From goff747@aol.com Fri Jan 16 16:07:25 2004
Subject:Re: Namm and Hammond?


In a message dated 1/17/04 7:46:24 AM, dan88z@hotmail.com writes:

<< Look at the original B- the drawbars went all the way across the

top. Even the 2 left most sets are halfway up the keyboard. Aren't

the drawbars where they have always been?

Dan

>>

Not entirely, mon ami.... the B3's upper manual bars for both sets are LEFT
MOST. the ones tweaked most for the right hand.. the ones that are in the
center are for the bottom manual and pedal which get tweaked a lot less because
once you set your accompaniment, and pedals you leave it. Even percussion tabs
on the B, which i thought were out of the way, don't get changed much so them
being far right is of little concern. plus the c/v control is farthest left on
a B3 and in the middle on the XK3. After all my years of playing a real B, I
never pulled drawbars for the lower manual the way i did for the top and
certainly didn't even touch the right most set for anything..never even used presets
on the bottom manual and once in a while on the upper. (course i was playing
rock/blues and not church music) ...how many times have i resoldered the wires
that go to the left most set of drawbars from the wires breaking off at the
solder points is proof enough. The closest portable clone to get the drawbars
right is the CX-3 if you're talking ergonomics. But I purchased a VK8M for the
ability to set ALLthe controls to the far left as well as for the sound. It
seems we never get the whole enchilada when it comes to electronics; its either
cheap, and light and close sounding, but lacking something, or expensive,
heavy, "the end all be all " and still lacking cheap and light.