Re: A100 options

[Brad Baker <bpb@bpbsn.cca.rockwell.com>]

Mike Birenbaum  <MikEShaSha@aol.com> writes:

   > I have a Hammond A100 I bought with a Leslie 147.  I had a guy
   > get me a converter box to convert the 5pin out put to 6 pin
   > configured for the 147.  When my horn driver went out, I had a
   > friend come over with a 122.  Of coarse it didn't work when we
   > tried to hook up the 122, even though it is also a 6 pin.  So I'm
   > sure not set up the same way.

did smoke come out of the 122 when you switched the leslie on? 

   > My Questions are:

   > 1.  What does it take to convert an A100 5 pin output to a 6 pin
   > 122.

you'll need a kit for a100 to 122. it does unbalanced to balanced
conversion, among other things...

   > 2.  What differs in the two Leslies 6 pin configuration.  

this information is in the faq (you did read the faq?)

   > 3.  What options do I have available for the A100, I heard Al
   > Goff mention a B-3 conversion kit.  Is it easy to disconnet the
   > speaker in the Hammond?

the 147 is the easiest connection to an a100. get a kit for a
122. check the shop list in the faq for sources.

   > 4.  My reverb isn't working.  I don't have the Leslie the A100
   > was designed for.

do you still have the 147?

   >                    Would I still hear the reverb on other
   > Leslies?

not unless they were rv models, and then not with the internally
generated reverb signal. 


brad baker
bpb@cca.rockwell.com