From drpoole@sbcglobal.net Fri Oct 07 14:14:15 2011
Subject:Re: The "New B-3"

Gentlepersons--

For what it is worth, I play a double stack of Yamaha PSRs--A 710 below with a Roland PK5 bass unit and a 910 above.  I run these through a small mixer into a variety of monitors, depending on configuration with from 200 to 600 watts. 
 
My "Hammond" moments are so real to me that I sometimes feel (except for the smooth-as-glass keyboard) that I am playing on my old original B3 so many years ago. 
 
Oh yeah, and Stan Getz, Pete Fountain and Tommy Dorsey play along with me...IF you know what I am saying...
 
Gene Poole  =)
Lowrey Staff Artist (1970s)
--- On Fri, 10/7/11, birdtrane2003 wrote:

From: birdtrane2003
Subject: [CWSG] The "New B-3"
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, October 7, 2011, 6:45 PM

 

A ( unfortunately 3000 miles from one another ) friend owns the "new b-3".
is it truly significantly superior in tone to anything else out there?
It would seem the mechanical 9 contact system would be closest to the original.
The attack of a single note on a real b3 is unique- it seems "huskier" than clonewheels.
The sounds that R Groove Holmes, Jimmy McGriiff, Smith, coaxed out of the original seem impossible to emulate with a clone.
How much money has anyone here seen them for, used?

If they are still very expensive - what are considered the closest thing to the original B3?
Nord, Numa, Suzuki Xk3 etc?

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