I've played Hammond simulations of just about every brand at some point along the technology path, as already stated, the portage situation alone began to demand that.

NONE of them are spot on, some are very close indeed.

As for being able to tell, sure. The clones all each have their dead giveaways, dig.

BUT -- and this is where the rubber hits the road -- if I'm playing on a clone that happens to not do a certain trick in the fashion of the original -- I try not to ever play that trick on it. Keyboardists without years of experience sittin' the helm of the real B may not realize the existance of or know these things, which often gives the clone away purty quick. I did find it difficult to call the clone when the player was Joey D...


--Mac