[HAM] I wish an inflatable Leslie !!!!

[thefab5]

Nestor, I think you'd be a lot of fun over a cup of coffee or a 
beer!!  Or maybe several!

Good luck with your project(s) and I'd recommend checking out the 
Leslie 860 model for compactness, sturdiness and a kickass sound 
out of a little box.

Best Regards,

Bill



Nestor wrote (a lot)..... :)

>Hello folks,
>
>Seeking the truthful sound for almost 40 years  !!!
>
>To introduce  myself  let me say that I feel myself like sorta 

dinosaur as I
>began with a Philips Philicorda in the early 60's ( I was a teen 

then)
>
>Tt wasn't until 1969 that I bought something I thought it would 

be
>resembling the real thing......a Farfisa  Fast 5 with  two big 

speakers
>units and despite Farfisa label it  was a Leslie original unit 

inside).
>
>It could scream a bit like thos legendary "With a shade of pale" 

of Deep
>Purple band in the early 70's
>
>By the way...I received a letter from former European "leslie" 

clone
>builder (AmplificazioniLombardi.it) remembeing that they were 

building
>that and probably making it "custom ordering" There is a picture 

of
>Brian Auger in their site.
>
>I have to confess to be and Hammond admirer for decades.....and I 

feel
>that probably here I am near "the revelation of some of the 

mysteries
>"........ :)
>
>My project is before going to the real thing I need a Leslie
>with REAL rotor drum speaker for the bass something lost in
>the Suzuki new line of Leslies (only  rotary horns and no bass 

cabinet
>for that)
>
>In my opinion the original now pales of envy facing last 

motion-sound
>featuring a LowPro cabinet with real rotor drum as woofer.
>
>In the meantime to get my project done I have two options:
>
>a) a Yamaha LeslieRA-100 used as I didn't found an used Leslie 

yet for
>sale in my neighbourhood yet :)
>
>b)  To chop my Leslie built-in clone in my D-Yahama-80
>(it carries 11 pinouts for  original Leslie)
>
>c) to  buy an used one at eBAY.
>In such way e.g. going to Miami and to taking it back
>
>I'd need convert it previously as a "assemblied kit" avoiding a 

second
>mortgage
>just to pay the airfreight from coast to coast.
>
>Any help or comments with my project c) as follows ?
>
>1. Bass section :
>
>1.1. A Rotosonic drum (used wood made
>or a new styrofoam made )
>
>1.2. If needed a  new ferro (Alnico) based Jensen speaker (15")
>
>2. Trebles section
>
>At eBAY there are many Leslies (some mint units) but to pay
>near 1,000 fora good one is out of my budget)
>
>I think to buy a cheap or broken  Leslie 122/147 and chop it
>and if needed  replacing any of these parts:
>
>2.1.   the driver in itself if damaged (e.g. an Atlas PD-60)
>2.2.  the diaphragm (Ruby one)
>2.3   the difussors (plastic ones at GoffProf)
>2.4  Crossover 800 Mhz (are there spared ones ?)
>
>What my list is lacking a first view would be:
>
>a) MOTORS with two speed kit
>b) a decent cabinet with same measures as the original
>
>b) Currency CONVERTER from 110/240 better if dual cycles 50/60 

Hz.
>(to get European voltage also for rod purposes)
>
>c) An  A/B  switch
>
>d)  external AMP + PREAMP  (better yet if it is  the original 

tube on
>In the meantime I would use a non stock  solid-state AMP+ vintage 

PRE-AMP
>(tube based)
>
>As I will be used first a Korg CX-3 I don't care yet  about 

having complex
>Leslie pinouts (11 pins)
>
>Finally any hint to get unassembly  instructions....well.... 

chopping more
>the unsassembly....... he
>
>I like to get near a "flat cabinet" without destroying rotors , 

motors or
>speakers.
>
>I would like sorta  "inflatable system" to get lighteness in an 7 

hours
>airflight from Miami to home.
>
>Thanks for reading this and thanks also to Geoffrey Dairiki of 

Dairiki.org
>for recommending this list.
>
>
>Bests,
>
>
>Nestor
>
>
>
>
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