So last week a local fella posted this cabinet up on Facebook and I just sent him a message telling him I thought it was awesome but I had no way to swing it right now. He responded and quoted an unreal low price. I told him I still just didn't have the spare cash and then a few messages back and forth, and I ended up trading some odds and ends I had around the studio that I hadn't used in forever for this beautiful (well, awesome) cab!
This is a 1968-1970 Leslie Model 16. These were developed in a partnership with Leslie and Fender specifically for guitarists and were the precursor to the Vibratone (in fact they're identical mechanically/electronically). I got to the guy's house, plugged it up, sure enough it worked! I got it home and took off the front grill (someone replaced the original grill cloth with some terrible black burlap-like material), the side vents, cleaned up the inside, oiled the motors (this was the first time it'd been fired up in years), did some tinkering to get both the slow and fast motors operating, and voila! It's beautiful.
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Ignore the terrible playing. I was listening more than I was playing to see if everything was functioning properly.
Link to YouTube since I've forgotten how to embed videos apparently!
This is a 1968-1970 Leslie Model 16. These were developed in a partnership with Leslie and Fender specifically for guitarists and were the precursor to the Vibratone (in fact they're identical mechanically/electronically). I got to the guy's house, plugged it up, sure enough it worked! I got it home and took off the front grill (someone replaced the original grill cloth with some terrible black burlap-like material), the side vents, cleaned up the inside, oiled the motors (this was the first time it'd been fired up in years), did some tinkering to get both the slow and fast motors operating, and voila! It's beautiful.
Ignore the terrible playing. I was listening more than I was playing to see if everything was functioning properly.
Link to YouTube since I've forgotten how to embed videos apparently!
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