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I need an organ sound for a Japan tour. EFX stomp pedal. any suggestions? Any used ones out there?Thanks Carco 615 668 1097

Carco, I use a Boss RT-20 Leslie simulator. Pretty cheap and you can use batteries if you are going overseas. I'm pretty happy with mine, it's not as good as my real Leslie but beats hauling it around.

Have you looked at the Electro Harmonix B9 or C9.

The B9 is amazing.

A second vote for the 'B9', most authentic organ sound that I have experienced. A bit pricey, but worth it IMO.

I have tried just about every organ pedal out there and it seems like I always go back to the H & K Rotosphere. Maybe the reason I like it is that I can run it in stereo through my rack system and I like that I can activate it through a remote switch right by my foot.

A friend of mine brought out an EH B-9 organ pedal to one of my gigs for me to try out one night and I immediately went to GC the next day when it opened and got one. It's the most authentic sounding organ pedal I've ever heard. I love setting #2 as it's the exact sound heard on Procol Harem's "Whiter Shade of Pale"... I also really like the cathedral setting, sounds just like a church pipe organ.. These are well worth the money.....JH in Va.

I have the chance to buy aa amplified leslie cabinet loaded with 4 12 inch speakers and one has a rotoray function. Has anyone ever tried on out on steel????

Hey, Carco, hit Tom bradshaw up. He doesn't have them up on his site yet but he's selling the B9 at a good price and will let you try before buy! Great sounding, versatile pedal.

The B&K Rotosphere gives a very authentic Leslie sound. The EH POG2 adds octaves above and below the fundamental notes, like Hammond drawbars, but it's a bit tricky to program. EH "solved that problem" with the B-9, which has fairly good presets but is not as flexible. Here's a demo of my POG2: http://soundhost.net/2012/11/the-wedding-march/

Do pedals like the B9 have rotary speaker functions built in, or do you have to use another pedal for that. That is the reason I got rid of my Pog2. I would have to hit 2 pedals to get what I wanted.

I do use the Tech 21 "Roto Choir". I get compliments on how it "sounds like a B3". It obviously doesn't, but most listeners don't know the difference. I would imagine that to be the case with most of the rotary speaker simulators. The Rt-20 is pretty good too. I had one of those for a while.

Some of the organ pedals have sort of a rotary sound but to really get the organ/Leslie sound usually takes two pedals. The B-9 is good for the organ sound and something like this gives you the Leslie effect:

The Ventilator 2 is my choice, especially for the it's Leslie. More options than the Mini-Vent. The B9 has great tones but is not very reliable because of it's latency, even combining the dry signal with it, and regardless of where it lies in the signal chain. It might be good for padding but I wouldn't recommend it for faster, single string phrasings.

$499.00!!

Carco, it's a wide road of preference on this as well as any effect. The 100's of $ I've spent on organ effects has only shown me you get what you pay for... Take a listen to the YouTube videos before you buy, but keep in mind that they finely tune their tones to bring out the most in their effects.

$399.00!

I'm with Jim P., I think the B9 is fine.

I don't notice any major latency problems, as I am not a very good player anyway.

Another vote for the B9. Works just fine for padding on songs where steel might not be appropriate.

See if you can find a used Line 6 Rotomachine - much smaller footprint, plus two organ Leslie and Leslie 16 settings, plus adjustable ramping.

But if you want simply the best Leslie pedal the rare Korg G3 is incredible. Every option you can think of with separate on/bypass, speed & boost (which adds a bit of Leslie amp dirt), variable horn/baffle levels and speeds...just amazing.

I've had several Leslie's of different types, with and without built-in amps, plus 16/Vibratones & my current one in a self-built cab that was pulled from an organ (8" speaker) and I he G3 is absolutely the closest.

The problems - made of plastic, huge footprint, and about $500 used!

PS - Avoid the Danele toro Rocky Road like plague. Just awful!

PPS -,These are all Leslie emulators, but when on slow the tone is still that of a guitar. The Eh pedals to me do not have a realistic "organ" sound - the only at I've found to achieve that is a good guitar synth ( I don't know, though, if anyone makes a pickup large enough for pedal steel).

My Roland/Fender Strat and Roland Guitar Synth, though, produces a real organ sound, not an emulation. Then it becomes a matter of learning to play organ style on a string instrument - no easy task.

If you go to Sweetwater Muaic, they have videos of the B9 and the C9. You can make ;up your own mind from there. I have the B9, and I'm happy with it. They are the same price.

I like the B9 too! It gives you that "percussive" attack (and the key-click, as well) that's so indiginous with the jazz Hammond B3 organ sound. Most others don't do that, and using just octave effects sounds too "churchy" to me.

I agree with Erv. I luged a leslie around for a long time and have been using a H K Rotospher for the last 11 years and it sounds great