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colint 
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 Topic: Lesley not not the woman? the speaker!Posted: 19 October 2009 at 9:09pm |
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I picked this up today and sent it on it's way to sunny greece!
a bit bashed up but still working after all those years!
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 they don't make em like this anymore (thankfully)
 any ideas how old this is? I havn't seen one for at least 30 years let alone one that still works, but I'm sure there's more out there somewhere?
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Posted: 19 October 2009 at 9:17pm |
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f*cking cool. Never seen or heard one in real life. What'll you do with it?
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colint
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Posted: 19 October 2009 at 9:26pm |
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Well I wanted to take it apart (as you do) but it was being shipped out to greece so it wasn't mine to take a screw driver too! Shame that?
I hate to think how much the greek blokes paid for it but it aint gonna be cheap thats for sure!
and they sound wonderful from recollection!
Edit: Just a thought? could this have been the first ever active speaker? Edited by colint - 19 October 2009 at 9:28pm |
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colint
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Posted: 19 October 2009 at 9:34pm |
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More info here:
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Posted: 20 October 2009 at 1:13am |
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There's nothing like the sound of a real Leslie! it does things that no simulation can match and I suspect it may well have been the first active cabinet, just possibly preceded by the ondes Martenot's various strange output devices although I'm not sure if they had amplifiers in them.
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Studio45 - Repairs & Building Commotion Soundsystem -Mobile PA
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fat_brstd
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Posted: 20 October 2009 at 9:04am |
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i got mine of ebay out of a church in nottingham for less than 100 quid and being a piece of church kit the worst thing that had ever happened to it was a few biscuit crumbs and i dont think it had moved since it was installed there. They do sound amazing.
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jbl_man
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Posted: 20 October 2009 at 2:56pm |
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Colin,is it the drum bit at the bottom that rotates? i seem to remember seeing one of these with a pair of spinning HF horns in the top part as well.
Edit..just found this photo of a home-made one,which shows the spinning parts quite well.
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colint
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Posted: 20 October 2009 at 7:04pm |
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Posted: 21 October 2009 at 10:17pm |
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they are fantastic sounding things. my band used to call upon the services of eddie the hat (moloko) to play hammond/leslie . he could produce sounds from the speed controls and drawbars that you would never get from a synth. however, its not the sort of setup you really want to gig with. size, fragility and weight were definitely not on its side. btw, does anyone know what the bass driver with the square magnet is - I have a very similar looking one sat here that I can never quite bring myself to take to the dump.Edited by godathunder - 21 October 2009 at 10:21pm |
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LOUDER THAN LOUD
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Posted: 22 October 2009 at 4:08pm |
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I think its an old Baker driver(west London),they made all theirs with square magnets.
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TRE4U2NV
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Posted: 22 October 2009 at 6:40pm |
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kef also done some square magnets
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IM SO SECRETIVE BUT I CANT TELL YOU WHY
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Posted: 24 October 2009 at 12:00am |
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and peavey
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