From dixiedrafting@yahoo.com Tue Jun 13 15:51:50 2006
Subject:Re: Need help finding a good preamp

Finally spoke with Steve at Speakeasy today. He was polite and to the
point and my pricing questions were answered in about a minute. It
was never my intention to attack him personally I was only anxious
for information and thought the company should have responded to me
differently. I assumed that there were more employees and did not
expect to talk with the owner directly.

As far as the Leslie goes I made it a point to describe it as new and
in my email requested that a partial (that is partial not full) trade
be considered (i.e. I have a new Leslie 2101 would you knock a few
hundred buck off the price of a new amp in exchange for it) I decided
to forgo this option in my discussion with Steve. I am currently
shopping around and hope to give all the organ choppers and Leslie
dealers out there a fare opportunity at my hard earned money before
making a decision.

I was hoping to find objective opinions in this group and luckily I
did find a few which I am grateful for. You all have to admit that
for a newcomer things might seem a little biased in this web group.
I'm sure that Speakeasy produces top of the line products, but there
are others out there who I'd like to get opinions on.

I don't like sales pitches. I prefer opinions from people who have
purchased and used the products. Salesmen have agendas and are
extremely biased therefore I do not wish to pay for a phone call
where a long winded salesman uses every trick at his/her disposal to
convince me that there product is superior to all others. Thankfully
Steve is not like that. Thanks Steve!

I don't like making expensive long distance phone calls if I believe
a simple question can be answered over email. All I wanted was a
simple price quote and a yes or no answer on partial trade. If things
were to my liking a phone call would be appropriate.

At any rate this will be my last post at Clonewheel since I have
decided to trash the CX-3 and go for the Hammond Chop. I'm currently
looking at chops from Speakeasy, The Hammond Store and from Bob
Shleicher at Tonewheel. If any of you have any more recommendations
on chop builders the info would be much appreciated.

> on his product. Anyone have suggestions for a quality alternative.
> Just looking for some straight answers and customer service without
> being brushed aside.
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