Russ, I just saw this. I'm nearly as excited as you are. It hasn't hit you yet, but just wait until the first time you pick this thing up, tuck it under one arm and suddenly realize; wow, I'm basically toting a 'B3' under one arm. I sure hope you got (or get) the Behringer expression pedal that I recommended in some past post; also that kb stand if you plan to use pedals. Truth is, I plan to get that Electro, as well. I've got a couple of boards that I could use as a second board but the thought of that 'red on red' is to tempting to pass up. Now, let me warn you of the dangers.

Once you get into the habit of plopping yourself down squarely in front of that organ, playing your own bass and stuff, EXACTLY the way you want everything to sound, (you have to have at least a drummer; a guitarist makes it heaven, add a great looking female jazz vocalist and you'll never go back home again ), you will never want to play an 'arranger' gig again (I can say that at the BAR, right?).

Anyhoo, don't treat it like the G70 (I know you won't). Make peace with those little red lights passing themselves off as drawbars and just remember things like the minimoog before there were presets. Take your time and find your favorite 6 registrations and save them in programs 1,2. You'll also find "live1, live2" quite handy. You'll soon have it configured so that you can quickly get to any of your favorite regs with max, 2 button pushes.

Congrats again. It's a great, great sounding board. Heck, we'll probably have ol' Cass trading UP in no time .

If I stumble across any good C1 sites or just jazz organ sites in general, I'll let you know. Then we can discuss (and dote over) this great instrument without sounding like the 'superior' a--holes (that we are).

chas