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Re: Suggestions for leslie simulator?

12/31/1999 1:23 PM
Whit	Re: Suggestions for leslie simulator? Humbucker, I know you said simulator, but you said more affordable as well... I'll echo what others have said, only a real spinning something is going to sound like a real Leslie. Here's some more options I've tried with good results... 1- find one of those coffee table sized Leslies. There's a million of 'em in living rooms all across north America. Model 120 specifically... Jensen Special Design 12" speaker, single two speed rotor and a beautiful cabinet... and usually around $100 when you find one... maybe $10 if you find the right yard sale like I did. 2- find an old organ with a built in Leslie, and move the Leslie guts into your own home built cabinet. Same deal here, there's a million of these things out there for cheep. 3- buy a new horn (upper rotor, www.goff.com etc.), at about $30. Then build some sort of box for it, with say an adaptor for a Jensen 8" firing into the horn, with some surplus motor and a light dimmer spinnin' the contraption. 4- put "Item 3" above on top of either Item 1 or 2 for a butt-ugly but functional two spinner Leslie. You really need the two spinners for the best sound, but the single rotor ones are about %90 there... And a home made, well constructed two piece "Leslie" is way easier to move around that the real deal, and a lot easier to interface with guitar etc. If you get lucky, you might be able to rig this up for only $100, it's a dumpster diving quest kinda thing... Enjoy... ... Whit

12/31/1999 1:23 PM

Whit

Re: Suggestions for leslie simulator?

Humbucker,

I know you said simulator, but you said more affordable as well...

I'll echo what others have said, only a real spinning something is going to sound like a real Leslie.

Here's some more options I've tried with good results...

1- find one of those coffee table sized Leslies. There's a million of 'em in living rooms all across north America.
Model 120 specifically... Jensen Special Design 12" speaker, single two speed rotor and a beautiful cabinet... and usually around $100 when you find one... maybe $10 if you find the right yard sale like I did.

2- find an old organ with a built in Leslie, and move the Leslie guts into your own home built cabinet. Same deal here, there's a million of these things out there for cheep.

3- buy a new horn (upper rotor, www.goff.com etc.), at about $30. Then build some sort of box for it, with say an adaptor for a Jensen 8" firing into the horn, with some surplus motor and a light dimmer spinnin' the contraption.

4- put "Item 3" above on top of either Item 1 or 2 for a butt-ugly but functional two spinner Leslie. You really need the two spinners for the best sound, but the single rotor ones are about %90 there... And a home made, well constructed two piece "Leslie" is way easier to move around that the real deal, and a lot easier to interface with guitar etc.

If you get lucky, you might be able to rig this up for only $100, it's a dumpster diving quest kinda thing...

Enjoy...

... Whit

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Humbucker I'll be a little more specific. -- 12/31/1999 3:56 PM