From den121961@yahoo.com Fri Jul 18 19:08:20 2008
Subject:Can't sell my old CX!

Everytime I have myself convinced to sell my old CX3 (1979 version) I
end up hearing one somewhere. Tonight I heard a friend's band, and he
uses one too. He had it going box stock into a fender tube amp and
the thing sounded great. They did a cover of Fly Like An Eagle and it
sounded great. Then I listened closer, and yea, it had no screaming
high end, and the leslie sim was shallow, but his playing technique
was so "hammond like" it covered all those things I struggle with
with mine up, and I didn't even notice until I really focused.
SO I get home, and run mine right into the studio board, and yuch!
Then I remember a friend posted some youtube clips where I had the
old CX and a leslie out and he recorded them. So I got them up, and
the thing sounded surprisingly good. He also had a few up with my new
CX, and I was having a bit of an uninspired night , so that might be
partially to blame, but honestly, the old CX through the leslie
sounded better to my ears than the new CX right into the board. I
have to experiment a bit more, but I am coming to the conclusion what
clone we use has less to do with the specific clone we like than what
we run them through and how we play them. Anybody else thinking this
way?
Den

P.S. here's the clips. It's a local jam so it's anything but smooth,
and it's recorded with a cam which was very close to the leslie but
you can hear the difference.
Old CX through leslie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57RRzYZhouQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msAm8YwwMdA

New CX right into the board:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bQLMGpn79Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOepbrk2rg0