Should I be jealous of M-100a owners?

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I have an M-102 and love it, but I really envy the more percussive sound of a B3. Now I've discovered that there's an M-100a with extra percussion controls. Should I be jealous? It looks from the picture I saw that it may just be a set of presets.

[johnny b3]

Re: Should I be jealous of M-100a owners?

Should you be jealous? that is the real question.

[Guest]

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No I don't think so, not unless you *really* want the preset sounds of a chime, marimba, guitar, xylophone and banjo plus a few kitchy sounding symbal and brushes (syncopated manually) on your otherwise lovely spinet. I have an M-102 and an M-111-A so can attest to the fact that (for me), I prefer the naked lady ie. the no A bit ... :o).</P>


You won't make a B3 out of a spinet, so I believe that it is much better to enjoy the spinets for what they are in their own right- fine instruments with their own individual nuances in sound.</P>


Just my 2c worth,
rgds,</P>


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[Guest]

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Shouldn't be jealous of any B3. Concert model E is where it's at. [;)]</p>

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[Guest]

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You are so right about that statement. Las weekend my tech connected my 196?? livingroom condition Leslie 147 to my M111.</p>

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Hard I try it to sound like an A100, B3 or C3. Bottom line: it would NEVER sound like the big brothers so I started the process of accepting the fact that the Spinet has its own personality/sound. I'm happier now but some day I will buy a console...some day.
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[Guest]

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So that is just a set of presets. I did notice that one of the settings is "drawbars". The players guide has the settings for those anyway. The cymbal button is kinda funny though. That's the earliest example of electronic percussion I know of. I would only need that if I got a gig at a retro burlesque theater. [;)]

[james]

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My two cents worth. I once was able to compare what those presets were for percussion on the M-100 Series. They were about the same offered on the T100, T200 lines back in the late 1960's. Overall, the poorest of excuses for percussion since there was no sustain and the sounds were made from drawbars as oneshould expect. The chimes werepitiful, but if a repeat control is availabe the marimba andxylophone were the best of the lot. the Chimes were drawbars, 4' 2 2/3'and 2' combined. The owner's manual said chime-like.[:(] Well, if only you have a good imagination.</P>


Yes, Iagree it is best to accept each organ for what it is, and the Hammond M-100 is a good organ, if you are a Hammond fan. It is better without any additions. I had anM 100 for many years, but always had other interests. I bought the last one the dealer would ever have in the store since theT series were taking up all extra space as well as the E 100 Series.</P>
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It takes more than one organ to keep my interest, and I prefer an organ with nice sounding stops that are fairly realistic as well as the overall tone. Then I check out the percussion feature to see if it is realistic. Sustain is the best percussion ever on the electronic organs. (By the way, Wurlitzer invented the Sustain percussion.) The percussion on those early Hammond Organs are nothing more than the 4' and 2 2/3' pitch sounds with a short cutoff sound to them to give that "clonk and ping" sound. I have those on my large Lowrey spinet and they work the same as on the Hammond. I personally never found them to of much use in my style of playing. I have heard jazz organists use them to their advantage, but I perfer something else for my interest as well as type of playing.</P>
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[james]

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Nathan,</P>


Did you mean the large E Series, or the E100, 200, 300's?</P>


Also read my recent posts regarding the "newused" Wurly I recently acquired.</P>
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[Tim Rinkerman]

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Whiter Shade of Pale was recorded and performed live on a spinet.....Tim

[Guest]

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Focus also used a Spinet, I think an M100 with a Leslie. </p>

Check YouTube "Focus Sylvia"
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[Guest]

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Speaking of focus...[;)]