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[This message has been edited by Fran Carango (edited 11-03-2006).]

I can remember going from a 20 watt Panaramic/Magnavox 'accordion' tube amp at about 15 pounds directly to the 40 watt 147 system and I was in heaven even at 150 pounds(the speaker was heavier than me in those days). From there, I went to - what was like a 145 but vinyl clad rather than a wood finish. Then, to an Ampeg Quad 4 system. I had to borrow my brother-in-law's truck for gigs - vans weren't as plentiful then.
Ciao,
Jerry

And the memories just keep on coming . . .

I'm right in there with you guys who lugged the heavy duty gear around back in the day.

I can remember one night our dragging my M102 plus Sharma (UK-made leslie) up three flights of stairs, one half of which was lined with well-oiled patrons queueing to get in.

After moving the Hammond around in one piece for a few years with one guy at each corner, the inevitable happened one night when one of us tripped on a kerb and the organ tumbled keyboard-first with a solid thump on to the pavement. Arrrgh! But, guess what, we took it into the gig, plugged her in, and away she went none the worse for wear, except for a few more road scars.

After that incident my old M102 was umm, 'modified' for ease(?) of transport - we sawed it in half and chopped the 70 or so wires and routed them via six multiplugs.

Did any of you guys ever crank that little set-screw (I guess it was some sort of gain control) on the amp? Man, you could really get that Steve Winwood overdriven sound - the classic hot, bitchin' Hammond.

I forgot about this thread. I own a Roland VK-8 which runs into a Speakeasy Vintage Tube Preamp and then runs into my Leslie 142. I guess I'm spoiled since I play a C3 and a Leslie 122 every week, so I couldn't settle for the internal simulator.

Take a listen to Sly & The Family Stone's "DANCE TO THE MUSIC"
Hammond SOLO...Oh man let that Leslie RIP!!!!!! or the Zombies "Shes Not There"
or Vanilla Fudge's "You Keep Me Hangin on", "Eleanor Rigby" if you wanna hear RAW Leslie!!
http://www.vanillafudge.com/

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 11-08-2006).]

Man I wish that EVERY player who never played through a real tube Leslie could locate a B-3 and Leslie and just play it once. If you haven't done that, you will never really understand what Leslies are all about. the simulators still don't come very close.

The experience is one of the VERY FEW good things about getting old!

Russ (four years til SS benefits) Lay

Hi folks, don't know what your problem is in gigging a B3 and cabs, what about the big one, I used a Hammond H112,2xD10 Hammond cabs for the straight side an 2x147leslies(which Hammond said they could not be fitted to the H series), 25 note pedalboard and bench. Then do the gig in the 1st floor function room till 2.am then take it all home afterwards!!!!
now ex organist(worn out) JOHN.
P.S. it's easier with a Technics KN 7000!!!

A guitarist named Lonnie Mack ( #1 song of 1969-WHAM!), Stevie Ray Vaughan and Three Dog Night used Leslie's when playing guitar. It is a GREAT way to use a Leslie. I did it this way in supperclubs for about 10 years in the 70's.

Russ

[This message has been edited by captain Russ (edited 11-09-2006).]

I sure wish my G70 had separate outs for the HB section..... My Motion Sound Pro3T (my second, as I had the pre-tube one too) sits there idle, just waiting.....

While the G70's basic VK engine is fine, unfortunately, the way they have cobbled it in to the G70 architecture is flawed..... the overdrive is POST-fader in the main G70 mixer, so it is very hard to get a death grind out of it without it being very loud, and the reverb send is pre-Leslie. That's right, you heard it here first. PRE-LESLIE!

What moron came up with that brilliant concept....?

But...... to be fair and balanced (well, a bit more than Fox News!), I do have to say that the slightly rounded key ends makes for some very comfortable palm smears, something not easy to do on other, sharper keys.

Reminds me of when I was playing a showband in England in my youth and they provided a Boosey and Hawkes Hammond X-5 clone for me to play, with the sharpest key ends I've ever encountered..... Every single night my palms would get cut and the keyboard get smeared in blood. I just figured, what the hell, rocked it forward on it's stand so the audience could see the blood, and watched the crowd go crazy! Aaaahhhhhh, happy days...!

And how did you like the reverb on the B3...that's right...so why use it with the VK?