Hi, does this organ have just one switch to turn it on, or does it have the typical start and run switches? I am looking at one that the owner said is an L-222, and I can't tell if it's the same as this one or if it's a totally different animal. He said it only has one switch, which I wouldn't think is a tonewheel organ.
I had debated whether to get a T200 or an M100. They are both good Hammonds but chose the M100 (I have an M101 that I've been meaning to play for you youtubers)because that almighty tube amp. You can get external rotosonics (which is what the T200 has) for pretty cheap compared to the 122/147's.
I had a TR-200, almost the same. You hear its sound immediately after you turn it on because these have transistor amplifiers and they don't need so much time to work as tube amplifiers. The Leslie spins up a lot slower than the real, big leslies, but the sound is almost the same. I sold my TR-200 for about $730 (~140 000 Hungarian forints) and bought a Hammond L-100. I like it much better, but unfortunately it has no Leslie speaker at all.
If I have not used the Leslie for awhile, it takes a little while to spin up, but if I leave it in "fast mode" for a minute or two, then back to slow, the next time I go to fast, it spins up pretty quick.
No problem for my comment. Yes, now I remember that the Leslie was faster after a little work. And now I know what the real problem was: my TR-200 was in the garage in winter and it was pretty cold always so that's why the leslie couldn't spin up faster.
Hi, does this organ have just one switch to turn it on, or does it have the typical start and run switches? I am looking at one that the owner said is an L-222, and I can't tell if it's the same as this one or if it's a totally different animal. He said it only has one switch, which I wouldn't think is a tonewheel organ.
101paulw 2 months ago
@101paulw , it only has 1 power switch, . Only the older hammonds have the start and run switch.
vhm14u2c 2 months ago
Hi, does this organ have just one switch to turn it on, or does it have the typical start and run switches?
101paulw 2 months ago
thinking about purchasing one of these.
haha your on sound reminds me of the main theme from A Clockwork Orange!
Jerram89 1 year ago
Beautiful organ.. wish you would show more of it though.... much like my T-212 :)))))
ZmajSnoshaj 3 years ago
Encore.
rsp196607 3 years ago
I had debated whether to get a T200 or an M100. They are both good Hammonds but chose the M100 (I have an M101 that I've been meaning to play for you youtubers)because that almighty tube amp. You can get external rotosonics (which is what the T200 has) for pretty cheap compared to the 122/147's.
Hammondlover2 4 years ago
Ah cool I didn't know there were 2-hundred models with built-in Leslie. Very clear explanation, I liked it! Keep the Organ videos coming ;)
ToneWheelStudent 5 years ago
I have added a link in the comments section of this page that shows the internals of the organ, including the built in leslie.
vhm14u2c 4 years ago
Thank you very much, interesting pictures.
ToneWheelStudent 4 years ago
I had a TR-200, almost the same. You hear its sound immediately after you turn it on because these have transistor amplifiers and they don't need so much time to work as tube amplifiers. The Leslie spins up a lot slower than the real, big leslies, but the sound is almost the same. I sold my TR-200 for about $730 (~140 000 Hungarian forints) and bought a Hammond L-100. I like it much better, but unfortunately it has no Leslie speaker at all.
hvikk 5 years ago
If I have not used the Leslie for awhile, it takes a little while to spin up, but if I leave it in "fast mode" for a minute or two, then back to slow, the next time I go to fast, it spins up pretty quick.
vhm14u2c 5 years ago
No problem for my comment. Yes, now I remember that the Leslie was faster after a little work. And now I know what the real problem was: my TR-200 was in the garage in winter and it was pretty cold always so that's why the leslie couldn't spin up faster.
hvikk 5 years ago