From c_schonberger@yahoo.com Sun Jun 29 06:13:14 2014
Subject:Re: Just What IS VASE III anyway?
Christian: Actually you can "tweak" a concert grand... the action can be adjusted, different felts used, hammers made harder or softer, and so on. But I
know what you mean about a Hammond console as compared to a clone.
Yep. Of course. But I know you know that I was talking about the old stale argument "it is very tweakable" when something doesn't sound good right out of the box. A piano is a very different beast. If you play jazz or pop on an average level, a well maintained and tuned Yamaha C3 (and similar) will do just fine. If you are at virtuoso level, only a carefully adjusted concert grand piano to your own specifications will do. Goes without saying. My late dad was the big band leader at the Frankfurt radio-tv-station. He had permanent access to about five or more Steinway concert grands, which were rejected by the finest (and flamboyant) classical piano players from the symphony orchestra of the very same radio-tv-stration. Lucky bastard! :-D
Cheers,
Christian
On Sunday, June 29, 2014 1:40 PM, "j a hammond321@yahoo.com [CloneWheel]" wrote:
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>Den 29. juni 2014 kl. 00:36 skrev "Christian Schonberger c_schonberger@yahoo.com [CloneWheel]" :
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>>I would buy a Crumar Mojo in no time. The problem is that I am in a 13 piece band including a 5 piece horn section (trumpet, alto sax, ten sax, trbne, bari sax) and we care a lot about our image. At the moment we are trying to find a solution for the frontman (singer/pianist) to get a shell to avoid the usual "ironing board" look. Also: It is such a pleasure haviing the real thing. I know the sound of the Mojo: I bought the VB3 software and it is awesome. But a real console Hammond with four sets of drawbars and that generator oil scent is the real deal. I shuldn't say that in a clone wheel group - but I keep on saying: please try harder! I am not ungrateful. It is just a fact that the year of our Lord is 2014 and noone has figured out how to emulate a watchamacallit from the 1930s. Now whining here. I know all about the market. I just ask for a darn console Hammond, because I need it for my job.
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>>Cheers,
>>Christian
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>>On Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:25 PM, "Jack Ponissi jackoverfull@gmail.com [CloneWheel]" wrote:
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>>Or you can try a modern clonewheel, perhaps?
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>>Nothing against a real hammond, of course, they're the top, but often hardly practical!
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>>Il giorno 29/giu/2014, alle ore 00.23, Christian Schonberger c_schonberger@yahoo.com [CloneWheel] ha scritto:
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>>>Re: essentially romplers: as far as I know: yep. The static key click doesn't help either. I hate to say it, but if my current band project really takes off (it looks that way) I will get rid of all my stuff and buy a vintage console Hammond (which is way more rare and awesome here in Europe than in the US). I am sick and tired of static and uninspiring sounds. The "but you can tweak it" argument doesn't fly with me. You can't "tweak" a concert grand either. Sorry - I had to get that off my chest.
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>>>On Saturday, June 28, 2014 10:21 PM, "jukefox@jukejoynt.com [CloneWheel]" wrote:
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>>>So that would make VASE III based instruments, such as XK3c, XK1c, SK-what-have-you and all the rest of H/S' current production machines, essentially romplers?
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>>>Best,
>>>Fox
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