Re: B200

[John See <jdcsee@televar.com>]

HOlsen5629@aol.com wrote:
> 
> John:
> 
> The B-200 is a seventies vintage portable organ with Hammond's LSI
> technology.  It is more like a Concord or B-3000 than today's sampled B3
> clones.  It does not and will never sound as "B3 authentic" as most of the
> new equipment currently available.
> 
> The HL-822 Leslie used with this organ is electrically and functionally
> identical to the  HL-722 (used with the B-3000), the 815 (a generic portable
> model) and the 715 (in a standard wood finish cabinet).  All have the
> old-style solid-state amps with interstage transformers and come up a bit
> short in the "tone quality" department.
> 
> If the price is right, it's worth considering but it does not sound like a
> tonewheel organ
> 
> Harvey Olsen
> HOlsen5629@aol.com

Harvey,
Thanks for the information.  

                        John See