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NOTICE: Beware of COUNTERFEIT VINTAGE HAMMOND B3 ORGANS OR OR Which is the counterfeit? Can you tell? Many retail and online companies are now selling flat out counterfeit B3 Hammond organs as Genuine B3 Organs for Genuine B3 prices. We've personally examined many counterfeit B3's lately with customers finding out after the fact that they purchased a counterfeit B3 while being told it was a genuine B3 and paying Genuine B3 prices. The organ on the LEFT is a counterfeit, and the one on the right is a Genuine Vintage Hammond B3 and the one below the other two is also a counterfeit. COULD YOU TELL?

As Members of the Better Business Bureau we cannot condone this. The value of a Counterfeit B3 is VERY LOW in the $1000-2000 range and when you go to sell it you will find out in a hurry that you have a counterfeit on your hands. Crimson Trace Mvf 515 Manual Transfer there.

If you have fallen victim to the purchase of an undisclosed counterfeit B3, contact the state Attorney General office in the state the dealer is doing business in. If in doubt, email and photos of the inside and outside of the cabinetry and we will help you determine this.

Some counterfeits are better than others, but we know what to look for. Preferably contact us BEFORE you buy to avoid any problems. Getting your money back from slysters that do this is nearly impossible.

It is not criminal to sell one of these counterfeits provided it is disclosed that it is not, in fact, a Genuine B3 organ but an organ put together from parts or some other way distinguished. Watch for folks dodging the question 'Is this a Genuine B3?' With misleading answers. If in doubt, shop elsewhere.

A Counterfeit B3 is no bargain at any price and has little to no resale value compared to a Genuine B3. Please submit any photos you have of a counterfeit B3 that you have or know of so we can post them to help the public awareness of this latest fraud. Here are some telltale signs. If you haven't been around a Genuine Hammond B3 much then how could you be expected to know what they look like? Cardrescue Mac Serial. You can't and the crooks are counting on this.

The collection of photos here will grow as users submit them and we find them also. Generally a counterfeit B3 will have the guts and keyboards of a cheap Hammond A-100 organ installed into a cabinet that looks like a B3 cabinet. We are tipped off immediately by the B3 on the left because there is no keyhole in the photograph. A Genuine B3 has either of two types of locks.

The first is the original style followed by a change sometime around 1969 to a 'jailhouse' or 'skeleton key' type lock as shown below. We also notice there is no trim piece along the side of this B3. An Original B3, Above, and Counterfeits, Below 3. We also notice right away that there is no foot rest on this pedalboard like a real B3 would have. Another counterfeit B3 4.

Lets mosey around to the back and see what kind of moxie this gal is made of. We should find two thumbscrews holding the back on which we can remove by hand. What is this! No thumbscrews!