From hammond321@yahoo.com Fri Jun 07 06:41:37 2013
Subject:Re: Bare Back B3 and Clav with Whammy - this time with link

Jack: Back in the 80's I had a B3 with a plexiglass back.

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From: Jack Ponissi
To: "CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com"
Cc: "CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com"
Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Bare Back B3 and Clav with Whammy - this time with link


 
Am I the only one to remember a transparent plexiglass like custom b3?

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Il giorno 07/giu/2013, alle ore 14.41, ccmacdon@rogers.com ha scritto:

> I've never heard of a hammond overheating....
>
> Having the back off accompishes a couple things.. as someone pointed
> out it's lighter to move, more places to grab if you don't have
> dollies.. however, I tend to think that there were a couple of more
> important aspects to playing with the back open. Obviously, you
> could see the performers feet if he was kicking pedals, and if they
> were a stand up player you simply had a better view.. It also gave
> more of a open-bottom "B3" look. However, having an open back was
> also part of the show, and by that I mean it gave the instrument/
> artist an air of mystery/complexity.. the open back with all it's
> wires and exposed tonewheel assembly it had a simliar look to a moog
> modular with all it's knobs and wires.. it just looked "high tech"..
> (at least for the time).. On that point there was a great organ
> player here in Canada, Bob Horne who played in a band called Foot In
> Cold Water, who completely removed the cabinet from his B3 and that
> was part of his thing..
> here's a link to their website and you can see that he basically
> played the guts of a B3.. (one of my favourite bands growing up).
>
> http://www.afootincoldwater.com/
>
> All the wires and technology was just part of the mystique of the
> artist.
>
> Let's talk about some clones now!!
> Regards,
> Craig MacDonald
>
> ________________________________
> From: rrockkey
> To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 8:19:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [CWSG] Bare Back B3 and Clav with Whammy - this time
> with link
>
> It sounds logical at first but when you think about it a little
> further, why would a C3 overheat more than a B3 and you don't see
> backs off of B3's nearly as often as you do on C3s (C2s and CVs etc.)
>
> In churches you will never see the backs off and most churches have
> C style cabs.
>
> On the Hammond forum, where more tech and repair stuff is discussed,
> I have not heard anyone with a problem related to internal cabinet
> overheating. (I have a CV which has a completely different preamp so
> I don't have firsthand experience with C3s but FWIW my CV never had
> overheating problems with the back on...or off)
>
> I could be wrong but, IMHO, I don't think overheating is a problem.
>
> Cheers,
> Rock
>
> --- In mailto:CloneWheel%40yahoogroups.com, Norman Peterson
> wrote:
> >
> > Duh...it's to keep the thing from overheating!
> > Sort of like old time hot rod cars... lol..
> > Norm
> > On Jun 6, 2013 1:04 PM, "M Acantralto" wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > > Yeah I agree ....but in some other videos it shows him with the
> cover
> > > just leaning up against the back.
> > >