PURE
Hammond
Since
its introduction in 1955, the Hammond B3 has become the essential
performance tool for the worlds great keyboard players. The
instantly recognizable B3 sound is synonymous with the world of
popular music, while no concert stage would seem complete without
a B3´s imposing wooden cabinet.
B3
design specifications
Now, for the first time Hammond have exactly replicated the
original B3 design specifications with the introduction of the New
B3.
Sound
generator system
The unique B3 sound is reproduced by a revolutionary newly
designed sound generator system
(96DigitalToneWheels™),
which recreates all of those wonderful idiosyncrasies of the Tone
wheel generator which have eluded all previous digital systems.
Waterfall
keys & harmonic
drawbars
Two, 61 note, B3 style, waterfall key, keyboards allow for the
essential performance characteristics of the Hammond masters,
especially effortless palm glissandos. While four
complete sets of nine traditional harmonic drawbars and
twenty four reverse colour key presets achieve total ease of set
up.
Mechanical
multi-contact system
It is by utilising several tone varying features that the B3
performs so uniquely. Upper and lower pitch foldback subtly
effects the overall sound, while, probably, the most important and
interesting feature is the nine key contact system operating on
each key. These contacts connect from each of the nine drawbar
pitches and by pressing a key slowly each pitch level can be
determined, high to low. This system created the earliest form of
touch response for tone variance as well as expression.
This mechanical contact system is also responsible for
Hammond´s famous key click noise, an unintended feature that
became an essential component of
the B3 character. The new B3 incorporates a complete
mechanical contact system, totally unique in a modern instrument.
B3
expression curve
Sound dynamics are controlled by an exact copy of the original B3
expression curve incorporated
in the new instruments foot volume controller.
Knowledge
The challenge for many years has been to recreate the look,
sound and feel of this legendary keyboard instrument. Only Hammond
has the qualifications and
knowledge to accurately achieve this
Now
the B3 is re- born...