Overview of the factory presets on a Hammond console (B-3, C-3, A-100) Upper Manual
Hammond Console Presets Lower Manual
Preset Key
Drawbars
Description
Loudness
C
None
Cancel
No sound
Db
00 4545 440
Cello
mp
D
00 4423 22
Flute & String
mp
Eb
00 7373 430
Clarinet
mf
E
00 4544 220
Diapason, Gamba & Flute
mf
F
00 6644 322
Great without reeds
f
Gb
00 5642 200
Open Diapason
f
G
00 6845 433
Full Great
fff
Ab
00 8030 000
Tibia Clausa
f
A
42 7866 244
Full Great with 16'
fff
Bb
Upper Left drawbars
B
Upper Right drawbars
Overview of the factory presets on a Hammond console (B-3, C-3, A-100) Lower Manual
Whereas the preset sounds seem to be more targeted towards the emulation of pipe organ sounds and have as such limited usage in the typical blues / rock Hammond vocabulary, some of them are quite usable, Here’s an example using the ‘Ab’ (‘Tibia Clausa’) on the lower manual: