Homemade Leslie for Guitar-Finale
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- This is the last step in the Leslie project. I edited this video to cut out the repeated sequences. This was a great project. My bass player said we should make a homemade Leslie for my guitar. This turned out way better than anything we could have made from scratch. I don't think he knew that you could buy these units on ebay. I had been looking at rotary speaker effects boxes but why not have the real thing. This is more organic and the sound spreads around the room naturally. Very cool. I finished the cab with poly and it looks great.
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Sounds great and your playing helps to make it sound even better.
Sounds 60’s vibe
Nice acid rock licks , double stops and Hendrix tricks
Nice stuff
Thanks G.
Very very cool!! Awesome sound!! I want one!!!! 😊
I saw the thumbnail of you and Johnny, awesome. I was lucky enough to see him in Burlington IA at The Capitol Theater, an old movie theater remodeled for stage shows. I think it seats 500. I tell you when he played the first few notes my eyes welled up, and I knew I was in the presence of true greatness. He signed autographs before and after the show, a friend got his guitar signed.
Very cool build, im impressed. Sounds very good too. Love it!! I have a Strymon Lex, but there is something very 3D and realistic about chopping that air and how it reaches your ears with yours. I can hear it even on this clip.
Thank you for this! I was inspired to make my own though not as well crafted as yours. I still enjoy recording with it. I love your tutorials!
+Ed Cosico Great. It doesn't matter what it looks like just as long as it sounds good. I think they are best recorded with a close mic and run through the PA when playing live.
Your guitar sounds great !👍🏼 I took apart our old busted Wurlitzer for parts and managed to get one of these Leslie assemblies, and I plan to build an enclosure as soon as I’ve settled on an amp design to drive the speaker. I also nabbed the spring reverb tank with its accompanying circuit board. I’m also planning to re-use the foot pedals and make that into a midi controller for my moog Minitaur. I can’t believe just how many great goodies could be made from a Wurlitzer that people would likely pay me to take away, it’s great for me because it enables me to have what would otherwise be an expensive hobby, and also empowers me to learn a valuable vocation. This is a pretty neat project, thanks for sharing.
Sounds great!
thats sounds GREAT dude. nice job
Thanks a bunch Mr. Miller. That's my last name too.
Sounds great!!!
You have uncovered a mystery for me. I've had one of these units for years, I made a speed switch for it as well, but never knew which way up it was supposed to be mounted or how. I'm keen to put it in a cabinet like that, thanks!
God this sounds sooooo gooooooood man. I love how erie it sounds but its great! a Great blues sound
Just pulled a Leslie out of an old organ myself. I’d like to do something like with it. Thanks for the video!
I have a real vibratone! I pulled the unit out and it’s identical down to the speaker. This sounds just as good and it’s a fun project! I’m impressed! Nice sounds Mr Millstap!
That damn tone. I'm in love.
Awesome tone I could feel from the first few notes you were excited!
+Jason Hendrix This was a cool project. I wish it was a little louder but it does its job. A 12" speaker would be perfect.
Great work!!! Plus great playing and tone!
I will be making some improvements to it in the next few weeks so please subscribe and hit the bell button and you will be notified when I post the video. I am replacing the speaker and putting in some insulation.
@millstap is there any way that you could please provide a schematic or explanation on how you wired your Leslie and footswitch? I just recently purchased one and I have no idea where to start. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
OMG!Chills man.I told everyone I know about you yesterday.please keep going,I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks for telling your friends. I'm in the process of getting my calluses built up again because I did not play guitar for the six weeks I was in Spain. Pretty painful process.
Oh my God I am Digging This
That's mega cool! Gilmour heaven!!
Incredible!!!!
Wow!! It sounds Dynamic 🔊
You should hear it now that I put in a new speaker. It is almost twice as loud.
nice project ... it works good.
