From groovecake@yahoo.com Fri Jan 16 11:36:39 2004
Subject:Re: Hammond XK-3

My total gear lust is making me want to believe that
they got it right this time.

> Traditionally, H-S Leslie sims have been poor
cousins. I've often wondered if it was to make sure
they didn't eat into real Leslie sales.>>

Interesting point. The way I am looking at it (and
I'll be looking at it this way until I actually play
it and can judge for myself) is that Hammond really
nailed it with the new B-3 so, hopefully, this is a
new era of HS "getting it right."

(Yeah...gear lust has made me quite optimistic!)

I personally like the placement of the drawbars. If
you are kicking bass on the Vk-7 and want to change
the upper split drawbars, well...good luck!

I wonder if I can con HS into giving me one early.
Maybe I could promote myself to them as the
"Clonewheel representative"!! :)

Mitch

>
> And one that hasn't cropped up yet:
>
> Why are there black preset keys, other than a pure
> retro nod? The B-3's preset system was based on
> available technology in the '40s. I mean, it looks
> cool and all, but I can't count the number of times
> that I hit a gliss or a run down on a real B-3 or
> C-3 and accidentally hit the B preset key on my way
> out. If you hit it just right, you can cancel all
> sound without even trying. I've always felt that
> this was a shortcoming of the console Hammond
> design, and I've heard others mention the same thing
> on Hammond lists. I wonder if H-S has de-bounced it
> enough to prevent these issues?
>
> Either way, that keyboard is probably going to need
> a 76-key case.
>
> Regards,
>
> -BW
> --
> Bruce Wahler
> Ashby Solutions™ http://music.ashbysolutions.com
> 978.386.7389 voice/fax
> bruce@ashbysolutions.com
>

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