Piktor

I do believe that reports on the original Hammond SK2 bag were negative, as you said. However, Hammond replaced that bag with a better product. Apparently, it is virtually the same Gator bag that I suggested above, but it looks like it has Hammond lettering on it. Though I don't think that any bag will withstand years of use without some wear, the Gator seems to be about as good as other bag that I've owned. I'm sure that there are other alternatives.

BBblues, I took the suggestion that someone else gave in a ways back in this thread. I'm using a Gator bag for the SK2. It fits very well. Info and dimensions can be found here: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GKB61 P

PART 1 - the review: I played a Roland VK8/Leslie 147 combo for about nine years and a VK8/Ventilator combo for about the past year and a half. I did my first gig with the full SK2 rig this past weekend. Normally, I bring two boards to most gigs, but to give the instrument a chance to show what it could do, I opted to do Saturday with just the SK2. It performed like a champ. I'm not carrying the 147 any more and I haven't had the SK2 long enough to decide if I will use the internal sim or the Vent yet. I'll probably alternate for now. I played Saturday's gig with Hammond's 8 pin to quarter inch adapter plugged into the Ventilator routed into one mixer channel. Extra voices were routed into a second mixer channel. The mixer went to the house, as well as one K10 positioned off to my side. My wife, who has pretty good ears, happened to be at this gig. She said that every sound (organ and extra voices) was cutting through like never before. Since this is a band where I get quite a bit of room to improvise and keys are meant to be prominent, needless to say, I was chuffed! PART 2 - My Tip: I have read through this entire thread and I don't recall seeing this information (sorry if I'm wrong). Hammond's Leslie CU-1 tremolo/off/chorale switch, plugged into the remote input of the Ventilator operates beautifully - tremolo/stop/chorale are all there exactly as labelled on the switch. Though I might use the Vent's remote switch on most band gigs, when I do play pedals, the CU-1 / Vent thing is likely going to be very useful. P

Ah. Maybe Piktor can dig it up for us! (Or perhaps photograph what was done in his?) I actually have an A50 I would like to try this on. I found and saved a scrap of info about this years ago. This link is still active, though it doesn't offer a really authoritative answer: http://personal.inet.fi/private/matador/se_roland_a-80.html My keyboard service tech happens to be in my band, so I'll check with him to see what he did. I do believe that he got the instructions for the modification by calling Roland directly. I should be able to let you know what he says later in the week. Mike

Thread resurrection? Boy, I'll say! Had similar mod done to my Roland A50 a couple years ago. It made a tremendous difference.

Darren, I really enjoyed hearing the Soul Jazz set. I especially appreciate the Lonnie Smith. However, while I've played some rough places in the past, the picture that you have posted in SoundCloud looks like it was shot in a dungeon. Is that from the actual weekly gig? P