[HAM] B200

[Bohachewsky, Andrew V.]

I think a portaB is pretty much a "portable-ized" version of an L series
tonewheel spinet.

The B200 is a transistor based (think Vox/Crumar/Elka) portable organ,
similar to an X5 but with two 4 octave manuals rather than the two 3 1/3
octave spinet manuals. 

The portaB will probably give you more of the classic Hammond sound. The
B200 does go down to a low C so that left hand bass stuff might be
easier though no idea how it would sound. I believe both have a built in
760 9 pin connection - which should probably be utilized for optimum
sonics!

Two very different beasts.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: hammond-bounces at zeni.net [mailto:hammond-bounces at zeni.net] On
Behalf Of Michael Downes
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:37 AM
To: The Hammond Forum
Subject: Re: [HAM] B200

That's not too far, but still considering the different portable
hammonds. Do you think the B200 or the Porta-B is better?