From mate_stubb@yahoo.com Sat Jan 17 09:49:06 2004
Subject:RE: circuit constants/chops


Passive electronic components have basically 3 electrical properties
if you are talking about dc current (resistance, inductance,
capacitance). Of those, the only one relevant to wire is resistance.
Typical wire is going to have negligible resistance until you get up
into the hundreds of feet long category. So unless you are trying to
pump lots and lots of current down a wire (for instance speaker
wire), you won't notice any difference whatsoever just from
lengthening wires a few feet. You would have to use really crappy
wire to see any significant resistance in that distance.


Now there are other pitfalls - if you run AC wiring inside your chop
next to the vibrato lines, you'll have deafening hum!

I once spent an entire year designing and building a modular Hammond
that broke down into upper manual/preamp, lower manual, generator,
and stand. I used big ELCO connectors to plug all the 91 connector
snakes together. The whole rig is very quiet and all that rewiring
did not change the tone. The only unfortunate thing is that this
particular Hammond didn't sound that sweet to begin with. It was
a '58 that had gone mushy, but when I recapped the generator it got a
little harsh. Anyway, I'm rambling...

If you are interested, pics are here:
http://www.hotrodmotm.com/gallery5.htm

Moe

> But I could be totally wrong.
>