[HAM] The New B-3

[goffmac747 at aol.com]

 Can't stop progress, that's for sure. Will there be inherent problems with the new B3, even without gears and oil?? What types of problems can we expect to crop up for these new electronic models? Bad chips? Crashing? I wonder what the first guy who uses one live and this happens to him/her during a song? Also will they last as long as a vintage B3 has? It seems the more things change, the more they remain the same... But what will be different? I never had any serious problem with my B on the road, it would run for hours every night and today except for a new relay in the leslie, a replaced broken key, the occasional resolder of the drawbar wires from? doing the cha-cha, and a new? Leslie socket at the base, has most of the parts it came with from the factory, tubes included. 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Harold Smage <harolds at elknet.net>
To: The Hammond Forum <hammond at zeni.net>
Sent: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 4:34 am
Subject: Re: [HAM] The New B-3











On Jan 31, 2008, at 5:27 AM, goffmac747 at aol.com wrote:

>
> > I think the reason it sells is because there is a market segment  
> that is not into vintage, is not even aware it exists, and the  
> latest thing is just as good, or even better to them as that is all  
> they know and would care to know.
>
> The church market can be an important one. With many churches the  
> price would be in line with what they expect price to be and not  
> necessarily the problem that it is for an individual buyer.

The lack of needing to oil it annually and the expectation of a new  
solid state unit presents the expectation of being maintenance free.

The new B3 could in general do as well as the vintage for liturgical  
or gospel.

A scratched up vintage unit would be less appropriate in church.

I think a very appropriate concept that has been expressed suggests  
that if it sounds shrill push in upper drawbars!

You have built in eq right there!

And are we  right in *preferring* the vintage organ with its  
crosstalk and generall hash which can be pretty poor when you listen  
critically to some individual notes-
- - but enhance playing and listening.

OTOH the new B3 might not fool you by leaving out some drawbars on  
some notes if your busbars are dirty!

Some of the complaints of the new B3 are similar to complains about a  
recapped vintage unit!

Think about that!

Harold
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