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    Quote Originally Posted by DrNomis_44 View Post
    I wouldn't mind scoring myself a nice Hammond L-100 organ in working condition, the organ player in Uriah Heep played one, the Hammond L-100 used all valve circuitry and electrically driven tone wheels to produce it's distinctive sounds.
    .... bearing in mind, of course, that a huge part of the Hammond sound was that Leslie speaker enclosure!! I use a simulator these days, but it's just not the same, eh!! :-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by corsair View Post
    .... bearing in mind, of course, that a huge part of the Hammond sound was that Leslie speaker enclosure!! I use a simulator these days, but it's just not the same, eh!! :-)

    Yeah, although it is a good enough approximation, I know of at least one guy on youtube that actually made a small portable DIY Leslie speaker himself, try looking up Uncle Doug Leslie Speaker on youtube.

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