Re: ... a hammond i heard?

[Randy Guttery <comcents@cybertron.com>]

brad baker wrote:
>I was listening to the local college jazz station recently. (Is it
>just me, or am I hearing them play A LOT of Hammond stuff these
>days). I was listening to an unknown organ quintet - guit, sax, trump,
>drum, organ, and heard something that i *think* was a tone wheel
>hammond. The thing was, it seemed to have an attack like a piano, with
>a looong decay and with more vibrato than chorus.

You may have discovered one of the "beasts" such as the X-66 / X-77 and 
similar latter day ToneWheels.... with some (really good to disgusting) 
extra percussion -- i.e. from simple 2nd/3rd on to marimba, harp (not 
bad and lonnngggg sustain) to the absolutely awful "piano" and "banjo" 
tabs...

best regards
randy