A-100 & A-102 Best Sound/Value Consoles

[<A100Fish@aol.com>]

All of my A-100 & A-102 consoles have the spring type reverb. They vary in
age from s/n 20636 to a black-transformer s/n 32578 (which looks awful, but
is the best-playing Hammond I own).  I recently sold an A-100 s/n ~79xx,
which was my oldest.  I think the best sound/value can be gotten from the
A-100 & A-102 today.

Regards,

George Fish Jr.
GeoFishJr@aol.com <---- preferred private email address

In a message dated 97-02-03 14:23:47 EST, you write:

> > >I've been looking for an A100 for approx 6 months, and during that time
I'
> ve
>  > >seen many of them.  I've noticed several model variations including
lace
>  > >reverb v. spring reverb
>  
>  > Personally, I don't think the necklace reverb works well in an A-100 - 
> They
>  > tend to be too sensitive to motion.  That aside, I'd go for the OLDEST
A-
> 100
>  > you can find.  Build quality is excellent.  The later manual chassis
with
>  > round gold plated or square bussrods were not on a par with older 
> specimens.
>  
>  I will concur with Bob on this one. Unless you have a concrete slab
>  for the A100, you will experience crash noises from the necklace. It's
>  just too sensitive.  Replacement of the necklace with a later stretch
>  spring type shouldn't be a problem, if the coil impedances match. I
>  intend to do this with mine.
>                                       Dan Kerl
>                                       dlkerl@ro.com
>