Poor Man's Leslie

[sluckey]

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

[tubenit]

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

[shortfuse]

Steve that is too cool!!!!!   

[Ed_Chambley]

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.

[TIMBO]

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.

[Ed_Chambley]

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.

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.