Good post Chas. I don't agree with buying for tiny upgrades, but in my case, upgrading to the S910 gave me two great B-3 emulations that I positively love...I even find myself playing my old Hammond licks when using these sounds, so they are good.

It saved me the cost of getting a clonewheel for the several organ tunes I play, so in a sense, I'm actually being frugal.

One "philosophy" does not work for all, but we can take bits and pieces of another's if they are helpful in our own lives.

BTW...I just got (today, actually) some great MP3's of Jimmy Smith's The Sermon, volumes one and two complete...and they included the liner notes and some biographies (and pictures) of the cats who played with him...I'm really lovin' them...he sure was a master of the B-3.

Ian