> tube from resistive to inductive = what players call
> 'tone & color.'
> The MS Pro-145 was designed by a player using his
> 147 as the basis,
> but adding tone and speed dynamics that will get you
> the 122 through
> 147 'family' sound and more.
>
> As far as "rare few" goes, I've got serial #768
> bought and shipped
> from Bill Brown Organ, then #799 which was delivered
> to the same
> store and bought by me 10 days later, in December.
> Somebody's buying
> them, just not many CWSG members.
>
> >Do you think that a
> used leslie would be the better way to go?<
>
> No. I love 'em but real full-size Leslies are a
> pain in the *ss -
> and (ouch) back - to haul around and don't sound any
> better than a
> Pro-145. I've been out night-clubbing and listened
> to the real deal,
> also have stepped into the audience and listened
> while a friend
> played my clone rig and Pro-145 setup. Ideally, a
> clone is supposed
> to be a perfect copy of the original? At this point
> in a debate is
> where I say: "That's it. Period. Waiter, check
> please!"
>
> >Based on the smaller speaker, smaller cabinet, etc.
> it will not have
> the bass or be as warm as a leslie<
>
> Most music manufacturers are way past a 15" versus
> 12" speaker making
> a difference with acoustic engineering know-how.
> Examples, Mackie
> 450, Peavey 200 cabinets. Per warm versus
> 'not-warm' :^) see text
> above.
>
> >has anyone connected a real Hammond to the
> Pro-145?<
>
> Haven't seen/heard it yet; a minor tech hookup to
> put a phone jack on
> a Hammond - then a Pro-145 would still sound like a
> Leslie, but loud
> as two. If you're hauling a Hammond you've got two
> choices: As long
> as I'm hauling this monster, might as well haul
> another - or not.
>
> Walter j
>

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