No glow for me with the OD3

[Grainger49]

My brother and I call this "The Scientific Method."  Also used by Andy Griffith used it to good stead (on a tube type radio) in No Time For Sargents. 

 

[bainjs]

I have to admit, I come from a long line of thumpers.  I'm sure my granddaddy practiced it with his Atwater Kent and his Zenith "Cobrahead" console record player.  I wonder how many will know what I'm talking about...

Still glowing.  Using the Creek remote, it seems to be easier to adjust the volume at low levels. In the past, the volume would be too low and slightly turning it up, it would get too loud.  I guess they call that more linear.

Joel  

 

[bainjs]

The FP3 seems to be running a lot cooler now even with the OD3 working.  I have mine in a open backed cabinet and previously, I would keep the glass door open a little for more ventilation.  Now even with the door closed it's much cooler running. 

 

[Grainger49]

IIRC, Doc has a background in restoring old radios.

 

[Doc B]

Radios, PA stuff, microphones, old test gear, you name it. Last radio I did was my 1956 Telefunken Salzburg Console, including a Telefunken tape deck. We listen to our favorite blues show on it every Saturday and Sunday night. Current resto project is a fairly rare Hammond Model E concert organ with D-20 and DR-20 power cabinets.

 

[bainjs]

Then you might be familar with the Zenith Cobrahead tonearm 78rpm record players. It was in a large cabinet that the turntable pulled out and when you played a 78, the tonearm head would wiggle back and forth.  Those snake eyes would freak me out as a 4 year old. 

The fact I remember it 50 years later attests to impression it put on me. Scarrry!

 

[JC]

An E?  Good for you!

I roadied one of these around that had been built into an Anvil case way back when; KILLER blues organ!

 

[Doc B]

The thing is really crazy inside. Tremulants run off of the drive shafts at the end of the tone generators - the chorus is a whole second set of detuned tone generators. Completely different than any other Hammond, separate expression pedals for swell and great manuals, pedal piston presets, typewriter keys for manual presets. I grew up listening to Jimmy Smith so of course I am already working on fitting in a percussion preamp from an L-100 in a manner that looks factory, and trying to scrounge up a Leslie 31H.

 

[JC]

Yes, the Leslie would really complete the package!  I sure hope you can post some audio clips as you go...

 

[Doc B]

Yes, when I get the thing running I hope to get Art Khu to come up and tape him playing it.

 

[JC]

Wow, that would be a treat!  Now that you have explained some of the innards, I am wondering if that Chorus arrangement isn't one of the reasons this instrument seemed to be such a monster!

I would advise against the Anvil case, BTW, unless you have a whole lot of young dummies like I was to help schlep it around...

 

[Doc B]

I hauled the thing up from San Francisco last February and it's been in my garage where we off loaded it ever since. 441lbs! Took five of us to get it in the cargo van. I'm going to buy two furniture dollies and make a road over the lawn with plywood, so I can roll it over to my outside basement stairs. Then we'll lay plywood on the steps and get a couple ropes and let gravity help it into the basement where the speakers (170lbs. each), bench and pedals are waiting. Thought that turning the original Bottlehead basement headquarters into a music room would be a neat idea. If we ever sell the house it may come with a free organ in the basement...

 

[Natural Sound]

We listen to our favorite blues show on it every Saturday and Sunday night.

Does the radio station stream on the Internet? Is it KPLU? I really enjoy blues shows. Our local college radio station has a blues show on Wednesday nights. http://www.kunm.org/bluesshow.html

 

[Doc B]

Yeah, John Kessler's show on KPLU, from 6 to midnight Sat. and Sun. Thanks for the link. I'll try to remember to check it out tomorrow night whilst packing for RMAF.