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Actually I don't think it is a Hammond (although same ballpark) I think it's a distorted (almost certainly software) church organ - just slightly softer attack. Any sound between a Hammond B3 and a church organ, or best of all the funky patch they always imaginatively call 'Gospel organ' will get you there or abouts. Then add guitar amp sim of choice.
Nomad
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There are some settings, like 888000000 with percussion on, that are considered classics but don't really emulate a pipe organ (or a pipe organ's emulation of a real instrument). They're just selections from the thousands available that happen to have a particular voice and became popular outside of the church organ setting.
The Leslie doesn't need to be overdriven - you can get some amazing swirlies with a clean sound, with a chorus or vibrato on the organ, and running that into the Leslie. A lot of the feel comes from the transitions between slow and fast Leslie. The above drawbar setting with only slow Leslie gives a lovely mellow tone, then flick the Leslie to fast and switch on the chorus or vibrato, and it turns into goosebump stuff. It's like a tonal crescendo.
Personally, I think the Leslie is essential. When I first got my A-100, I didn't have a Leslie, but used the Korg G4 into a pair of stereo speakers. The organ's built-in speakers sounded a bit bland and tame in comparison. Then, for some reason, I decided I didn't like it and the shop kindly agreed to take it back and refund me. I then when through a few weeks of serious remorse until I saw the same organ advertised again, this time with a Leslie 145. I bought it a second time, they changed all the electrolytics, and kindly sent it back to me. With the real Leslie, it's just no contest. My default setting is to route through the Leslie only, but add some reverb from the organ's built-in thing (two of the 12" speakers are for the dry sound, and the third has it's own dedicated amp with reverb, which isn't switched off with the speaker routing thing). The Leslie has deeper, smoother bass, and the subtle modulation on slow adds something that just isn't there with the organ on its own.
Nomad
Nobody loves me but my mother... and she could be jivin' too...