From jake92028@yahoo.com Sun Nov 20 04:00:38 2005
Subject:Re: My apologies if I offended anyone

> Markweisgram@a... wrote:

> The big reason I have not upgraded is the chorus vibrato issue. I
just feel
> that not enough attention has been paid to it. Am I willing to sell
my VK7 and
> spend anywhere from 1000 to 1500 extra dollars for how much
improvement
> has been made in the the chorus vib that had come out in the
clones since the
> VK7? The answer is NO.
>
> Jimmy Smith himself abandoned chorus vibrato in most if not all
the
> recording he did past 1990. And I find that for most of the blues
and rock gigs that
> I do, a VK7 with chorale works just fine.
>
> For some reason I do not have the upper octave screaminess problem
that some
> say they have with their VK7. I do use an Eico tube preamp and I
tend to cut
> back the treble setting a bit in most cases. I have noticed by the
way that
> quite a few real Hammonds are screamy in the top octave. I either
use an
> Leslie 860 or sometimes I stack the 860 on top of a 145 in tandem.
Having a bi
> amped leslie can help quite a bit with screaminess issues, which
have not been a
> problem for me.
>
> If anything the VK7 sometimes is a bit more "sterile"sounding
than perhaps
> a Hammond XK3 or even the Roland VK8. Pushing the leslies a bit
helps this.
> What I really like about the VK7 in its ease of editing. I really
like to
> change percussion volume and decay time on the fly - something
that the VK7 can
> do well that a VK8 for example cannot do. Nor can a Nord Electro
do this.
> And a real Hammond can't do it either ... unless it is modified.
>
> So for now I play my real Hammonds with chorus vib and my clone
without it.
> For jazz, I still prefer the real deal. For blues and rock the
clone makes
> sense - particularly to compete volume wise.
>
> By the way I am also waiting to find out if the new B4 has raised
the bar
> sound - wise. We will see.
>
> Mark
>
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