anybody use a leslie in their rig?

[newking70]

do you like the tones you get from it?

 

[Rich_S]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

I have a 2-speed foam-rotor (i.e. Vibratone) assembly pulled from an old Hammond organ stashed in the garage, but I haven't had the chance to build an enclosure for it yet.

Here's a link if you're interested in guitar uses of the Vibratone and Leslie.

My favorite Leslie-using guitarists are Peter Frampton (all of 'Frampton Comes Alive') and Joe Walsh ('Turn to Stone' is a good example.)

 

[newking70]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

i heard srv used one, but i dont know on which recordings.....

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

Nah, too heavy.

I do make use of the rotary and Univibe sims on my GT-8 though. Very thick, very tasty. :burnout:

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

This is slightly off topic...perhaps I need to thoroughly read Rich_S's link for the answer. But, I wonder what sparked development of the Leslie rotating speaker. I like the sound it is cool. But it seems kind of odd..."hey let's build a speaker and then put a rotating baffle in front of it...it just seems counter-intuitive to put make a speaker with a rotating obstruction in front of it. But, I can't argue with the fact that it is a cool sound. Does that make any sense?

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

I use a phaser . . . same thing?

 

[ratherdashing]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

I use a phaser . . . same thing?

Not really, but a little pedal is a lot more convenient than an 80 lb cabinet.

 

[PUCKBOY99]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

My H&K Rotosphere does me fine :bigthumb:

 

[Rich_S]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

Here's another link that might explain why they created such a beast in the first place.

Oh, and SRV's most famous Vibratone song was 'Cold Shot'. Say "Vibratone" and eight people will immediately say "Cold Shot" back at you.

Leslie manufactured the Vibratone for Fender. It differs from the big wood cabinets that we usually think of as a Leslie in that the Vibratone only has a single driver (10" or 12") and a styrofoam rotor. Big Leslies have two drivers: a 12" or 15" woofer facing down into a wood rotor, and a high-frequency driver firing through a double-sided rotating horn. The top and bottom rotors turn independently.

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

I've got a Vibrotone, and as of yet I haven't got it "in" my rig, but I hope to!:fingersx:

Luke

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

Aha, a pair of Leslie or Vibratone speakers are what it takes to produce TRue modulation effects. I see now. They just wanted to make funky sounds. That's simple enough.

 

[frankfalbo]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

...I wonder what sparked development of the Leslie rotating speaker...it seems kind of odd..."hey let's build a speaker and then put a rotating baffle in front of it...it just seems counter-intuitive to put make a speaker with a rotating obstruction in front of it.

I have no clue, but probably police/ambulance sirens inspired it. You know how sometimes you hear something and then think "that would sound cool on something else"...

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

I have no clue, but probably police/ambulance sirens inspired it. You know how sometimes you hear something and then think "that would sound cool on something else"...

A manufactured Doppler effect...makes sense.

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

Rich I must be stupid, I can't find a history section.

 

[Rich_S]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

No, you're right there's no history section. I know I read it somewhere, but obviously not on that site.

 

[Dave]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

Here's another link that might explain why they created such a beast in the first place.

Oh, and SRV's most famous Vibratone song was 'Cold Shot'. Say "Vibratone" and eight people will immediately say "Cold Shot" back at you.

Leslie manufactured the Vibratone for Fender. It differs from the big wood cabinets that we usually think of as a Leslie in that the Vibratone only has a single driver (10" or 12") and a styrofoam rotor. Big Leslies have two drivers: a 12" or 15" woofer facing down into a wood rotor, and a high-frequency driver firing through a double-sided rotating horn. The top and bottom rotors turn independently.

I think there's one on Tightrope?? My bro-in-law has a B-3 w/the big leslie cab. I'll have to look inside it next time I see him.

 

[jeremy]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

i played a show at a club called revolution hall a week ago and they had a leslie under the stage so i made the sound guy drag it out and myself and another guitar player used it. sounded SWEET!!
i use a rotosphere usually when i want that sound but the leslie was way better. it was big and heavy and a pain in the backside but the tone was to die for

 

[noth]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

I believe the Leslie was invented to make electronic organs sound more like church organs. I'm a huge fan of them (for organ), but being an older rocker, my fav was probably Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge. I was completely fascinated by their sound - couldn't get enough of them.

The inventor, Donald Leslie, died in September 2004.

Noth

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

I believe the Leslie was invented to make electronic organs sound more like church organs. I'm a huge fan of them (for organ), but being an older rocker, my fav was probably Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge. I was completely fascinated by their sound - couldn't get enough of them.

The inventor, Donald Leslie, died in September 2004.

Noth

RIP Don!

I just got done messing with the ole vibrotone...man I love that thing!

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: anybody use a leslie in their rig?

When I saw Peter Frampton he had one in his rig. Also Joe Walsh has been known to use one.