Modern Day Leslies?

Well I have some spare change in my pocket from a recent job. And I am looking for a Leslie. A Real deal leslie syle cabinet.

I am just wondering what companies make a modern day leslie. Or resources for used old Leslies.

Not sure about the new stuff.

I used one through much of the 1970s. I snared it from a piano/organ restoration place. These guys tend to grab these things when they find them and if you are lucky you can get one in good working condition but with a banged up cabinet at a reasonable price.

There are, of course, some boxes out there that will recreate that sound and are alot easier on the back to haul around. H&K used to make a dandy.

Like this one -- I saw it at NAMM last week. The white circular item is a drum with chambers and its rotating in the photo. So, it looks solid but it's not:

Paul;

Did you happen to get the model number?

Is it solid state or tube amplification?

Back to the question. Someone posted recently about the Motion Sound rotation speakers. The discontinued models look to be a bargain and are very portable. I have a current Leslie brand 2101 speaker. It is portable and such. but I have not gotten it to sound 'great' with a guitar. I need to experiment with some tube preamps or overdrive pedals. My 2101 is solid state.

This site:http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass/vibratone/ has a long list of Leslie-type speaker/amps, including the Little Lanilei Rotary Wave kit depicted. Never played through any of them, but I've been wanting to try them out.

I have a Leslie 145 and a Hughes and Kettner Rotosphere. I use the Rotosphere.

I have tried rotating speakers over the years, just too much weight to carry, for the most part, and the drivers aren't always the optimum. Several years ago I went to a H+K Rotosphere and have been very happy. (Did have to replace the 12AX7 a few years ago). It sounds GREAT and can be set up to saturate as much as you want. The best part: 3 lbs.!

i had the motion sound cabinet and it was ok, but i was never to satisfied with it. also the little lanile was cool looking, but the sound she produced was very weak. the doppler effect was almost non existant.

I've had great luck with the Motion Sound Pro-3T for both guitar and Hammond. I'd like to get the matching Lo-Pro to go with it.

Check out Goff Professional (http://www.goffprof.com/) in CT. They are all things Hammond & Leslie; parts, rebuilds, road conversions, etc.

I just sold a LEslie 950....it had 4 of the revolving drums with a 50-watt amp and a 12" speaker behind each drum. The unit stood about 6' tall, 3' wide, 3' deep and weighed in at about 325 lbs. The front of each drum was covered with psychadelic patterns that really tripped the light fantastic in the dark since ther was a black light on each side to light the 'wheels'. I kept the go-go girls. hehehehe

I just sold a LEslie 950....it had 4 of the revolving drums with a 50-watt amp and a 12" speaker behind each drum. The unit stood about 6' tall, 3' wide, 3' deep and weighed in at about 325 lbs. The front of each drum was covered with psychadelic patterns that really tripped the light fantastic in the dark since ther was a black light on each side to light the 'wheels'. I kept the go-go girls. hehehehe

Thats the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of... I totally would use one...

If I had a 400 lb monster of a roadie to carry it around for me. :D