-''From the OriginalHammondLeslieFaq''
+''Originally
From the OriginalHammondLeslieFaq''
Before poking in your Hammond, please note that HammondsCanKillYou.
-The most popular setting for the four [Percussion] switches in the B-3 family of Hammonds is the where all four switches are rocked toward the rear of the console. With this setup the percussion VOLUME switch is in the __SOFT__ postion. When this switch is rocked toward the front of the console, the __NORMAL__ position, the volume of the percussion signal increases while the volume of the drawbars signal decreases. A simple modification can be performed that will eliminate the decrease in the drawbar volume, while still allowing the volume of the percussion signal to be increased when the __NORMAL__/__SOFT__ switch is set to the __NORMAL__ position.
+The most popular setting for the four [Percussion] switches in the B-3 family of Hammonds is the where all four switches are rocked toward the rear of the console. With this setup the percussion VOLUME switch is in the __SOFT__ postion. When this switch is rocked toward the front of the console, the __NORMAL__ position, the volume of the percussion signal increases while the volume of the drawbars signal decreases.
A simple modification can be performed that will eliminate the decrease in the drawbar volume, while still allowing the volume of the percussion signal to be increased when the __NORMAL__/__SOFT__ switch is set to the __NORMAL__ position.
The percussion drawbar-volume drop is inherent in many organs, including ALL B-3, C-3, A-100, RT-3 and the M3. To solve this on those models, you can jumper out a resistor on the matching transformer assembly, which is the round metal-enclosed thing mounted on the upper right side (looking from the back) of the organ.
* Remove the two screws securing the cover, and notice a group of resistors mounted on a strip on the left side of the matching
- transformers. The resistor to jumper out is the lowest one on the left ~[
in a B/C-3, this is R1 (3.9Meg), in an M-3,
- it's R2 (1Meg).]
+ transformers. The resistor to jumper out is the lowest one on the left (
in a B/C-3, this is R1 (3.9Meg), in an M-3,
+ it's R2 (1Meg)
).
+
Use a clip-lead jumper first as a test.
>> Dan Ramirez (dan@thefalsebottoms.com) says he was just looking into this and he believes that in M-3s with serial #s
>> higher than 48000, it is actually R50, which is mounted to the "percussion volume" tab).
