[HAM] Vedr. Re: The New B-3

[Ivar Berg]

Quote: “Decades ago stuff was built like a brick
outhouse (polite terminology).
Today it's all lowest pricepoint possible.”

It’s true. It even started in the golden years
of tonewheel production. In order to run the
production as many years as Hammond did, more and more
cheap components where installed, I’ve been
told. 
Have played some nasty, big, later tonewheels in my
time. Mostly A100 and C3’s.
I finally found the instrument of my heart: A nice
50’s original B3. Technically, it’s bricks
and stones! That’s one major benefit with the
real deal. Among others even more important features:
The Hammond organ is the only electrical instrument I
know about, where it’s imperfection is truly
musical! 

Wish we could live forever. Would then challenge the
new B3 for a session 50 years from now! My B3 would
then be 101 years old. And I’m confident that
mine where the only one of them still able to make a
beep!


--- "Bohachewsky, Andrew V." <abohachewsky at draper.com>
skrev:

> I'd say you're dead on with your second point but
> dead wrong on the
> first.
> 
> Decades ago stuff was built like a brick outhouse
> (polite terminology).
> Today it's all lowest pricepoint possible. I work in
> the electronics
> industry, I see this every day.
> 
> I get posts from the clone wheel group as well as
> this group. I'd
> venture to say I see more "broken" posts on the
> clone wheel than
> "broken" posts here. And yes most of those do
> involve replacement of
> entire motherboards, circuit boards, which if not
> under warranty seem to
> run about half the price of the brand new
> instrument. (Hmm, maybe
> instrument is too kind a word...)
> 
> Andy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> This is no more than speculation on my part, but
> I'd guess the New B3 would have far fewer repair
> incidents, but each would, on average, last
> longer than a typical vintage breakdown and cost
> more to remedy.
> 
> 
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