Hi Jim, thanks for the welcome. I've kinda got the Charles Earland thing goin' on. I'm normally a sax/clarinet player, I recently got married this summer to my wife (who is a cellist), and I've always loved groovy organ music (Bro. Jack, McGriff, Jimmy Smith, Groove Holmes, MMW, Galactic, Soulive, Deep Blue Organ Trio, and of course you cats!), so after a year of studying organ (drawbars, basslines, etc) I've started my own organ trio with my brother on guitar. In the town I live in, you gotta be available on as many things as possible! Anyway, that's my story, and thanks for the warm welcome and your help!
I went to mouser and looked around, and I tried to type in "Hammond XB-2 parts, accesories, pushbuttons" and I realize I have no idea what exact type of pushbutton it is that I need. Any help in that area?
Further...I cracked open the XB-2, and carefully took out piece by piece until I could look at the wires, soldering, that makes the preset buttons function. It appears that pushbuttons 5,6,7 & 8 (esp. 7) have been fried because there's a slight black-ish grey circle around the 4 soldering points behind the pushbuttons. I'm actually thinking that I need a whole new circuit piece for that little section dealing with the pushbuttons. Would you know where I could pick that up / order that particular piece?
Lastly, I actually put the entire organ back together again, while not messing it up any further (quite a proud moment in my little life).
Sorry for the long rant, but lemme know if you can answer any of these other questions.
Most appreciative,
-Nathan (ndhjazz)