From ken@kenhall.ca Fri May 19 08:34:43 2006
Subject:Re: Transistorized pieces of.... gear

I own two 122s, a 147, a 760, a B3 and several clones ( V5, Nord Electro,
etc.) and when I get a gig that warrants the B3, my Leslie of choice is
the 760. It sounds awesome with my B3. If it's all about the 'look',
I'll take the two 122s, but I have more headroom with the 760 than the
pair of 122s. I've seen Joey play an A100 with a 760, and that's what
convinced me to give the 760 a try. Of course, with Joey behind the
console, anything sounds magical, but I agree, if you have to drive into
heavy distortion just to be heard, that's not a good thing. I can always
be heard without distortion when I use the 760. Of course, YMMV.

Cheers, Ken

> I am not trying to start flame wars with David Jacques here. Actually,
> I
> look forward to hearing his sampled B-3's if I ever decide on a sampler
> to use
> them with.
>
> I went hear Joey DeFrancesco with Pat Martino and couple years ago . Joey
> was playing a rented B-3 and 122 that unfortunately he was driving to the
> max to
> keep up with Pat in a large room.
>
> It sounded like total crap. I hate to hear severely overdriven organ in a
> jazz setting.... the rental rig he had just didn't cut it.
>
> It made me realize that there is a need for higher powered leslies.
>
> The same thing happened when I heard Roger Smith with Tower of Power
> once.
> Rented B-3 and 122, same deal.
>
> Yeah , I have a couple of the "crappy" transistorized leslies
> from the 70's
> . I have a 900 and an 860.
>
> Surprisingly, they sound good when used together. The 900 makes up for
> the
> lack of bass in the 860. I put a little damping material in the 900
> cabinet to
> compensate for its "boominess" .
>
> I also am able to run the two leslies by using the also
> "crappy" Trek II
> combo preamp. I find that if you are running the two leslies, the
> headroom
> factor actually helps them sound pretty darn good together.
>
> I don't know what it is, but the solid state stuff tends to work well
> with
> the clones I have used ( Voce, VK7, Nord Electro.) I often gig with
> the VK7
> and 860 and not only does it sound good to me but I frequently rent this
> rig
> to traveling blues acts and so far NO ONE has complained. If they require
> bass ( generally there are bass players) I will use a 145 and the 860
> together.
>
> I do not deny anyone the right to say what they like and what they don't.
> This is just my experience. Having the 860 has put food on the table many
> times,
> that's all I can say.
>
> Mark
>
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