I don't know, but one thing for sure leslies are a sign of a dedicated and herculean road crew. You ever tried to move one of those things?

Some info here:

http://www.keyboardmag.com/artists/1236/10-questions-with-gregg-allman/28288

Drawbar settings, allegedly:

http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/forum/Keyboards/acapella-18/348752-

I never played in a band with a B3 nor any Leslies. I wouldn't know which is worse to lug around The Hammond or the Leslie. I think that was a great idea when Hammond came out with the Porta B. Too bad there isn't any Porta Leslie. In any event , I'm sure Gregg isn't too concerned or involved with the transportation of his equipment.

I don't know, but one thing for sure leslies are a sign of a dedicated and herculean road crew. You ever tried to move one of those things?

There was a Rolling Stone interview with the Allman Brothers, in 1999 or 2000 (interesting article if you read between the lines - things did not sound peachy), and Gregg was talking about touring and the road. There was a back and forth to the effect -

GA: "That Hammond organ weighs as much as a heartache"
RS: "Weighs as much as a heartache? I like that."
GA: "Ha, no I said as much as a Harley."
RS: "Ha, oh."

I always expected a song about a the weight of a heartache and a Harley to appear on a Gregg album after that.

Moving a Hammond for gigs isn't that bad. They have dollies for them and 2- 4 reasonably strong guys can easily lift and put it in place. My band did it for years and we had a C3...a B3 with more cabinet

Leslie's aren't that heavy and people use a flat Piano dolly to move them. they weight maybe 100lbs. We'd just tip it then slide the dolly under it and then tip it on to the dolly....one guy can do that...

Gregg's set up with the ABB was on a separate movable stage/platform and they just put a Anvil cover over the whole rig and roll it in and out.

Heartache and a Harley. The man speaks in lyrics. I guess the leslie more cumbersome than anything , still 100lb not something a guy wants carry to a second floor walkup gig. OK now, moving a C3 isn't that bad, only takes 2-4 guys, you must have been pretty successful, that weight kind of limits the instrument to a musician getting paid well. How do hammond players just getting started who can't afford a crew move their stuff? I used to haul a Fender Quad Reverb around, thing literally almost killed me on a few stairways, the back stair up to the 2nd floor of The Wall Street in Murfreesboro, had to rethink my backline after that.

Heartache and a Harley. The man speaks in lyrics. I guess the leslie more cumbersome than anything , still 100lb not something a guy wants carry to a second floor walkup gig. OK now, moving a C3 isn't that bad, only takes 2-4 guys, you must have been pretty successful, that weight kind of limits the instrument to a musician getting paid well. How do hammond players just getting started who can't afford a crew move their stuff? I used to haul a Fender Quad Reverb around, thing literally almost killed me on a few stairways, the back stair up to the 2nd floor of The Wall Street in Murfreesboro, had to rethink my backline after that.

Ya need good band mates who see the quality of having that instrument on stage. All the guys in my band helped move the Hammond and Leslie. Plus on the dollies 1 guy can move the organ or Leslie. The Roto Dollies they make for the Hammonds make it real easy to roll around. Stairs are a pain no doubt but again if you have good band-mates it makes it manageable. We were lucky to not see any gigs with significant stairs but we had a few and guys at the club would also help....once a sound guy sees a Hammond and Leslie they usually perk up because they know that band is serious. The biggest problem with moving a Hammond up stairs is keeping it level. We would just take it one stair at a time and keep the back side level as we went up. But if you have guys that won't help then its a problem.

Sounds like a good band. And believe me I would have helped move a Hammond. What a sound. And yes, guys that won't help, a problem indeed. Enough of a problem to hijack this threadbso I will leave it at that. Funny though, crappy bandmates account for the best stories.