Suggested Topics

Here's a list of topics which might be nice to have in this HammondWiki.

Feel free to add to this list.

Should you feel like expounding on these or any other topics, expound away.

• How to fix excess noise/hum (pre-amp or amp stages, w/e) would be nice.
• Drawbar settings, and other switch positions ( accurately done) for our favorite Rock classics would be awesome.

   Some can be found on the internet, but are sometimes innaccurate. ( I want Good Vibrations for example)

• Hammond Organ Tube Amplifiers (list, specs, and schematics, etc.)
• How about exploded views of components? (if such exisits)
• I'd appreciate comments on HammondWikiCopyrightIssues.
• ToneGeneratorCapacitorReplacement
• ?VibratoCapacitorReplacement
• MistakesInTheBeautyInTheB. Suggested by DonErickson.

• PercussionTroubleshooting

  • ZincDendrites, ManualZapping

• ?HookingUpLeslies

  • ?LeslieHookupKits

• MovingAHammond

  • RollOrKaris
  • ShippingAHammond
• AddingFoldbackToASpinet.
• AddingFuses
• SolidStateRectifiers
• ?HammondManufacturingTechniques.

 How were the tonewheels cut?

Pressed on a fine blanking press's (similer to the type used to make clock parts!) cleaned up heat treated mounted on shaft then in to a very crude jig that was made to spin the tone wheels up and a pickup coil fed into a 1930's amp and energised speaker to listen for odd tones due to burrs and marks on the edge of the wheels after clean up this edge was coated (the red/brown paint) and on to assemble.

How were the generator output voltages adjusted? A completed generator was run up and the level on each output tag was measured and from a chart the rods were adjusted in with a very odd tool untill the output voltage was correct then a final tighten of the lock screw (these were fairly tight during the setup as the magnetic propertys could change and the levels shift)

 The presses and tooling was well worn at the end and it was a major reason to stop tonewheels. (mikemp@radiorelaxo.com)

• How does one rewire presets from the standard registrations to custom "cool" ones?
• AllTimeHammondPopHits
• Is it possible to take a percussion unit from an L100 and install it in a B2?
• Anything about the Hammond model: K series: B Solovox Tone Cabinet. I have one that is farily good condition but can't seem to find ANY information about it at all.

• Anyone ever seen a Hammond multi-effect? I have one with spring reverb, vibrato, phase, tremolo, echo and something called "room rocker". This is an old analog unit with multi-color sliders, and switches all over it like a 70's organ. It has no model number. Anybody know what this is?

This was one of a range of products for the guitarist! I had the last Hammond guitar and its polyphonic synth from the service center in the early 70's (looked like a Gibson clone with a strange 6 pole pickup at the bridge to drive the Synth they also made a small range of flamboyant colored amps! the guitar was amazing, Synth in a very nice case that would mount on a stand (bright colors on tabs and knobs)but at the time most players would not look at it, as they did not know what it was or what you could do with it! (mikemp@radiorelaxo.com)

      _(I've not heard of nor seen such a thing.)   If you have a picture, mail it to me and I'll put it up here._ --JeffDairiki

Anything Hammond related is welcome here. (HammondClones count too!)

Running Start

BradBaker has granted permission to use his OriginalHammondLeslieFaq as seed material for this site. I've put a copy of the OriginalHammondLeslieFaq online --- feel free to copy/paste from it to HammondWiki.