From johnferguson44@castlemaine.net Thu Oct 22 20:28:30 2009
Subject:Re: OT: Hammond B3 Arrives Tomorrow!

CONGRATULATIONS Brandon it sounds fantastic.

Fergie

----- Original Message -----
From: Brandon S
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] OT: Hammond B3 Arrives Tomorrow!

It's here, it's down the stairs and in my music room. I will never move it again! It acutally wasn't too bad. I had four guys, two on the bottom and two up top. I was on top and was able to put one leg through the legs of the organ and one a step above. While a winch would have been sweet, we got it down, one step at a time, all backs in tact.
I played it for about an hour or so and I'm blown away. It's going to take a bit to get used to drawbars (I know Mr. Jacques, that blows your mind) as I'm used to the drawbuttons, but I can see why David is David about drawbars, they're pretty damn cool. The tone of this organ is simply amazing through my 145. The action is incredibly fast and it feels pretty amazing to finally play one of these things. I'm already glad I added the Trek reverb and the Hamptone EQ, both sound great when appropriate. I haven't run the line out or fx loop, but I'm sure I'll get to it. I watched a youtube vid of a guy playing his B3 through VB3 's leslie sim. It sounds pretty good and I might buy VB3 for quick recording and late night shredding.
Anyway, I'm rambling. According to Rich at BB Organ, it's a 9/10 in terms of physical condition and a 11/10 in terms of mechanical condition, tone, and all that good stuff. 4 years of searching and it finally paid off. Thanks to all for listening and the advice.
Brandon
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