It's FUCKING AMAZING. It gives so killer tone I'm really amazed
Hello from LV, Its been awhile since we connected and again by accident a video of yours comes up across my screen , .I have the same rotary unit except with a single speed I modified into a two speed using resistors .That is a nice cab from a nice drummer..I like the stain on the birch . I mounted mine in a small metal pizza oven gutted of the oven parts, painted musician black , and deadened from rattling at volume .Not as pretty but but sounds great ,The front door easily removed or latched for travel .Drive it either from the ext. speaker out of one of my amps or to increase its volume Ill push it with its own amp .Sounds tight n punchy I'm using a touch pad A/C switches with cute little LEDs for on/off and slow /fast. But If I ever use it on stage Ill convert it to foot switches like yours .As always ,good video ,all the best to you
Wow, amazing project. I've just picked up a mechanism without a speaker but it was designed for an 8" speaker which is a little limiting. It should still be ok for something up to about 30w though as I intend to enlarge the hole a little to fit a 10". Thanks for the tips. I'll be picking your brains when it comes time to put mine together.
Man that sound gives me chills
It is pretty cool. I just put a new speaker in it about a month ago and still haven't cranked it up. I will soon.
Yeah, I've really enjoyed it. I usually keep it on the slow speed when I don't need it just to compliment my Bassman. It gives the room this spacial effect.
The footswitch wiring was the hardest part. The guy I bought the Leslie unit helped a little by letting me know that one wire was neutral on each motor. I thought if I hooked them up backwards it would run in reverse so I checked them by connecting each one to AC to see it run. Then I asked an electrical friend about the switches and figured the rest out myself. I had spare switches laying around that worked perfectly. It does cause an electric "pop". I need a suppressor on the switch now
sounds great
waaaaaaaaaaw ;) Awesome job
@j87trofeo Thanks. I love this thing. I can't wait to record with it.
Cool as hell!
nice tune!
This is badass! Custom bedside toilet seat stand! Love it, patent it, premiere it at NAMM 2019! Keep up the great work!
Sean Soto Thanks Sean. It’s funny. I used that same toilet to help me install a 200 lb. built in oven. Its pretty versatile. It can handle 400 lbs.
millstap haha nice!
Yer, good project and sounds good... I have an sty-lo-foam rotor out of an old Yamaha organ under my work bench, also a couple of Leslie horns and motor with a pressure driver that I might throw together at some time for guitar. On my Hammond I have a Leslie 145 (uses a valve amp with a couple of 6550's)... David Gilmore used a Leslie 910 to great effect back in the day.
Jammoko My only regret is it does not have a built-in amp. I wish it did. Maybe that could be my next project. I could mount it somewhere in the cabinet. I don't think I need more than about 10-15 watts.
ballin n boomin!!
cool old school sound
fucking amazing way to go this is brilliant thank you for sharing it!!
@hendrixgeek It came stock with a 10" heavy duty Utah speaker. It sounds great. I never took off the insulation on the back to look at the codes. The seller said it was a 1963 but the Leslie label was stamped 1973 so I assume the speaker is a 1973 Utah.
Cool Man ...vert cool✌️
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Hey nice work!! I have a similar unit from a Wurlitzer Orbit 3. I have some pictures and could use a little help identifying the wires for adding a switch like your video!
Sorry I took so long to respond. I may be able to help. The switch was the hardest part for me because there are other ways to do it but this was the quickest and easiest for me. I was a little nervous have 120v going through the footswitch but it works fine. The only problem I have is the "pop" you get when everything is hooked up and you switch it on. There is a remedy for this but I have never tried to come up with a solution. I basically winged the switch by robbing switches (SPST, DPST) out of some old effects like a wah-wah and something else. Let me know where the pictures are.
The footswitch is a standard Fender tremolo/reverb swtich casing. I had to take some old switches from my wah-wah (SPDT for fast/slow) and one from the Fender (SPST for on/off). It's a little hard to explain how I did it because I just winged it and it worked. I had to buy a 4 conductor wire at Home depot and a standard 3 prong cord like you would put on an amp that has the old two-prong plug. I would suggest looking for a Singer sewing machine speed pedal. I heard these work better.
