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Topic: Just never heard it, but has anyone else..... |
James Huey
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Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2014 1:50 am |
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Just wondering if anyone has ever tried running a lap steel though a Hammond Leslie speaker before and what that may sound like? Is it too much to be anything other than distracting for such or is it really a great sound?
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Jeff Mead
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London, England
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Posted 19 Aug 2014 2:39 am
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| Sounds great - really gives it a bit of a Hammond Organ sound. |
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Dom Franco
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Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Glenn Uhler
From:
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2014 8:22 am Guitar Input
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A long time ago, Leslie sold a guitar input box for their cabinets. It had foot switches to turn the rotating soeakers off and on, and change the speed.
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Stephen Cowell
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Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Dom Franco
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Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 7:45 am
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Nice song.  |
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Larry Johnson
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 9:08 am
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| I like that, Sounds great Dom. When you record in a studio with a Leslie,can you go direct or do you have to use a microphone? Larry |
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Dom Franco
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Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Aaron Jennings
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 10:06 am
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I play through a Fender Vibratone cab as well. Sounds wonderful. Having variable speed control is a must.
Rusty Young of poco really nails the organ sound, but that is not the only trick they are capable of. The slow speed (and alternating between the two speeds) can let you get some really interesting tones.
Watch out, they are heavy. Even the Vibratones, but especially the units originally intended for use with organs.
I've heard that both chorus and tremolo 'effects' units were inspired by Leslie speakers. |
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James Huey
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Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 10:08 am
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Thanks for sharing. I just could not recall hearing such with that combo of a Leslie and a steel in the past.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 1:47 pm
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| I played straight guitar and pedal steel through a Leslie speaker back in the '60s, and I don't see what would make the lap steel much different. Even a Fender Rhodes sounds wonderful when played through one of them! |
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James Huey
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Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 11:23 pm Anyone use a voicebox through their lap steel?
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I didn't know what they actually called these things until recently, but they always sort of entertained me as to their use. Anyone use on with their steel? Do they work okay for such?
Just ordered my Rondo SX2 Lap Ash NA yesterday and can't wait for it to arrive and to start learning on it. I'll likely go blind in reading all the posts here, but it is fun to see what works and what does not on these things.
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 11:38 pm
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I know you said lap, but Moon (I think) used a Leslie with a pedal steel on Waylon's Wurlitzer Prize. I apologize for not posting a link to it, but I'm listening to w stream I'm enjoying now. Most enjoyable
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 21 Aug 2014 9:43 am
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Here it is, BTW:
http://youtu.be/qHgzxxwAZHw
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Jay Fagerlie
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Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2014 6:12 am
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I was just playing my lap steel through my "Allen Organ gyrophonic projector" yesterday!
It has two 8" Jensen speakers that rotate around a center axis, with a super cool brush contact that connects the amp out to the speaker inputs.
They sound great- an 'organic' chorus pedal! |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2014 10:33 am
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| If you're looking for that Jimmy Smith sound, he used both the Leslie AND the Cabinet Vibrato together. If you're pushing it with a Fender amp, the amp's "Vibrate Oh!" can sub for the Hammond's cabinet vibrato. |
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