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B3Nut

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  • Birthday 12/31/1970

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  1. Yes indeed....nice to be here again!
  2. Yeah I want this thing! I've had my XK-1 for 9 years and it's been a trooper, but my Tumeni Stairz Tavern go-light rig needs an upgrade...
  3. If it still drops after swapping the 6AU6's around, the plate and screen resistors feeding the vib channel's 6AU6 are going up in value and will go open altogether at some point. I'd have the plate and screen resistors for both 6AU6's replaced next time it's serviced, and other resistors that carry B+ are good candidates for replacement even if currently working with the exception of the wirewound power resistors in parts of the circuit, those are usually fine. TP
  4. The reverb level knob is connected between the output of the reverb amp and the reverb speaker. The feed from the AO-39 hits the lightbulb-limiter in the AO-35 full strength. Interestingly, when the reverb knob is turned all the way off, the output of the reverb amplifier is unloaded...the pot goes completely open. Normally this is a no-no for a tube amp but the Hammond reverb amps will run into no load without a peep. I did a double-take when I saw that on the schematic, thought it had to be an error. Then I measured an A-100 reverb pot with the ohmmeter. Sure enough, reverb off = open circuit. These tone clocks can be strange sometimes... TP
  5. My B-3 has a lot more bottom end than my A-100 and the Leslie kit in my A-100 is tapping off the internal amp which is supposed to provide this bass boost. YMMV. . . The internal amp is indeed where the A-100's bass boost (actually a shelving mid/treble cut filter) takes place. Simple R/C network at both grids of the 12AX7 driver tube in the AO-39. But if your B's preamp is in better operating condition (esp. cathode bypass caps) it could certainly have more bottom end. I tap the Leslie feeds from my A-100's off the AO-28 as I think the AO-39's effective bass boost makes it overdrive too soon and can make things a bit muddy...
  6. Welcome to #teama100 DB! 61's a good year. I keep a '61 at church and gig with a '62. Love 'em. TP
  7. The Sermon was Jimmy's own B-3 and 21H. RVG didn't get the storied '59 C-3 until he built his Englewood Cliffs studio which came online in 1960. The Sermon was recorded at Manhattan Towers. The Englewood Cliffs era used the C-3 (up to the present day) but prior to that the organist had to bring their own organ or arrange a rental. Incidentally, Jimmy's first rig (as heard on A New Sound, A New Star for example) was a B-2 and 31H. You can see a very young JOS seated at that rig on one of the Blue Note best of compilations...the frowny upper louvers portending much attitude to be found in the grooves... TP
  8. Used Korg SV-1 73...a friend offered me a deal I couldn't pass up...
  9. My fave cut on that album is "The Miracle"...."So here we stand between the gates...upon the dawn the eagle waits..." The thick chords blow my mind...
  10. Oh yeah....and that percussionist! Victor M is a monster. Oh, organ's an L-112 with a 145. He recorded quite a bit on the storied '59 C-3/21H rig at RVG's studio...Rain Forest and A Certain Smile/A Certain Sadness (with Astrud Gilberto) stand out in particular... Trying to really nail that staccato chording he could do is no easy task...there's a knack to the timing that's challenging as heck. One hell of a musician... TP TP TP
  11. (Hope Google lets me share this pic off my gallery...) Picked up a Wurly 200 this past Wednesday. Needs a little TLC and a new reed for the F above middle C, but it has the legs, sustain pedal, and music rack and appears to have been a principally home-used instrument. Action needs regulating and the amp needs rebuilding, but they all do by this point. I've had a Rhodes since the 90's when I scored a Mk I Stage 73 at a yard sale, but I've never owned a Wurly until now. Stoked! :-D TP
  12. They may well be original. Not surprised the cab is nice and resonant. There should be an EIA/date code on the metal base somewhere...it'll start with 322 then have 4 digits after it, like 3226123 which would be Tung-Sol, 23rd week of 1961, for example. TP
  13. Greyplate coke bottles are Tung Sol. Holes in the plates or solid? The 3 hole plates were the latest and final version. GE relabeled TS coke bottles until they came up with their straight-bottle 6550A in 1972. Those are an excellent tube, the Winged-C is closest in tone and power to the GE and was allegedly inspired by it. Harder overdrive than the Tung-Sol, but with a tighter low end. TP
  14. Of course, but at $3-400 each, unless you inherit them, out of reach. These black plates are very sought after from audiophiles . Solid grey plate TS also nice, but also $$$ and harder to find. +1 on the winged svet's Oh yes, I know...they are extremely pricey even for pulls. I was having a little fun... I do have a couple sets of pulls...running one in my 45 I run at church (they get run only a few hours a month) though I'll probably stick the JJ KT88's in there when I get those ordered and keep the blackplates here for recording. TP
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