Al,

Yep the D-beam is pretty freaky...a friend of mine has a VK8 organ...he tells me he gets all kinds of comments, from people thinking he's chasing flies away, or he gets people looking at him curiously, and then waving back at him.

The Roland VKs definitely have the "sound" pretty well nailed, but it's that distorted, warm, ballsy tone that really impressed me.

Ian