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I was about to say...the Doors bought Manzarek a C3 which he used on several tracks. Also, at the time the OP was modding his Farfisa, a local electronics whiz in my then hometown of Lexington KY rigged up my amp so with a toggle switch I could run my Vox straight through the amp, use the amp to preamp the leslie or run both. An adaptable rig for the times for sure.

Back in my youthful days in Lexington, KY there was a recording studio (LEMCO) that had a Hammond L in a B3 case just like the M3 "chop" pictured. I have a photo on the bulletin board above the desk where I am typing this of my old band in that studio and me playing the "BL". For years I though it was the only one of its type.

Could be a dirty volume pot. Could also be the filter capacitor (one of those replacement parts I got from BB, BTW) In any case a good tech (and yeah, you have a GOOD tech) should square you away. Good luck

Used to run a 145 along with my 251 back when leslie stacks were cool. 145 is a nice tight sounding leslie. What are you having done?

I know. Put me on his list too. My XK3 and both halves of the leslie 21 system are from BB along with various pieces-parts for my vintage C3. Can't say enough nice about the place. The best chop he has produced so far IMHO is the one in cherry wood. You could put that one in the living room.

I have seen both Art Neville and Chester Thompson using what could be described as one of Bill Brown's "Northern Chops." To take nothing away from him, however, this seems to be a pretty standard chopped configuration and I've seen it done by others besides BB Organ.

I believe this fellow is what my southern kin would call "gutsprung"

As a proud graduate of the University of Kentucky, I'm happy to give you a true story from my time there (as opposed to the ghost story above). My music prof used to give thumbnail biographies of the composers we were studying. He got to Bach and, of course, mentioned his two wives and numerous offspring. He then went on to explain that Bach was much better known in his time as a performer as opposed to composer and mentioned that old Johann kept a spinet harpsichord in the attic of his crowded household in order to stay in practice. We moved on and eventually the class took an examination over this and other material. On the day he handed it back, the prof couldn't stop laughing. It seems that when asked to provide a biography of Bach, one student replied. "Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organist who had two wives and 23 children and kept a spinster in the attic he used to practice on."

Is there another audio clip available? This is a beautiful sounding instrument and I am wondering how it handles more up tempo material.. on the order of Toots Theilman or maybe even some Stevie Wonder chromatic work.