At 1:00 I show you the switch I used. I had to drill an extra hole in it for the power cable that plugs into the wall outlet that supplies both motors with power. You need a single pole/single throw switch for the on/off switch and a single pole/double throw switch for the slow/fast speed. I bought a long 20' x 4 conductor cable at Home Depot to go to the motors. One wire on each motor will be a common neutral (white(, one wire from from the slow/fast switch will go to each motor wire.
It may take me a while to get to it. I've been pretty busy lately. I know what you are going through. I had to just wing it and figure it out on my own and it actually worked. I had a little knowledge of the switches. Luckily I had spare parts from other effect units that I was able to scavenge. I had to buy the heavy duty power cord from Home Depot. I had a spare Fender Tremolo/Reverb footswitch that I bought for my Super Reverb amp and used it. You could use any type of switch box.
I never did put the capacitor in. I was going to put it across the terminals of the switch to cut down on the popping.
I'm using a 10" speaker with a 10 watt amp and it is plenty to get the effect but I still have my main amp I'm playing through (Bassman). If you need more volume at a gig, just mic it through the PA.
Hi, I have a similar unit but with a Molex plug. I know I need a Molex connector for it, but from there where do I go as far as the wiring is concerned?
Hey brother! About to make one of these for my harmonica rig on the stages! Any chance you could give me a rundown on parts that you added such as what switches and such?
That tone is wow even without the rotation... And I'm a Les Paul guy.
Could you tell me the basics on how you made it? What motor you used, how you set it up with the speaker, how you programmed the foot switch, etc? I'm looking to build one myself and could use whatever advice you got
That is the bomb.
Habakkuk Abraham Thanks for reminding me. I have not used it in a long time but I think I will put it back in my room for future videos.
that is left. The two common wires on the motors and the white wire on in the cable can all be twist connected together. The green wire from the power cable going to the outlet should ground to the metal case of the switch. This switch when you buy it has a ground wire already soldered to the case so you place it there. It is a little hard to explain in writing. I just figured it out on my own but an electrician could help if you are unsure. Look at my video and see if you can see wiring
i have the same motor, i had to put 2 plugins on it, any suggestions what i could use to make it where i could have fast and slow speed, so i dont have to plug in for fast and unplug for slow. Not really sure how to run the power wires to whatever they need to go to.. Thank you :)
Cool!!
Nothing beats the real thing. I would love to have a Leslie! I don't think I would take it to gigs though. Seems like overkill. Would be great for the studio though.
Exactly, lol. I took it to two gigs and said "'that's enough." Definitely a studio tool.
Buenos dias,tengo un Leslie como ése dentro de un órgano Kawai,me gustaria hacer un Leslie exterior, que tensiones de alimentación lleva el motor. muchas gracias..
@millstap I've found the same thing with an old Yamaha Electone organ we have at work which has a spinning speaker built in. How much volume do you lose out front compared to a normal speaker?
Need to try a variable speed motor & drive off a 110v conveyor assembly, what you are doing sounds great though...
play little wing! it uses a leslie too. it sounds great man nice job
Ok. I have to wait until I bring the Leslie home from our rehearsal studio.
Now thats too cool.......for school.......
Yeah, the two speed motor works best.
The scary part for me was I knew I was going to have 120 volts going through the footswitch to power the motors on the unit. I was afraid I was going to shock myself. It is fine but certainly not UL certified. One problem I have is that it can cause a pop in the electrical supply when you hit the switches. There are ways to suppress that with capacitors on the switches but I have not done that. Just plug it into a different circuit from the PA or your guitar amp.
I have harvested a Leslie speaker from an organ recently and want to know how to power the speaker. I can get the motor running no problem but when I’ve tried to run a cable from it to the headphone jack on my guitar amp, it’s not giving me any sound. When hooked up to the headphone jack of my keyboard, it puts out a small amount of sound but only when it’s at max volume. Any thoughts or suggestions?
