B3/Leslie sound with stomp boxes: a cheap way
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B3/Leslie sound with stomp boxes: a cheap way
This may apply mostly to guitar players, and I haven't tried it on the PSG yet. There is a book, I think it's called "The Guitar FX Cookbook", that tells how to make your guitar sound like everything BUT a guitar. Banjo, slide without using a slide, delay without a delay pedal, horse whinnies, elephants, sea gulls, sirens, you name it.
I tried the one to simulate a B3 and I think it's pretty good. The set up is:
1) Guitar into wah, pedal almost, if not all the way, down.
2) Into distortion pedal set just on the edge of break up.
2) Into flanger, depth and range set generally to max, speed set to where ever you think it sounds best.
It seems to work best when playing 2 note chords, then moving one note while keeping the root note stationary. I tried this on a blues-rock recording the other night and ended up keeping it. It'll never replace a keyboard (at least not while I'm doing it) but it sure will fool a lot of people.
I tried the one to simulate a B3 and I think it's pretty good. The set up is:
1) Guitar into wah, pedal almost, if not all the way, down.
2) Into distortion pedal set just on the edge of break up.
2) Into flanger, depth and range set generally to max, speed set to where ever you think it sounds best.
It seems to work best when playing 2 note chords, then moving one note while keeping the root note stationary. I tried this on a blues-rock recording the other night and ended up keeping it. It'll never replace a keyboard (at least not while I'm doing it) but it sure will fool a lot of people.
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Try a POD Line 6. Guitar Center had them for $225, reg $429. I bought a used one for $220, and its worth every penny at list price. The rotary/organ sound is killer, plus all the other features ie amp simulation, pre-amp, vol, tone, etc. POD also has a bracket for it to mount to a mic stand. I put mine on a mini-mike stand used for drum. (also at Git Cntr) which put it at the perfect height for steel.
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Many effects units/processors have settings which can duplicate/simulate a "Leslie" using a chorus/phaser/flanger/tremolo. But to my ears this is a bit different. This actually IMHO gets closer to the actual sound and overtones of a B3 type device. I think the filtering of the wah with a slight amount of distortion is what makes it a tad different.
Someone give it a "spin" (yuk yuk) and post your results.
Someone give it a "spin" (yuk yuk) and post your results.
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Having tried every Leslie simulator and most every Leslie ever made, from the Fender to the "Tall boy' which stands at about 5'8", nothing can touch the H & K Rotosphere. Used in stereo, you would swear that you are in the room with a leslie. I was able to buy one used from a fellow forumite. They are far from cheap, however. Most cheap effects are just that. If there are any E-H fanatics out there; try combinig a small clone (chorus) with an electric mistress (flanger). The EH are nice and dirty with a lot of swoosh. But the speed changes must be done manually.
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I have also been finding a lot of useful stuff with my Pod. It ramps up and ramps down the rpm speed and gives a good throb. The rock gig I've got has had me stumped trying to find a place for steel on some songs. But there sure is a place for organ. Unfortunately I have heard the H&K so I know that the Pod doesn't touch it. I'd rather not end up just having to have an H&K but......