From randal.muir@bigpond.com Tue Oct 05 01:32:37 2004
Subject:Re: Hammond XK-3...my two bobs worth.

Hey Mike. Do you use mainly straight sounds (ie no vib/chor) and use
percussion sparingly? -Randal


>
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, AWestb2124@a... wrote:
> > Well I went back to the same store hook it up to the same leslie
> and no I
> > tried to tweak it and no i'm still not impress. Oh I love Lonnie
> smith and the
> > other guys . Got to meet them too. But I have to agree with Ray
> Charles . That
> > thang (V5) is the closest i've heard to a b3. But also guys
> remember what type
> > of music you play I'm geared more to R&B ,Gospel outings and
> Hammonds are
> > more to be mid range than top end. thats why i like the V5 . it
> has that big
> > bottom sound that I like especially when i'm playing the pedals.
> When I pullout
> > all the stops it doesn't have that shrillness . MikeW.
>
> Hi Mike,
> I love a big bottom too and hate shrill sound like you (I play jazz
> and R&B). I still say there's something wrong with the way that
> organ is set up if that's what you are hearing. I do use the tone
> controls to turn the bass up. Did you even try that? IMO, this box
> blows away the V5.
>
> -OF
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