Hammond Archives - George Whitfield

Bluebox Release CD

Posted on August 14, 2015September 21, 2020 by George Whitfield

Bluebox CD – All I want to do Is Play the Blues My blues band Bluebox have released their first CD “All I Want to do is Play the Blues”. It’s a blues rock album featuring the “Hammond Accordion” sound – the natural accordion sound is mixed with a Hammond organ emulation (being generated simultaneously […]

Homemade Valve Overdrive for Hammond T-202

Posted on November 6, 2014January 26, 2016 by George Whitfield

Putting the distortion back! The classic Hammond Organs of the 60’s all had valve amplifiers, as did the Leslie speakers they usually played through. Played loud, you got a bit of overdrive resulting in a gentle warm distortion. The clean sound of the later Hammonds can be great (like Tony Banks with Genesis) but sometimes […]

Compression Horn for Leslie in Hammond T-202

Posted on November 1, 2014January 26, 2016 by George Whitfield

Getting that Honky Sound The Hammond T-202 has an inbuilt Leslie speaker which sounds pretty good but only has a 10″ cone with a 2 speed rotating baffle – no horns for that high end and honky air distortion. To modify it I bought a compression driver for £7 (plus around £6 delivery!) […]

A bit about my Hammond T-202

Posted on October 9, 2014October 9, 2014 by George Whitfield

I bought a Hammond Organ for £97 Yes! Organs are out of fashion, and take up space so most go very cheaply on ebay (pickup only!!!) If you know what to look for you can get a real electromechanical tonewheel Hammond Organ (Hammond also made loads of cheap cheesy transistor organs). Mine is a […]