Anyone done a DIY Leslie cab?

[curtiswyant]

I'm interested in building a Fender Vibratone-style rotating speaker cabinet (same as Leslie 16/18). Basically, it is a single speaker with no crossover, etc, and the drum rotates on the vertical plane instead of horizontal. Any ideas?

 

[Kit Dennis]

Not sure this is the best part of the BBS for other answers to your question, but you could look here:

http://www.smctek.com/KRDLeslieConstr.html

and here:

http://www.users.bigpond.com/johnacollins/hammond.htm

Good luck!

CD Dennis

 

[The Niz]

I've wanted to DIY build me a leslie too, but I was confronted with a floorspace problem in my studio. So I've found a far better alernative that takes up 1U rackspace, sounds absolutely stunning and I don't have to spend time and costs to mike it up (and it's not noisy):

a Dynacord CLS222 with remote control

Bought this one for 150 Euro (they go around 250 normally) on eBay and I can confirm the positive reviews on the net.

Just a suggestion in case you got space limitations.
Greetz from Belgium,

The Niz

 

[Lloyd thaxton]

my homemade Leslie

http://www.myspace.com/493916098

 

[mixsit]

http://www.myspace.com/493916098

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