You’ll need a separate amplifier to power the speaker. I used a small guitar amp I built.
Did you get the popping to fix
ok... i've got an as far as i can tell identical unit from a 1968 thomas organ. it had amp issues and then more so i pulled this bit out and threw the rest away. i've been thinking about doing exactly what you did, except maybe using it for my gulbransen organ. i've also got a gulbransen tube amp from a 1966 gulbransen m5. i'm considering combining the two parts... but i'm not knowledgable about this stuff. anyway. we should talk. THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO!
can you lead me towards. the right direction to building one? i have. a leslie unit that i took out of a hammond just like yours i am trying to figure out how to rig it up
+me3joel I have a series of videos on this build so they might help you. You just need to build a decent cabinet of your own design to mount it in. The trickiest part is the wiring of the two speed motor and foot switch. I really had to figure this out on my own. I hope I explain it clearly enough in the videos. There are some close ups of the switch. It is better to get a little bigger switch box than what I used. It was very tight. The only issue I have is the popping it causes when I hit the switch. There is an electronic fix but I don't know how to do that. It is probably a capacitor across two of the terminals that will silence it.
Put a rotary light dimmer in an old wah/volume pedal in place of the pot and you have a foot speed control...Peace :)
Cool idea, thanks.
triacs(dimmers) driving inductive loads(motors) is not a good idea.
it might work, but be careful.
@Borger, I believe you may be correct. But maybe a ceiling fan motor control would do the trick without any hum. I'm just the kinda person that likes lots of patches, knobs and controls for my music. So pay me no mind... It was the synth junkie in me talking lol.
Borgar could you tell me why or give a link to some info, I'm doing that with my diy Leslie
JRussoC Floating ground. Google triacs and it will be obv while they are the bane of A/V. Every damn venue I’ve run with triac dimmers on their sconces gets no sconces!
The 'cheesewheel' sounds great. I have one out of an old Hammond Aurora. It has a switch to turn it on and a double switch for LOW and FAST speeds. I noticed you used a foot switch which beats the half moon switch on the Hammond. I hate taking my fingers off the keyboard and I don't use the bass pedals on the organ. Could you turn me on the where you got the switch and maybe post a wiring diagram? I am buying components to build a Leslie 910 but plan to use the motor from the cheese wheel. Thanx
haha this is great!!!!
Yes, I made everything from parts I had laying around the house. I had to buy the electrical cord at Home Depot.
I can't help but wonder what metal played through a leslie speaker would sound like. Tried looking it up, didn't find anything. I might have to make one of these myself.
Listen to Orion by Metallica. The intro was played by Cliff Burton through a leslie on an Aria Pro II bass!
I have heard this tone : There is a GOD, and this life is worth living !!! Mr Millstap !!! thanks for the infinite amount of LIFE you have injected into me....
That made my day, God’s Day, as Johnny Van-Zandt would say.
Can you have a single footswitch then the on off, on the unit I would be scared with the distance between those two switches in a live situation. Cool prodject well worth it for the tone!!
+Jason Hendrix It is a single footswitch with two buttons, one is the on/off, and the other is for slow/fast. I may not understand exactly what you are asking. Do you mean they are too close together and you would hit both in a live situation? It just takes a little practice using it and keeping tabs on which switch does what. You can keep it running slow all the time and you don't notice it too much. I'll have to say it is kind of a pain to haul around for gigs but fun when you have it.
I HAVE A MODEL UNIT 14 L 2S. HAS ANYONE TRIED TO DO A DIY SPEAKER WITH THIS ONE?
How much would it cost to build one of these? Have you checked out Strymon Lex Rotary?
hi there i just pull one of a farfisa, can you helpme with conections?
Was that Lonnie Mack?
I’d appreciate any info on building the foot switch. Sounds good. Thank you.
Ray, I'm headed out of town. Hit me up next Monday and I might be able to help you. I just kind of used trial and error and got it right. Do you have the two speed motor?
