From tonysounds@yahoo.com Mon Feb 10 07:13:58 2014
Subject:Re: Original Ventilator

Hey Bruce….I would love to see a picture of your pedalboard.  I’m in the process of cleaning up my rig, and the pedalboard is my area of contention.  Could you take a picture of it for me?   And the cabling of it?  What do you use to carry your pedalboard?

"The meek shall inherit nothing."  -FZ 
"Hitting 'play' does not constitute live performance." -T
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From: Bruce Wahler
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Original Ventilator

 
I'm going to try to make a case for the mini-VENT -- not as a Vent dealer (which I am), but as someone who used to own two Vents and now owns two mini-VENT for Organ (mV4O) units.

I went with the mV4O because of size/weight.  I play guitar, too, and my pedalboard has a wireless receiver (guitar), tuner, overdrive, and compressor for the guitar; and the Vent and a talk box for the keys.  Next to that is a dual sustain pedal and expression pedal.  That's a lot of things down at the feet, and limiting the size of pieces adds up.  In fact, the mV4O is small enough that I'm considering burying it in my mixer/amp rack, now that it has remote capability.  The sound is basically the same, other than a minor improvement in the upper rotor swirl (which will also be on the Vent II).

And believe it or not, I like the lack of knobs on the mini-VENT.  (I never touched them on the original Vent, once I dialed in the sound I wanted.)  One can use organ master output (Gain on the NE3) to provide the same effect as the Drive knob, and the settings for Speed, Acceleration, and Balance mimic my Leslie nicely.  So for me, the knobs are just one more thing to check after setting up for a gig, because they can get bumped.  (I *always* have to reset the knobs on the talk box, because they're easily moved.)

 

Regards,

-BW

Bruce Wahler
Ashby Solutions.com™
bw@ashbysolutions.com
http://music.ashbysolutions.com/
877.55.ASHBY  (877.552.7429)

On 2/9/2014 9:06 PM, j a wrote:

 
>I'm sure this has been gone over already, but does anyone have an opinion about the new Mini Vent vs. the original Vent vs. the Burn?   Would it be worth trying to find a used original Vent or just go with the new mini version or even a Burn.  Personally I lean towards the original Vent.
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>Somehow the original Ventilator seems better, at least as far as appearance and build quality.  I'm still shaking my head wondering why they replaced the original Vent with the Mini.  Thanks for your thoughts.