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Old Hammond and especially Old leslies that are not taken care of, tend to get worn down. I assume that this is also what happened with these two leslies.

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I tried many things also to improve the sound of the solid state leslies in the direction of the Valved sisters. Putting a tupe-preamp in between did help alot to the warmth of the sound. If you do not push the Solid state leslies to fare, you can still get a very decent sound.

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By the way the X-5 was one of the best portabels Hammond made, especially if you go for the rough and direct sound. The B-200 where more into soft and sustain.

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Best regards

lars

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Hi everybody,

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Last week I did a recording in a small private studio in my neighbourhood... As a dedicated Hammond player a was?surprised because of the Hammond¨PortaB standing there, together with two Lesie's a 760 and antoher one (don't know the number, but it also was a solid state) I?couldn't wait to hear that organ, but when I did,?it was not as cool as I thought...?The Leslie had a lot of ground noise,?there was an awful lot of mechanical?noise... and the typical Leslie sound characteristics where lacking...

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Anyway, what I wanted to say?is that a good Leslie is in many cases the first concern for a?pleasing Hammond sound.?When I hear my setup on recordings (X5 solid state Hammond through a?Leslie-clone with a tube amp) it?has a lot more?of?roarin' and screamin' than a real solid state Leslie...?

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greetz!

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