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Re: Should I buy a B2?



At 09:59 PM 1/2/97 -1000, you wrote:
>Did I luck out? I have a B2 with smooth drawbars. My plan is to add a Trek
>II and tell all but my most sophisticated buddies that it's a B3.   ;-)
>
>Roger
>
>
>>The physical exchange of a ratchet drawbar set for a newer, smooth
>>style drawbar set is a pizza-cake. The drawback is the cost. These are
>>very expensive when parted out. I wouldn't be surprised if a set
>>didn't cost 100's of $$s, if bought from one of the larger shops that
>>is likely to have a stack of them to sell. They like to keep them to
>>turn *-2s into *-3s. Much bigger markup that way.
>
>                       -  Roger Jacobs  .. Kauai, Hawaii  -
>                      -       Technology Consultant        -
>                     -    808-245-1695     FAX-246-4725     -
>                     -         raj@omnisphere.com           -
>                      -     http://www.omnisphere.com/     -
>
>
>
>Way to go, Roger!  Don't hesitate on the Trek II stuff.  I installed both
the preamp and the percussion unit in my BC - solved the Leslie interface
problem that way, sounds great!  Relatively cheap and easy to do.
Cheers, Ken
Ken Hall 
V3/JV880/147/VK1000/MicroB/BC/122



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