[HAM] New B-3 Questions (was why are tonewheels superior?)

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At 01:08 PM 2/3/2007, bvb2b3 wrote:
>It's been a couple years since I last played a New B-3 and I've forgotten 
>some of it's details.  Could someone elaborate on what "dial-in" tone 
>adjustment is available on the New B-3?
>
>As I recall reading about the New B-3 when introduced, it was said to be 
>able to sound like almost any tonewheel, from the Model A to a late 
>B-3.  What capability did that mean besides adjusting the foldback (or 
>having no foldback) and having 2 or 3 overall tone selections with names 
>resembling something like "brite", "b-3 type", etc. to choose from?
>
>Has anyone tried adjusting a New B-3 to sound like a BC or other tonewheel 
>besides a B-3, and been able to really duplicate it?

The options on an XK-3 (never played a New B-3) are for four different 
tonewheel sets. The certainly sound different from each other. In addition, 
you can (although I've never tried) set each and every tonewheel 
differently. Yeah, I've tried to get close to a BC, but the vibrato/chorus 
of a BC is, of course, not there. By adjusting tone and, if one were 
willing, adjusting the higher tonewheels to be louder, I should think that 
one could get close. I did, without doing that, and using V1 and C1.

However, the New B-3 never claimed to or tried to be a substitute for those 
old organs. I don't think that was at issue in the original discussion.