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I haven't heard that unit but I would think that the lack of controls would seriously affect its ability to sound like a Leslie

Richard,
Yes, it certainly isn't suffering from lack of controls!

Oh, I doubt I would use it. I would just sit and stare at all the knobs.

Yes, it does resemble the cockpit in a 747.

Here's another nice Leslie Simulator ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqPBkLHTZ-Y

Here's another nice Leslie Simulator ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqPBkLHTZ-Y

I've been using this lately. The best pedal I've tried over the years.




And I've got one of the Motion Sound Pro 3T units as well.

A really nice mid-priced unit and the one that is my current favorite is the Tech 21 Roto Choir. I have an H&K, Line6 Roto Machine, PODxt. Like the Lex, the Roto Choir has a mic placement feature that brings some great versatility--think of it as a 'throb' control, increasing the amount of chopper-blade pulse vs. more stage-mixed ambience. I have never tried the Lex or the Neo for comparison to the Choir (and would really like to).

Jay ,

Strymon makes some FABULOUS pedals ...... Not a bad pedal in the bunch .... I'm looking at the Flint for the great reverb and the various vibrato's that it has .....Talk about PULSE , the Fline can do it in spades as far as vibrato goes .... Jim


Jon,

I have used the Tech 21 COmptortion pedal over the years ....GREAT sounding pedal ..... The "Blonde" pedal sounds great too for a mini Fender pre .... I'll have to give the Roto Choir a listen .....Jim

I've listened to a lot of the sound clips. One thing I'm thinking: if you really want to sound like a B3 organ, a steel player will have to try and play without vibrato or string bends. If you want to emulate it closely. Like the dobro simulators, there's a big part of it in how you play the notes.

Jon Light wrote:A really nice mid-priced unit and the one that is my current favorite is the Tech 21 Roto Choir. I have an H&K, Line6 Roto Machine, PODxt. Like the Lex, the Roto Choir has a mic placement feature that brings some great versatility--think of it as a 'throb' control, increasing the amount of chopper-blade pulse vs. more stage-mixed ambience. I have never tried the Lex or the Neo for comparison to the Choir (and would really like to).

I also use a roto-Choir. I like it a lot. I get compliments on it. The one thing you have to remember is, it's is not going to make you sound like a B3. Especially when you are playing by yourself. On a bandstand with a whole band, it sounds fairly convincing. At that point, they all probably sound similar to the audience. Of course, playing it in stereo would improve the sound a lot. But again, by the time it reaches the audiences ears, it is mono again. Of course, stereo though the PA would compensate for that. But I am not sure that, that wide of a stereo separation would sound that good. Maybe not having each channel going 100% to each side, mixing the 2, would sound better.

Do these effects typically go after the VP?

If you really want your guitar to sound like an organ, you need to team the Leslie sim with a POG 2.

I place my Leslie sim in the effects loop in my rack so it is after the volume pedal.

I always put the sim before the volume pedal.

I also tried the sim with a POG2, and hated it. Got rid of the POG2. Plus, if you are switching between organ and steel sounds in the same song on the fly, you need to press switches on 2 units, which I didn't like.

I get a decent organ sound from my setup (steel-freeloader-distortion-pog-mobius-volume ped-zendrive-ventilator-eventide-blue sky-preamp-)

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