Boy, talk about hijacking poor Bernie's thread completely......apologies, Bernie, I started it.

However, I had trouble finding the 'they can't tell the difference' line in my post....old eyes, I guess. What I meant was, for the way most members use organ lines in their styles, performances, recordings, etc., the on-board organs seem suited to the task (solo organ, maybe not ). On the other point, I only use one board in an organ trio setting. I wouldn't think of using anything other than a dedicated organ in that setting (neither would you). For me, it's all about recreating the old jazz organ trio of the 60's and 70's which was always organ, drums, and guitar plus 1 (vocalist, sax player, etc.). In those days, club goers expected to see at least that many players. I only knew of one OMB back then Organ and early drum machine), although there were a few solo performers on piano or organ. In most of the jazz clubs today in the Atlanta area, there are usually 4-6 players plus the usual drop-in guests. They aren't making much money but the music lives on (even if the players are starving to death ).

chas