@@millstap yeah, it's a two speed.
@@rayjaurique4624 Have you had any luck with the switch. I honestly can't remember exactly how I did it. I got the 4 conductor cable from Home Depot. I also bought a standard 3-prong core for an amplifier probably from Hoffman amps online. I had 120V going through my Fender switch so that was a little scary. Any enclosure will do, bigger the better. I could barely cram everything in that case. I used an old SPST switch from my wah-wah for the on/off switch. I went from the 3-prong cord to the on/off switch and then straight to a either DTDP of SPDT switch (that's the part I can't remember) and then to the 4 conductor cable, then to the motors. The 4-conductor cable was about 20' long so I could put the Leslie anywhere on stage. There is one common wire on each motor and one wire that goes to each side of the switch. They are all black so you will have to figure that out. That's the other part I can't recall. I think I tied the commons together at the motors. I ran the green ground wires from the motors to the case to the ground on the plug. If you switch the wires the motors will run in reverse so I took a spare plug and plugged them in first to see which wire goes where. Like I said, it was a little trial and error but I got it done. Only problem is I needed some type of pop filter to keep the amp from making a popping sound when I would turn it on or off. I never did that because I could live with it. The DPDT switch is the speed changing switch so you have to figure out how to wire that to get it to work correctly. Maybe tie two of the poles on the switch for the common wire connection and the other motor wires to each side.
@@rayjaurique4624 Sorry for the confusion, but it's really difficult to open that switch now to see what is going on in there. It is that cramped. It is not the correct type of switch like they used when it was in the organ but it works.
@@millstap Haven't messed with it yet. Still planning it out.
Hi I have a leslie 16 that im trying to fix up for my son , I have it all working but the problem is the slow fast Speed I don't have a foot switch but I see you built your own that's what I am wanting to do because of the cost of a orginal one ,Any help you could throw me is appreciated. thank Kurt
Hey Kurt, I used this footswitch because I had one, www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/099-4058-000--fender-2-button-vibrato-reverb-footswitch, but this one would probably work as well and is cheaper and has more room, www.amazon.com/Fender-2-Button-Footswitch-Channel-Effects/dp/B001EC5ECW/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2BBELPPA2AR61&keywords=fender+twin+reverb+foot+switch&qid=1575154771&sprefix=fender+reverb+switch%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-3. I used the on/off switch for the on/off of the Leslie, then I robbed a DPDT switch from my wah-wah for the slow/fast speed. The rest is somewhat of a blur. I ran a 3 prong amp power cable to the box and into the on/off switch and the ground wire to the case. Then I ran a four conductor cable that I got at Home Depot to the two speed motor of the Leslie unit. One of the conductors connected to the two neutral wires of both motors and then one wire each with to the remaining wires of the slow and fast motors. The fourth wire I think I grounded to the footswitch too but didn't connect it to anything at the motors. I'm surprised I was able to make it work but I just looked at it logically and it worked. I'm still using it. I just blew the speaker in it and have a new one installed but haven't tried it out yet. The silver footswitch box is very tight. I had to drill the holes bigger to get the cable grommets into the holes. You may already have a bigger box you can use.
Is that killer tone from running straight into that 10w? Please do tell
Yes, that is just my little amp that I built from a kit called a Two Stroke.
I had an eminent 300 unique.. it had exactly the same...
Tengo un Leslie,metido dentro de un órgano Kawai,de mueble y me gustaría sacarlo de ahí y prepararlo para que suene con un Hammond xk1,se podría Hacer?
I would say probably not. And, it would not put out enough volume. I would go with the Leslie 21 unit that is recommended for that keyboard.
What kind of relay did you use
No relay. I wired the motors directly to a SPST and DPDT switch for on/off and slow/fast.
I have one of these rotateing Styrofoam speakers from an old broken organ I kept the speakers because I figured they may be high quality and I wanted to make a speaker box should I keep the Styrofoam rotor and some how incorperate it in my speaker or can I just toss it. I just want a good speaker.
