Jim Alfredson

I think on Endless Love he's just using the "slow" setting on the percussion, instead of the standard "fast". That lengthens the decay of the tone. He might also have a bit of that fifth drawbar in there. On Main Stem, I think it's just a matter of the Leslie grunging things up a bit.

Stella is now even months old and is possibly the world's cutest baby. Of course I am biased, but judge for yourself: She is, as mentioned in the post above a mere 10 days after her birth, truly Zora's opposite. She is so mild-mannered. She goes to bed easy. She doesn't fuss. She is just a little sweetheart. And did I mention she is cute?

There's a T8 on ebay right now. I think they want $6k for it, which isn't too bad considering.

Nothing like the open-mindedness of jazz aficionados.

Don't confuse the percussion feature with "key-click", which is the sound of the contacts under each key connecting when the key is pressed. It's almost a "static-y" sound. It was a part of the organ that Hammond himself considered a fault and the engineers tried all sorts of electronic solutions to mask it. A lot of the the jazz guys modified their organs so they would have more of that key-click. But I know what you're saying about Groove; he sometimes used the 2nd harmonic percussion and it was very pronounced. Jimmy McGriff modified his B3 somehow to make the percussion really thick and, for lack of a better term, nasty (and get more key-click, too). His tone on those Solid State LPs is ridiculous. Jimmy was trying to prove himself on those initial BN records. I think his fire and intensity on those sides is awesome.

No way the rhythm guitarist is Steve Cropper, but the bassist could definitely be Duck Dunn. I like this kinda talkbox:

Back in the very early days, I believe he was using an earlier model of Hammond (not the B3). Possibly a B2, which does not have "percussion". The percussion feature on a Hammond B3 is not related to a "drum" sound, but is rather a very staccato accent at the front of the note, kind of like a wood block type of sound. It was a new feature of the new model B3. There were two options; second harmonic (which is an octave of the note you're playing) and third harmonic (which is a fifth). The classic Jimmy Smith sound, post-1958, is the first three drawbars pulled out, third harmonic percussion on, fast attack, normal volume, and the C3 chorus setting (Hammond B3s have six chorus/vibrato settings... V1, V2, V3, C1, C2, C3... only one of which can be on at any time). Also, I believe he was using a 31H Leslie or perhaps a 21H (but it sounds like a 31H to me), which are older models and sound very different than the Leslie 122, which became the standard in later years. What is interesting to me is that even before he was using the percussion feature, especially on those live albums, he would often use the fifth drawbar, which is the same interval as the third percussion... the only difference is it isn't staccato. So he was searching for that sound before Hammond invented it!

Thanks for trying, Jim. That story is from three years ago and what did that guy's record do? Ours hit #1 on the CMJ jazz charts and did fairly well on JazzWeek as well. But hey... Back to IEC1 vs IEC2.

OMG! One of my good friends just sent this track to me. Now, I love Alison Krauss, and I think she's amazing. But good Lord, what possessed her to do this song?!?! ARGGHHGAGAHGF! It's terrible... from the production to the cheesy lyrics, it's just plain bad. At first I thought maybe it was something she did in the early 90s, before her career took off (the production sounds like that) but no... it came out on a compilation of country Christmas tunes in 2004!!! Baby Jesus is crying.

AH. Gotcha. Check out page 8 of the following document: http://home.flash.net/~mrltapes/choo&u.pdf Should put you in the ballpark.

I am one of the most unathletic persons you'll ever meet. That said, I could run a mile in just over 4 minutes (4:30 or so) in high school. They wanted me to do track, but I was too shy (and too much into going home, putting the headphones on, and either listening or writing or practicing music).

As far as I know, you just have to recalibrate the machine with the appropriate MRL calibration tape (they sell CCIR tapes). No electronic modification is required. It's just a pain because on most machines you can't switch back and forth. You have to do a full calibration to change EQ curves. But I may be wrong.

Let me guess... you have something that was originally recorded on a Nagra?

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Ugh.

I play a clonewheel, too. Just one made by Hammond (which is really Hammond-Suzuki and is owned by the Japanese). I think it's a blessing. Most Hammond organs are approaching 40 years of age. Even if a club or festival provides one, you never know what kind of shape it's going to be in. I prefer to bring my own rig.

It's a "clonewheel"... a digital keyboard made to emulate the B3. Joey is part-owner of the company.

Saw Bootsie in Philly a few years ago at Ortlieb's. He's still a badass tenor player! Earland is like Grant Green; very limited vocabulary, but swings like a mofo and puts a smile on your face!

My brother in law's father was an engineer for GM until he retired a few years back. One time he and other top engineers went to a Honda plant in Ohio and he was so impressed with how things are run and how they design their cars that after that experience he only buys Hondas.

Maybe, maybe not. How do you normally listen to your LPs? Through an integrated stereo amplifier of some kind? Sometimes they have auxillary (or tape) outputs, to which you can hook the CD burner. The integrated amplifier would do the RIAA eq (assuming it has a phono input) and you'd be all set.

It sounds like you're connecting the turntable directly to the inputs of the CD burner, right? That's a no-no. You need a turntable preamp to go inbetween the two. Not only does the preamp boost the signal, but it applies the RIAA equalization curve to the audio, without which it will be all treble and no bass.

Too bad for you!

Boy, Dumars seems to have killed the Pistons with that trade. Losing to the Timberwolves!?? By 20+ points? Are you kidding me? No offense, no defense. Pitiful. The season appears to be a bust.