by Mooser » 02 Jul 2013, 19:27
"I AM curious about how the CV sounds. Let us all know, Mooser."
It sounds, very, very "authentic" through the Leslie 44W. Actually, I could do with a bit less of the authentic. I'm going to try an input transformer, rather than the old "one G and ground" (to better match the balanced output Hammond pre-amp with the unbalanced input "W" [Wurlitzer] Leslie) and I might replace the two 6SJ7 tubes with a fresh pair, but authentic Hammond sound, I got enough for two organs here. I'd like to get a look at the driver diaphragm, it might be clogged with shcmutz. The Leslie is one-speed, but the bottom rotor takes so long to stop I don't miss chorale. I'd like to get a line out for reverb, too. There's a picture of the rig on another thread.
Of course, if I want "clean", I can go to the C2. In general, I'm quite pleased with it, and grateful to the person who made the trade. And it looks very nice. Key contact, which is really critical to me, is good. I haven't had it long enough to know it well, but I'm liking it more and more.
I finally got some proper mics and a board, and maybe I can even make a recording of it.
All my ideas about ramps and lifts were roundly rejected and derided, and the two macho men and me just roll-or-kari'ed all the organs up and down stairs all day! I kept on looking up at the ceiling door (which goes from the studio to the garage, at street level) and saying "why the hell didn't I finish up the lift?" But I hadn't, so I rolled and carried as best I could.
And you sorta gotta keep in mind that when I first saw a 41" Leslie, I was about the same height.
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