Mellotronists

I have both a CV and a C3 but the CV has been violated electronically by
myself to add crunchy percussion and no longer sounds "churchy" in any way.
I know the guts pretty good on both and if there is a difference I would
suspect it's in the frequency handling of the preamps and/or matching
transformers rather than the tone generators. However this is armchair
speculation, as there are some who specialize in these beasts and could
probably put me in my place :) I originally got the CV (which was chopped
already and somewhat road-weary) out of desparation at not being able to
afford a C3, and at first considered it a poor approximation of the real
deal, but as it turns out the BV/CV is quite a beefy-sounding Hammond.

Apologies for the OT drift, but, uh it's like a mellotron because it's heavy
and in a wood case and has a motor in it...

- Gene


-----Original Message-----
From: Brundage, Jim [mailto:jpb@...]
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:48 AM
To: Pishock, Jimmy; Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Mellotronists] Re: Hammond T Organ on Ebay - Tony Banks


I know this is a mellotron forum but, with all this Hammond talk, I figure
its safe to ask...
 
I heard or read somewhere that the Hammond CV model (and all the "V" models)
sound different than the B and C3's. (and T's and L's) Different tone
generator makes it sound more "churchy" or warmer. Any truth to this? I have
one with a trek II percussion and seems ok to me. I just attributed any
difference to the fact that I am a guitar player and therefore relatively
s__k when it comes to making a Hammond really shine.
 
Anyone heard this before?
 
Jim (M400 #917)