[HAM] why are tonewheels superior?

[joe d]

Well another thing to take into account are the "more drastic" sound/tone 
differences of the real deal organs versus the rather "similar/cloned" sound 
of the new B3. You're mainly relying on the leslie more in difference (using 
a real leslie with the new b3).
The separate contacts helped much, but not all.

But like you said, this is nitpicking and the new b3 sounds great overall 
with a real leslie.
I'll still play the orig though.





>From: Magnus Enorson <magnus at musicastrana.com>
>Reply-To: The Hammond Forum <hammond at zeni.net>
>To: The Hammond Forum <hammond at zeni.net>
>Subject: Re: [HAM] why are tonewheels superior?
>Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:00:16 +0100
>
>joe d wrote:
> > eh...hmmm, actually not entirely "enough" in my opinion (but it can
> > sound great).
> > I still prefer the real deal (and can hear/tell the diff).
> >
> > Plus, it's cheaper (real deal).  Yikes, that pricetag needs some
> > re-working.
>You must be an amazingly good listener. I had a new "B3 portable" on a
>tv gig the other day, and I can honestly say that it's the first clone
>that could easily fool me completely. I can really only think of ONE
>single thing that didn't work/sound like the real deal, and that annoyed 
>me:
>
>When you play a big chord with all the drawbars at 8 and vibrato C3 on,
>like for an ending, and you back off the expression pedal all the way to
>zero - my tonewheel consoles still maintain a nice sizzling quality to
>the treble register; even though really soft volume-wise. The new B-3,
>however, lost the glow at the end of the pedal travel. The last half
>inch or so sounded like rolling off the passive tone control on an
>electric guitar. This is the one and only flaw I found in the thing,
>other than that I totally loved the way it played and sounded. In other
>words: Glue a rubber stop on the expression pedal to not let it go into
>the "dullifying" last bit of travel and I could never, never ever hear
>the difference. Honest to God.
>
>I do, however, prefer the tonewheel versions still. No longer because of
>the unique sound - to me it no longer is unique, they finally nailed the
>cloning - but because of the tons of charm within its mechanical soul.
>
>/Magnus
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