Many people chop their Hammond organs to make gigging logistics easier. However, in my experience it's better to leave the cabinet as one piece and just shave off excess weight where you can.
Inspired by what Sal Azzarelli had done to my A-101, I recently stripped down Kevin Dean's gig organ - a Hammond A-101 - to make it lighter and easier to move. And when I was done with Kevin's organ I redid my own to look just the same.
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Kevin's A-101 to the left, mine to the right.
Speaker baffles and power amps removed. Custom coroplast back cover velcroed on for easy field service.
Connector box flipped 180 degrees. Convenient hook for A/C cable. Trek II line out box.
Painted and velcroed cardboard cover for Accutronics spring reverb. Corner bracing to stabilize cabinet.
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Trek II tremolo switch / pedal switch to the left. Velcro halfmoon to the right.
Ready to go.
Played a gig the same night.
251 with 6H hookup, 31H with 32H Series III amp.
Photo album generated by album a tool written by David Madison on Fri Mar 19 12:05:25 2010