I would sell it on eBay if it still has the motor attached to it. You could probably get $40-50. Mine came with a two speed motor which is great for the Leslie effect. You would be surprised what people will buy on eBay. It is somewhat of a big project to turn it into a working device for guitar if you are not going to use it. I would keep the speaker and sell the rest.
millstap so it wouldnt really do anything for me in a speaker box would it
It is sort of a novelty. I don't use it much at all. It would be best for recording. Also, you need a separate amp to drive the speaker. So when I use it live, I have to take this big box plus another small amp to hook the speaker up to. Leslies have the amplifiers built into the unit.
millstap I myself only have to drive belt styrofoam and speakers they were ripping it appart and throwing it in the dumpster if I knew what it was I would have made sure to grab everything.
Really nice work how on earth did you make that spinning jenny ?
+joohop They come out of old organs. I just had a cabinet built for it and figured out the electrical part of it.
Clever Fella Its smart !
+joohop Hammond T-241................ Find one from the church or the second hand store. E-Bay too!
can you enlighten me on how you do the wiring to operate the slow/fast and on/off?
+6stringmyles It is not easy to explain but I will try. It took me a while to figure it out with the little bit of electrical knowledge I have. To power both motors, you will need a 120v power supply from an outlet which makes it a little dangerous. Everything needs to be grounded correctly. I bought a long power cable from Home Depot (20' so I could move the unit around on stage easily). They have 3 and 4 conductor (wire) cables there on spools. Get the 3 wire, black, white, and green for ground. It is small enough in diameter to fit through the cord stops that I had (for the footswitch). Each motor has two black wires so I was confused on which was ground. Neither is ground. You need to hook them up to check the direction the motor turns. I cannot remember if it makes a difference but you need to check. Once you have the correct black motor wires identified, the other two black wires connect together and go to the neutral wire (white). The first two black motor wires connect to the black wire in the cord. Now, between the plug for the outlet (which you will also need to buy) and the long 20 ft. cord will be your footswitch. I used an old Fender dual footswitch I had (very tight quarters inside made it tough to solder but I managed). I bought the power cable from an amp supply store. It is the same 3 prong cord you would use if you were replacing a 2 prong cord on a vintage amp. The power cable ends at the footswitch. You have to have two switches, one for on/off and one for slow/fast. The white and black wires on the power cable will go first to the on/off switch, the green ground wire will be soldered to the metal footswitch case. The white wire on the power cable will be connected directly to the white wire in the long cable that goes to the motors. The black power cable wire will go to the on/off switch pole. From the on/off switch throw, it will go to the next slow/fast switch which will be a SPDT switch. From the slow/fast switch, the black wire in the long cord will go to one wire (you previously identified as the correct one for the motors to spin in the correct direction) of one motor, and the green wire will connect to the other throw of the switch to the other motor. The white wire like I said goes straight through to both neutral (white) wires of both motors. It is not easy to explain but if you look at it logically, with a little knowledge, you will be able to figure it out. It took me a while. The only problem that I never did solve is that with 120v going through the switches, it creates a "pop" when you switch the on/off button. There is a way to suppress that but it was never bad enough to need to figure it out. I hope this helps.
I have a stalled Leslie / vibratone build myself. I'm going a different route, and a bit safer I believe. I'm making a 12VDC power supply to power 2 relays to switch the speed and switch the on/off which I'm accomplishing by connecting the Leslie as an alternate speaker (basically an A/B with my amp's speaker). A 2 button foot switch controls those functions. The 120VAC only powers the motors. The only power in the foot switch is the 12 volts as opposed to the 120V that yours sounds like. I realize that so long as your switches are rated for it, the 120V shouldn't be a problem. Anyway, I thought I'd share a slightly different approach. I hope I can get some time to get back to work on it, they sound glorious! Cheers!
Good idea. I bet that eliminates the popping noise you get when you have 120v running through it.
Killer!
