Great to hear your story, I thought you would like to know....there
should have been a half moon switch on the XB3....they are shipped
with the instrument, the shop must have forgoten to fit it! Did you
find 'aftertouch Leslie Switching'? Its great for those gospel type
chords, dive in to the keybed and accelerate the Leslie. Also you can
change speed by footswitch and on the touch tabs.
Think about the price, in 1939 my Model E cost 625 pounds...that was
the same as two reasonable sized suburban semi detached houses!!
Suddenly 15g's doesnt sound so bad! Somebody was making some money
the werent they???
Best Wishes,
Darren
--- In hammond_zone@y..., "Gandert De Boo" <bottomline@w...> wrote:
Hello you all,
Today's my birthday. From this day on I am officially an adult
(that's right 21). My parents gave my Live in Japan - Deep Purple and
Abraxis - Santana. So there'll be a lot of Hammond plessure!
Since I had to wait 30 minutes for my train, i thought it'd be nice
to visit the nearest keyboardshop, which have a XB3. I know a lot of
people say a XB3 isn't real. But it's a great piece of machinery if
you ask me. It was hooked up to the 11 pin leslie 122. The only minor
is the place of the leslie switch. There was not halfmoon switch.
Another thing is that the pedals could not keep up the volume of the
manuals. But i guess this a digital editable parameter I couldn't
find. The overdrive is acceptable too. But when I asked the price,
all of my intrest was over. 17.000 dollars including leslie.
Isn't that a nice price for that new 1973 B3? maybe 15.000 becouse
there ain't a leslie included.
I'm still checking my neighbours to see if some one has a hammond
hidden in the garage or something. Most of the people aren't aware of
the value. tell then I'll stick to my L100.
Now I going o listen to my new CD's!
Boy is that John Lord screaming!!
Gandert
