h-100 and a nord c-1

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I was wondering if anyone can give me some advise.  </p>

I have a nord c-1 that i really love, but a little before I bought the c-1, I also purchased a h-100 and a leslie 740.  I paid for the h-100 and the leslie and was going to pick it up.  My question is should I get rid of the h-100 since I own a nord c-1?  From my understanding, the h-100 has a history of breaking down more frequent then other hammond organs.  I would hate to run into a bunch of trouble with the organ.   Also would the h-100 sound as good as the nord c-1?  Also can someone tell me if the 740 leslie if a 11 pin hook up.  My friend told me it was a 10 pin.  Maybe he meant 11 pin?   </p>

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If the 740 leslie is in fact a 11 pin rather than a 10 pin, I was thinking about give the h-100 away to a good friend and keeping the 740 leslie.</p>

I  would appreciate any advise, ideas, or feelings about this matter!</p>

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Thanks,</p>

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Andre' </p>

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[Brendon Wright]

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NO!!!</P>


Pick it up and try it out.</P>


I was in love with the C1 as well, though I had no dough to buy one.</P>


Then I found a 1959 C3 which I bought, and was latergiven a T-500. I followed instructions to modify the T-500 to have a gutsy sound like the C3, added overdrive, effects loop, made a housing for the internal leslie and so on.</P>


After playing the C3 I went back th the Nord and was shocked at how my perceptions had changed...I'd still like one fortaking to loud gigs, but not at home where I can hear the difference.</P>


A coupleof things I wished NORD had incorporated (yet I know of no clone that does):</P>


1/ the "Waterfall" keys of vintage consoles. </P>


The C3 has keys that are as unlike any other keys you can imagine. They let you play lightning fast blues and WILD smears. It's a FAST keyboard to play. The cheap "diving board keys" used on synthesisers, later spinets (like the T-500) and the NORD, make it so much harder to playlike the real thing. Just like a piano or anything else, it's the physical properties which make people play it the waythey do. Imitating itis hard without the same material to work with. Having said that, I still love the T-500. You do adjust technique!</P>


2/ Harmonic Foldback.</P>


This is where the tone generator runs out of higher and lower notes and it starts to repeat them on certain drawbars. The resulthas to be played to be understood. At times the result is a fantastic approximation of the note by bringing out extra harmonics,at times a repeat of notes in a run you couldn't possibly do by normal technique. They sound fantastic in a wild keyboard smear from the bass up...</P>


I really thought the Nord would incorporate this, but then I don't think even Hammond's own clone does it!</P>


3/ (Okay that's more than a couple, and my wife is anxiously looking at her watch. My obsession is interfering with my work!)</P>


...Key triggering.</P>


A real hammond has nine (or more, counting percussion etc) contacts under each key. Slowly pressa key down and you'll hear the drawbars engaging in succession. Because in a fast run we don't press every key down all the way, there's a significant nuance which really shold be easy to reproduce in a digital organ, but no one has. This nuance is another reason why the old organs are so expressive: because of our fingering, not every note sounds tonally the same. Some have all of the drawbars and some don't.</P>


Pick up this beast and check it all out.</P>


I don't personally know the H series, but even my T, after modifications (and it has BASS PEDALS!) sounded like the REAL thing! Don't chuck it in favour of the Nord (which IS a good clone), but get to know it, and become an obsessed hammond snob. It's fun!</P>


Cheers!</P>
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[Brendon Wright]

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also, following tips online and learning a little electronics and repair is good for the fun and experience!