I pulled a leslie unit out of a small hammond organ with a 2 speed switch on the console of the organ.. I wanna use this as a leslie effect for a guitar using a seperate guitar amp to power the speaker. There a 2 motors one on top of the other and 6 wires coming out of the plug that goes into the organ. 2 are for the speaker but the 4 remaining wires have 2 of them sharing the same connection on the plug. Is this the neutral? How do I wire this up so that I can select between the fast and slow motors?
It's been so long since I did this, I forgot. I did do a video that shows how I wired my switch. It took me a while to figure out but it wasn't that hard after I figured it out. I'm pretty sure you only need 4 wires and a ground wire. The two neutrals go together, and one wire from each motor goes to the switch. They are not color coded (all black) so that confused me but I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter. You just have to check them with some power to be sure the motors are running in the right direction. If you switch them, the motors will switch direction. I will locate the video I did on the switch wiring and send you the link. I forgot how good this thing sounded. I have not used it in a while because it is so bulky plus you need the extra amp to drive it. I also used a separate small (10w) guitar amp to drive the speaker.
That's great. Wiring up the switch is something I look forward to seeing in your video link. Thanks.
Rudy Falcomer For some reason I can't find it. You do see the switch I used in this video, czcams.com/video/WrjXw1xYUYQ/video.html. It was just an old fender footswitch that I had. I took some switches out of an old wah-wah and an on/off switch out of something else. You wire the 3 pronged 120v cord to the on/off switch first then to the single pole double throw switch (SPDT) for the slow fast speed. The scary part for me was that you have 120v going through that switch to run the motors. You have to get a grounded plug to plug the switch into the wall so be sure you ground the switch chassis to the ground wire on the 3 prong plug wire. I was very cramped quarters in that switch. It took me a long time to get everything to fit. I had to ream out the original hole in the side of the chassis where the cable came out to make room for the bigger 3 wire power cable.
Rudy Falcomer I see in that video that I still had a toggle switch in it that I eventually changed to a push button type switch. I put the on/off switch in the other side where the motor wires are coming out so that I could turn the Leslie off completely. Otherwise, it will alway be running in slow or fast speed. If you go from fast to off and back to fast, you get a pretty dramatic effect.
Rudy Falcomer From 00:40-2:05 in the video you watched czcams.com/video/iabyLD2Jexo/video.html is about the best explanation I have of the switch. There are different ways of doing it. I heard some people use an old speed pedal from a Singer sewing machine. That way the speed is variable but that may work best with a single speed motor. I hope this helps. You can see the inside of the switch in that section.
great sound man! what is the rotating drum made of? and what kind of motor is that?
fedekr The rotor is made of styrofoam and the motor is an actual two speed Leslie motor out of an organ. You can buy these units on ebay for $50-100.
thanks!
you're hardcore man
wonderful tone! ah!!
What speaker is it?
+MinedFieldDance It is the original heavy duty Utah 10" speaker that came with the unit. I think it is from the '70's.
to reduce the sound of the motor put a capacitor between the motor
Why couldnt you put something infront of your guitar cabinet like a fan but with only one blade or something that is way thinner?
+Rondo McBower I'm sure it wouldn't sound good. That reminds of the M&M commercial when they are speaking into the fan. The foam drum is like a megaphone and it amplifies and directs the sound in one direction so it disperses the sound very uniformly as it spins.
fuck, nice tone! is that a strat?
You get one of those with GarageBand.
Holy. Fuck.
Do you gig with this???
Only a couple of times. Give me a good old portable Uni-Vibe anytime. It's fun but it has to be mic'd to be effective.
WONDER...your' sound...like really Stevie Ray Vaughan ,
What other pedals are you using?
I can't remember here. It may just be my little 10 watt amp cranked. If I used any pedal it would have been a Fulltone OCD, plus I think back then I had a Fulltone Supa-Trem that I left on and it gave a little tone boost to the signal.
@@millstap wich amp?
it is a little amp I built called the Two Stroke in Dave Hunter's amp book. s