From cliffspencer@cliffspencer.com Fri Jan 11 18:49:45 2008
Subject:Re: I Need Advice from some experienced Leslie owners, Please!!

I use one of the 100w ferro-fluid drivers in my gig Leslie. A friend
of mine who is a superb organist played five notes on my organ, looked
at me and said 'do you have a different horn driver?'. I haven't done
it yet, but I'm gonna swap in a v21 and see how it sounds and fares.
-c

--- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "Randal Muir" wrote:
> amp in my Leslie 147. I am mainly a pro guitar player and teacher in
> Nashville, but I also play decent utility keyboards. I started
> watching this group/list several years ago when I became interested
> in starting to build a small arsenal of vintage keyboard sounds for
> use in my home studio. On the basis of some kind and knowledgeable
> advice from some of you guys, I bought a CX3, a Speakeasy preamp
> (with Barker), and got a nice old 147 off of ebay. I am extremely
> pleased with this setup, even though i know that several new units
> have come out since--but for me, this CX3 through the Speakeasy into
> the 147 is pretty dang close for an old rocker like me. My question
> is: If I wanted to get the Leslie amp to overdrive at a lower volume,
> could I just set the Leslie amp volume to about 3 and crank up the
> output from the Speakeasy? Is there any reason that running the
> Leslie volume control at a low level could harm the Leslie? I am
> pretty protective of my equipment, and I dont think it makes sense to
> crank the Speakeasy wide open into a wide open Leslie amp just to get
> some breakup and distortion. But it seems like keeping the Leslie
> volume low, and the Speakesy level hot gives the rig some pretty good
> edge. Am I hallucinating, or could this actually work to dirty up the
> sound a little? Does running the Leslie amp around 3 with a hot
> preamp signal coming into it endanger the Leslie in any way?? I would
> appreciate you guys input, if you have any. Please go easy on me:
> remember, I'm just a dumb guitar player. Thanks in advance!! Rob J.
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