From hammond.b3@verizon.net Fri Apr 13 09:29:41 2007
Subject:Re: Electro 73 -disappointing

Although I have very strong opinions about what Hammond sounds I like and what I think a B3 should sound like, I also appreciate the fact that we all have different ears and tastes.
As Hammond players we're lucky we have such a broad pallet of instruments/clones from which to choose.
I have alwaya searched for the best clone to simply downsize and make set up and tear down as painless as possible.
When you think about it, a B3/Leslie has about the quickest set up there is.
For a one Leslie/Hammond rig it's two cables, covers, ROKs then out.
Clones need to also be simple. If it takes more time to set up a small rig, then I question where the savings in time and effort come in. I often find myself making at least two or three trips to the van for cases, bench, stand and so one. I do have a Rock Cart so that does reduce time to a degree.
Yes, the B3 is a monster to move. BUT I'm in and out in a few minutes less physical exertion.
SO-back to the clone of choice for a compromise.
BTW, I got the manual and OS #.

From: Ryan Stroup
Date: 2007/04/13 Fri AM 09:50:31 CDT
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Electro 73 -disappointing


I guess I'm the only one that thinks this, but I never did care for B4
or B4 II at all. Everything sounded decent with chorale on. However,
when you switched to tremolo, the tone was rather pitchy. I did some
recordings a while back using the original B4, and I worked 2 or 3
months on it (this wasn't a professional project). At the very end I
scrapped the whole thing because of that pitchyness in the B4 program.

A short time later I bought a VK-8m then several months down the road
a VK-8. I liked it much better than the B4 simulator, however, it was
almost too mellow. In the end I went to my first true love.....a
Leslie speaker. When you've been spoiled by playing a Hammond C3 thru
a Leslie 122, you just can't make any compromises. My current rig
using a Hammond XK3, Speakeasy vintage tube preamp, Leslie 142, and
now a Leslie 45 too, there are no more voids left to fill. I get the
sound I want, and will never go back to my simulator days.

--
Ryan