Junk yard find

[RollingBender]

I've posted about my friend before in the "Shock Brothers" forum but I'll introduce him quickly again... I have a good buddy who manages the local transfer station and all the garbage collected in this county (and a couple other nearby communities) goes under his nose, so to speak. Anything musical related, he pulls out and brings it to me. The haul in the past few months includes 2 Peavey Rage 158 amps, the Leslie unit, reverb and main speaker out of a Hammond organ (solid state), a couple cheap/crappy/beat-up guitars, a Baldwin organ (2 tube amps within that one!!!), just within the past week, another Baldwin tube powered organ, 2 guitar stands, a drum throne and the bottom half of a high quality snare drum stand.

Tonight he says he has a couple speakers somebody brought in and told him they were "...a surround sound system for an organ." Immediately I'm thinking its a Leslie or something with tubes or both. Well, it was neither.... sort of. It is a Roland Revo 30 in BEAUTIFUL condition and it works perfect!!!

I had to do some research to see what this thing is... It basically is a stereo chorus/amp/speakers but it is a bit more than that really. Made in 1975, it seems this may have been the first commercial version of what would become the stereo chorus but what they were really trying for is a copy of the "Leslie" sound. It sounds more like a chorus than a Leslie but it does some things chorus pedals don't do but it would be very cool if they did. The main cool thing is when you change the speed control, it actually ramps up or down to the new setting rather than an instant jump. Wouldn't that be cool in a stomp box!!!

[WireLine]

that's a very cool find!

[hemingway]

It's amazing what some people consider junk.

Usually people like my wife . . .

[RollingBender]

...I just wish I could think up a practical use for this thing.

[filmix2]

Originally Posted by RollingBender

...I just wish I could think up a practical use for this thing.

Mount your pedals to it.

[wrathfuldeity]

Originally Posted by RollingBender

The main cool thing is when you change the speed control, it actually ramps up or down to the new setting rather than an instant jump. Wouldn't that be cool in a stomp box!!!

I was just thinking that a pedal that does the tremolo speed (ramping up/down) and intensity thing as a expression pedal would be very cool...like the little thing on a Hammond b3...such a great effect with the horn spinning.

[bigmuff113]

I like my Peavey Rage. Send me any Big Muffs he finds

[mr natural]

Wow, that is insanely cool. I love old weird musical gear.
-Mr. N.