[HAM] Full story on Jimmy Smith's Cutdown B3

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Just a thought on stage bleed.  I've used my bass guitar case--stood on end 
in an open v-config to help isolate the Leslie mic's.

Carter
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Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [HAM] Full story on Jimmy Smith's Cutdown B3


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> From: Kon Zissis <kziss at ozemail.com.au>
> To: hammond at zeni.net
> Sent: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 6:12 pm
> Subject: [HAM]  Full story on Jimmy Smith's Cutdown B3
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> Hi William.
> Thank you for the details about Jimmy Smith's  Chuck Webb  cutdown B3.
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>>Chuck and I both agree, the recording method and miking (direct out of
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>>organ only) used in Carnegie Hall that night did not display the organ
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> The first time that I saw this you tube clip I was wondering why the cut
> down B3 tonality sounded so bland instead of having the more normal and
> much better Bill Beer tonality. The direct line out explains the
> blandness of the sound.
> I wonder why they chose the direct line out method instead of miking up
> a Leslie which would have resulted in a much better sound.
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> I wonder if there are any recordings or film clips of Jimmy Smith using
> the Bill Beer cutdown organ.
> All the best.
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> William Mark Bristow wrote:
> Okay - here's the full story on Jimmy Smith Cut down B3 in the youtube
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9C3Yq8lEs4
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