From jake92028@yahoo.com Fri Sep 05 01:04:17 2008
Subject:Re: A Hammond that 'talks' OT


> Okay, I'm going to be the one to open my mouth. I just don't get
the
> "talking Hammond". Sounds nothing like talking to my ears and does
sound kind of
> cheesy. Just my personal opinion. But for those who find it
pleasurable,
> thank goodness our Hammond's can do it.
>

I don't get it either. It just sounds cheezy to me too, no matter
what language it's in, no difference = weird and what's the point?

The guys I really think are special are the ones who don't use the
expression pedal on a B3 type console. They just set the pedal once
as a volume baseline, then all the volume and control come
from "hands on" constant manipulating of the drawbars - Loud, soft,
varying pitches during songs, near zero volume at the end of songs,
but manuals/drawbars played entirely by hand. I think Al Kooper liked
to play like this. Pedals could be played the same way. Now that's
not a novelty, that could still be useful today. Wj