From daddyo@telusplanet.net Thu Jul 26 16:00:37 2012
Subject:Re: Rock & Roll and Age ..who is the elder statesman in our group ?

With rigs like those, I'm already playing while you are making trip number 6 out
to the station wagon! I plug in 1 AC cable, 1 Leslie Cable, 1 foot switch for
speed. No gigs with stairs, a ramp for the truck, and dollies for everyone, no
stands, no amps, mixers, multiple cables, for line outs and midi.
But yeah, my back does get a little sore sometimes.
Brock

Brock Gillis
Hammond B3
GUNN Blues Band





Quoting Tom Sellers :

I am 59, play in 6 or so different bands, and play drums with my church's
praise band. No B3, but I use different rigs for different bands. For my
main wedding/corporate money band I use a Nord electro 3HP for Piano/EP/Clav
some organ, and use a Kurzweil PC3 76 for most of the B3 parts, and occasional
String/Horn/synth etc. For the original Southern Blues Rock band (2 guitars)
I use a Nord Stage compact EX through a 64 Fender Bassman into a gutted leslie
145 (motors and speakers only). I also use the Nord electro 3HP for a 4 piece
chicago blues band and a 20's-30's jazz/western swing band. I also play in a
key/drum duet and use a kawaii MP5 which I will probably upgrade in the
future, but programming the splits and sounds is a pretty intensive process to
replicate. I have a B2 with A100 guts, a fully functional 145 leslie, a red
wurlitzer 200A and a Mark II Fender suitcase rhodes, but seldom take them out-
too many backtroubles!!

The PC3 B3 is very good for an all in one solution, but even with the update
is still a bit behind the more modern clones- but noit enough for me to carry
along other gear to get that extra 1-2%!!