From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Mon Oct 31 07:53:21 2005
Subject:RE: The Great Gimme Some Lovin' Debate

Hi Peter,

>Did the M100 have a tonewheel system similar to the B3 & A100 series?

It had a mechanical tonewheel generator like the B3, and a scanner vibrato system. It had less wheels, due to the less keys; I don't remember exactly how many less. It did not provide foldback, even though the most of the switching network was there. (It's missing either the extra bussbars or the extra switch contacts, IIRC.) Some M-3/M-100 owners have even modified their organs to add the foldback -- a process clearly not for the faint of heart!

It's important to remember just how expensive a B3 + Leslie was back in the '60s. I grew up in the Buffalo area, which was filled with great Hammond players. Less than half of them, however, played a console Hammond, including B-2's and BV's. The most popular gigging organ was the M-3, with the M-100 and L-100 following behind that.

B-3 were even scarcer in Europe, so I'm not surprised to hear that songs like AWSoP and Gimme Some Lovin' were likely played on spinets.

Regards,

-BW

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