Since I'm not as familiar with these newer models (36 years old) as I am the vintage ones (70 years old) this should be an easy answer for andyg or brendon or other astute later Hammondite.</p>
The external Leslie (manual reads 'tone cabinet' but by 1973 we all know it was probably a Leslie) 9 pin connector: Does the internal Leslie switch to the left of the lower manual also change the speeds of the external one at the same time or does another switch have to be added? The schematic wasn't clear to me on this and I don't have a 9 pin cable to test it with. Thanks.
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Hammonds: A; AB; B3; D; E; 6-M3's; 2-A100; T582C.
Leslies: 3-31H; 21H, 22H, 4-44W; 46W; 25; 47; 45; 125; 50C; 51; 55C; 2-120; 122; 122A; 145; 147; 245; 770; 825; 2-102; 2-103; 300.
Wicks 2/5 pipe organ; Yamaha upright; Kurzweil Micro Piano & Micro B with M-Audio Oxygen 61; Yamaha DGX520; Wurlitzer 4100 (it came with a Leslie!). Peavey KB100 keyboard amp. Peavey Bass Guitar. Yes, I have A. D. (acquisition disorder) and don't want it cured.
The external Leslie (manual reads 'tone cabinet' but by 1973 we all know it was probably a Leslie) 9 pin connector: Does the internal Leslie switch to the left of the lower manual also change the speeds of the external one at the same time or does another switch have to be added? [/quote]</P>
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The T500's are pre-wired to accept Leslie models 700 & 710, both 9 pin 2 channel cabinets. As Brendon mentioned, the T500's red speed switch will change speed at the cabinet. Additionally the T500's white Leslie on/off switch will change channels at the cabinet. Should you wish to incorporate ensemble switching between console & cabinet you need to acquire or make up kit #8061. Simply plugging a jack into the organ's headphone socket mutes sound from both.</P>
Quite right. I'd wired up the store's T500 for a 760/770 using the standard kit. Along came the Hammond rep, laughed like a drain and plugged it straight in. I still think it sounded better through the kit, maybe something to do with where it picked up the signal. I got it straight off the amp before the crossover or leslie switching.</p>
T500+710 has real balls, though!
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It's not what you play. It's not how you play. It's the fact that you're playing that counts.
I rewired my T202 to run my 710 straight off the on board switches and took the signal straight off the Amp like Andy and it sounded great. I fitted a 9 pin socket in place of the Series 10 plug on the back of the amp chassis.</P>
Mind you I disconnected the fast motor to the rotosonic because I would finish the song before the drum got up to speed ;)</P>
The stock T500 will not give you a B3 or C3 sound regardless of what leslie you put on it. You'd have to do some serious modifications to get it to sound just like a B3/C3 - www.keyboardpartner.de has the details.
BUT.... A T500 hooked up to leslie is still a great sound, still very much a Hammond. In a church, I'd guess that 99.9% of the people there wouldn't know the difference between T500+leslie and B3+leslie, if the playing style was the same.
A T500 plus a 710 will rock the place if you need it to. You just plug it in and play. 760 will need a fitting kit or (cheaper and easier) a small modification to the organ, and then it becomes plug and play as well.
It's not what you play. It's not how you play. It's the fact that you're playing that counts.
The main advantage the T500 and 710 has over a B3 is they are very much cheaper to purchase. They still have good hammond sound and plenty of volume of needed. The 760 is slightly better leslie but will either need organ mod or kit as stated already.
Whatever leslie you put on a t500 it will sound better than most later non-tonewheel hammonds as its got proper tonewheel generator, not a B3 but still much nearer to it than most other organs.
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