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Title: Poor Man's Leslie
Post by: sluckey on September 02, 2014, 08:44:59 am
My poor man's Leslie was inspired by Timbo's recent Leslie project. It's pretty lame compared to his. But I'm having fun with it in the shop. Thought I'd share...

http://home.comcast.net/~seluckey/amps/leslie/leslie.htm (http://home.comcast.net/~seluckey/amps/leslie/leslie.htm)
Title: Re: Poor Man's Leslie
Post by: tubenit on September 02, 2014, 11:14:22 am
That is remarkably cool!  BRAVO!  Thanks for sharing it.  Those rifts from Badge have been some of the coolest rifts in guitar history.

Please post a sound clip.  And since I know that you know the Badge rifts ............... maybe do that?

Thanks, Jeff
Title: Re: Poor Man's Leslie
Post by: shortfuse on September 02, 2014, 11:41:19 am
Steve that is too cool!!!!!    :worthy1:
Title: Re: Poor Man's Leslie
Post by: Ed_Chambley on September 02, 2014, 12:06:04 pm
Cool for a poor man!  I would have thought you would have cobbled a spinning horn out of a muffler bearing knowing you.  Those Weber Cali speakers hold together and produce a clean tone.  I have compared them to Altec and JBL speakers and they close which is great for the price.  I am sure this is adding a lot of ambiance.


Are you only using the 1 Weber speaker to play through and turn on and off the rotary?  I know you have a cab with Big Ben in it, but do you have a 12" low watt speaker that breaks up easily?  The Vox just adores them.
Title: Re: Poor Man's Leslie
Post by: TIMBO on September 02, 2014, 02:12:16 pm
Steve,That turned out GREAT.
You say its a poor mans Leslie, but when you flick the switch it will size up to the best.

I am toying with an idea of having its own amp, probably SS for the weight factor ( if I build it as an onboard as there is space at the top of the cab) also I can get a 5 band EQ and this all comes as a DIY kit of about 50w.

I did not realize how many bands used this effect. Great job. :icon_biggrin:
Title: Re: Poor Man's Leslie
Post by: Ed_Chambley on September 02, 2014, 04:23:53 pm
Steve,That turned out GREAT.
You say its a poor mans Leslie, but when you flick the switch it will size up to the best.

I am toying with an idea of having its own amp, probably SS for the weight factor ( if I build it as an onboard as there is space at the top of the cab) also I can get a 5 band EQ and this all comes as a DIY kit of about 50w.

I did not realize how many bands used this effect. Great job. :icon_biggrin:
Yea man, when you begin noticing the Leslie sound, you begin hearing it recorded on a LOT of great music.  What is strange is a lot of people who use them remove the bottom belt and only spin the horn.  I prefer it spinning myself. :icon_biggrin: