On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:18:13 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:41:08 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


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On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:34:37 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
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Heck, I go back even further. Our high school math club used to
program Sylvania's mainframe (this was '62) using phone jacks/plugs on
racks six feet tall and four wide - there were fifteen of them.

With vacuum tubes no less. :)

I get a warm feeling just thinking about it, nothing like the soft red
glow from a rack full of vacuum tube equipment on a cold winter's
night. :-)

Have either of you had to buy tubes lately? Good Grief!

Oh yeah - had to get new finals for my homebrew "California Kilowatt"
about two years ago- 3-500Cs. I got Russian tubes (Chinese tubes are
crap) and they were still $110 a piece.

Dude!!

I decided to re-tube both the B3 and the C3 Hammonds, a M3 Hammond, two
Leslie 122 speakers and two Hammond PR-20 Tone cabinets.


Have they all been re-capped? If not, they are long overdue!

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Have they all been re-capped? If not, they are long overdue!



The C3, yes. (B3 in a full cabinet).
The B3, no.

And you can hear the difference.

I was going to order the cap set, but found a guy that rebuilds the preamps
and installs all new caps in the process. He takes your old one as a
"core" and installs a rebuilt from his stock. He also does a "tune" up ...
cleans the drawbars, key contacts, oils the tone generator, etc. I decided
that since I've never done this, it will be worth having it done by an
experienced Hammond tech.

He's also going to make a couple of popular modifications, including fixing
the upper drawbar volume attenuation when using percussion in the normal
setting.

Eisboch

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Have they all been re-capped? If not, they are long overdue!



BTW, the Leslie I got for the C3 is a not-so-old 122 overhauled by Goff.
It has the big, "Goff Professional" logo on it. It, with the C3, have an
unbelievable, powerful sound.

Eisboch

On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:47:24 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


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Have they all been re-capped? If not, they are long overdue!



BTW, the Leslie I got for the C3 is a not-so-old 122 overhauled by Goff.
It has the big, "Goff Professional" logo on it. It, with the C3, have an
unbelievable, powerful sound.

Eisboch


No doubt!

On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:42:43 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


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Have they all been re-capped? If not, they are long overdue!



The C3, yes. (B3 in a full cabinet).
The B3, no.

And you can hear the difference.

I was going to order the cap set, but found a guy that rebuilds the preamps
and installs all new caps in the process. He takes your old one as a
"core" and installs a rebuilt from his stock. He also does a "tune" up ...
cleans the drawbars, key contacts, oils the tone generator, etc. I decided
that since I've never done this, it will be worth having it done by an
experienced Hammond tech.

He's also going to make a couple of popular modifications, including fixing
the upper drawbar volume attenuation when using percussion in the normal
setting.

Eisboch


Those guys are a vanishing breed. I sold my M3 to our local Hammond
"collector" many years ago. He had a small warehouse full of old
organs and parts, and also did a lot of service work. His wife was not
happy about the stockpile! Mine, which was in great shape, eventually
went to a storefront church. I sold it too him very cheap because I
knew his circumstances, and what he was doing. The guy himself was not
in very good shape, and died about 10 years ago.