From hammond.b3@verizon.net Mon Apr 30 09:52:11 2007
Subject:Re: Real organ, cloned Leslie?

I used a Dynachord CLS 222 with a B3 on a couple of gigs and it did well. Not really good for moving since it was simpler and much easier to carry a Leslie than to move all the gear associated with the 222. For a sit-down gig it would work fine. Don't forget the Boss pedal. They are much easier to find than the 22 which is probably out of production. I've had good results with the Boss pedal.
It's a matter of hooking it up to the GG terminals. You may want to put a trim pot in the chain because the organ signal is pretty hot without it.
I'm a real purist and I don't settle for anything other than "pretty darn close" but for what you're doing the 222 or Boss pedal will do for an interim measure.
As always, as you'll learn from this list, all things are subjective.

From: Jeff Barnett
Date: 2007/04/30 Mon AM 10:00:37 CDT
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CWSG] Real organ, cloned Leslie?

Hi all...

First message to the group. I've been playing keys for a long time,
but never laid hands on a real Hammond until this week. My church
picked up an A-100 in excellent condition for a song at an estate
sale. No Leslie, though, just the built-in speakers.

Barring another estate sale find, we'll need to find some way to
emulate the sound of a Leslie. So, I've got questions. Does anybody
have any experience in rigging an A-100 or B-3 to work with a Leslie
emulator? How do I go about doing this? I doubt it's as simple as
soldering a 1/4" connector and resistor to the amplifier outputs (or
is it?)

And what would you recommend for a signal chain out of the Hammond?
Voce Spin II? Rotosound? Something else? Is simply emulating the
Leslie rotating effect enough, or do I need to also do some sort of
speaker modeling to get the gritty, "imperfect but beautiful" sound
of the Leslie speakers?

-JB