Wow, all I can say is "I am not worthy!" It has been a long time since I have seen
such a display of Hammond loyalty expressed so well.
Eric
--- Dave Bradley <
daveb@...> wrote:
> Sorry folks. Waste of time. I've tried them all. I've searched for the
> ultimate portable giggable Hammond solution since I first started lugging
> one 30 years ago. I've built chopped Hammonds, chopped Leslies, owned Korg
> CX-3's Roland VKs, etc etc etc. I've played all the current crop of modelled
> emulators. The sampled ones I can play for about 30 seconds before the out
> of tune upper partials drive me crazy. The fully modelled generator ones I
> can play awhile longer, but it's like playing your little old aunt's antique
> Baldwin in the end. It's like kissing your sister. It's like virtual
> synthesis versus MOTM!
>
> If you are satisfied to play a few pad chords in a supporting role in a loud
> rock situation, by all means use a clone.
>
> If you want be an organ player, not a keyboardist or synthesist, it's gotta
> have full polyphony when you mash your forearm down. It's gotta scream when
> you do a rip up the keyboard to high C and stomp the Leslie switch. It's
> gotta whisper when you back off and take you to church. Cool jazz and hot
> rock. It's gotta make you smile and say AAAHHHH when you pull out the bottom
> 3 drawbars and just play simple triads. It's gotta smirk and say "Is that
> all you got suckah?!" in response to you losing control and trying to beat
> the snot out of it in the heat of battle. It's gotta show you who's boss by
> cutting your forearm wide open when you break a key from doing a rip too
> hard. It's gotta have SOUL. You don't play a Hammond, you are permitted to
> worship it. You don't own a Hammond, you are it's caretaker. Accept no
> substitutes. You have been warned!
>
> MOTM and Hammond, a classic combination.
>
> Moe
> 1958 custom B-3, 1959 Blonde C-3
>
>
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