From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of scott.brand@... <scott.brand@...>
Sent: 12 January 2024 18:47
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [hammondzone] *Hammond* Echo Switch?

Thank you very much, Chris.? I'll admit I had gotten confused because I remembered a 5-to-6 pin connection between a C-3 and PR-40, from years ago.? I had forgotten the 5-pin end was done that way precisely because the -3 series preamps no longer required the B+ voltage.? So I had originally been thinking the 5-pin pigtail output on this BCV was "Main," and the 6-pin was "Echo" - when of course it was precisely the other way round.

So then I did some continuity testing on the A/C wiring (with the organ unplugged, of course, as advised!)? But there didn't seem to be any problem with the mains connection on the 6-pin ("Main") output.? So I was puzzled again... until I remembered the advice I had read on this very forum, years ago: *don't forget to check the cable*.? (Was that from "Organ Freak"?? Whoever it was, that advice has pulled my chestnuts out of the fire more than once!)

Long story short, swapped in a new cable and... glorious sound!? Incredibly, everything still works on this old girl, after it had sat for decades in a filthy storage room.? I particularly like the chorus generator - a similar sound to the scanner vibrato/chorus, but more complex and pleasant to my ear.

Anyway thanks again, the wealth of knowledge and advice on here is very much appreciated.