A B-3? They arr Awful... Heavy...maintenance is horrific.
Leslie's add more mechanical parts to replace...wood to polish and glue back in shape...tubes, belts and capacitors to replace
I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY!
Torn Rotator and all, I'll have a working, fire breathing real B-3 until I can't climb onto the bench.
If you haven't been there, you won't understand.
You don't play nursing home appropriate music on a B-3. And they don't pay nearly enough to incur the expense.
But, man, on the right stage, with the right audience and the right sidemen it's life affirming.
R.
There'as an old saying that comes to mind when comparing a clone or synth/workstatio/arranger organ sound to a Hammond B-3.
"You don't know the difference until you know the difference!" One of the important aspects of Hammond playing (or any clone for that matter) is the proper use of the swell/expression/volume pedal as there is no other means to control the loudness, other than the drawbars, but they are too tedious and quite limited.
My FC-7 Volume pedal packed it in after many, many years of service, and man do I miss it!
It was actually more economical to replace the entire pedal, than it was to have the rather unique volume pot replaced...plus the rest of the unit was pretty worn and may have given other problems in the future.
I'll have new one here by next week.
I can't imagine playing any non-piano sound (especially organ) without the expression provided by a swell pedal.
Glad to see you are able to stay with the "real deal", Russ, and I hope the rotator cuff gets sorted out soon.
Ian
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