Rotary/Leslie effect for guitar

[EffectsGuru]

Dunlop/MXR makes two pedals that I really dig, for a pedal they get pretty close and the price is reasonable as well... the Univibe ( which I believe Hendrix used) and the ROTOVIBE (the rotovibe is in a Wah housing so you control the speed your self). the Univibe goes for about $150.00, but I'm not sure how much the Rotovibe goes for off hand.

[Magnut]

I have the Rotovibe. It's nice and works well. It also has a chorus channel. I think they go for around $140 nowadays. If you slow the effect down at the same time you drop you whammy it sounds like a tape machine being turned off or slowing down. If your into that.

But overall it does work well. I don't like that you need to put the pedal all the way down to turn it on/off. I think an A/B switch before it would be the ticket.

http://www.zzounds.com/item--DAVJH4S

[Mark Hammer]

Just a quick reminder that the original Uni-Vibe was made by Shin-Ei and called the "Resly-tone". Both it, and the Boss CE-1 were intended to provide an electronic emulation of a Leslie, though the Resly/Uni-Vibe came first. As for what seems like a cheap joke about Japanese accents, my sense is that someone simply mispronounced the name and someone else transliterated it and had the graphics printed up. It happens once in a while. I have a Japanese project book with a project for a "Franger". When you think of how many words/phrases from other languages are regularly butchered by Anglophones (e.g., "haute doge" becoming "hot dog"), there's no reason why Japan should be immune from the same silly mistakes.

[Thirstnhowl]

I rolled my own

Hey,
I'm new here, I'm always interested in anything about leslie effects with guitar. I made a compact unit using all parts from home depot. I will be putting it up on ebay today. If what I've said so far doesn't get me kicked outta here I'll post a link to a video demo and pics. Thanks
T.H.3

[Mark Hammer]

There are a number of similar attempts and DIY projects posted around where people have provided different ways of creating a moving sound source. I look forward to seeing another one - many ways to accomplish the same task.

Post away.

[Thirstnhowl]

There are a number of similar attempts and DIY projects posted around where people have provided different ways of creating a moving sound source. I look forward to seeing another one - many ways to accomplish the same task.

Post away.

Here tiz:
http://www.soundclick.com/spinorama09

[Diablo]

Dunlop/MXR makes two pedals that I really dig, for a pedal they get pretty close and the price is reasonable as well... the Univibe ( which I believe Hendrix used) and the ROTOVIBE (the rotovibe is in a Wah housing so you control the speed your self). the Univibe goes for about $150.00, but I'm not sure how much the Rotovibe goes for off hand.

The pedal that Hendrix used was the Univibe by Shin-Ei. I bought one new, back around 1970 for what I thought was a high price...$150? About 6 months ago, I dug it out of a box, plugged it in and it still worked good as new. Then I checked ebay to see what they were going for. I sold mine in about 10 minutes with a buy it now price of $1550! Took that money and bought a Les Paul Faded....

[rockinrendell]

yea, theyre high dollar items these days. ive never played through one.

[Mark Hammer]

Nice. I like the variable speed aspect, although it would seem to not lend itself to ramp-up/ramp-down (unless there's something not shown). I gather there is one driver, similar to the old Vibra-Tones. What size did you use? Also curious about the baffle. Obviously something is spinning there, but from the video it's hard to see how the sound was distributed.

[Thirstnhowl]

Ramp speed up & down

Originally I had a modified sewing machine foot pedal that enabled me to hit any sweet spot and leave it there. I could also use it like a gas pedal to increase or decrease the speed, what I didn't like is how warm the thing (pedal) would get when I held the baffle at slow speeds.I use an on/off foot pedal now to go from fast to slow and back. The baffle is made of Styrofoam insulation, it looks like a 3 layer birthday cake with the center scooped out, the speaker fires up into it as it turns.

[Mark Hammer]

Well, then I applaud your diligence and ingenuity. Very nice. I'm sure the worst part of it was constructing the multi-part styrofoam baffle. Myself, I have a "cheese-wheel" Vibra-tone.

Okay, another question: How did you mount the axle and pulley arrangement for the baffle, or are we talking "direct drive"?

[Thirstnhowl]

It's direct drive, I had to make my own shaft coupling between the motor and baffle.

[redneckgeek]

redneckgeek looking for fender/leslie cables

I have a client who has (maybe foolishly) purchased a Fender/Leslie model 60 speaker system without any cables. (this would be a later version of the Fender Vibratrone {based on the Hammond Leslie Model 16}). I'm thinking we will have to build some. I thought I'd try to find some before starting the project ... anybody have knowledge of any?

[stratomaster]

EH Wiggler. Absolutely awesome. My drummer thought I brought a leslie to the gig the first time I used it (and this guy knows leslies). Good tremolo effects too. And if you get sick of it, you can use it as a volume boost (huge!)

-Tex

[jrfrond]

Picked up a cheap used EHX Small Clone the other day and modded it right away. When the delay range is shifted over a bit by changing the stock 150pf clock capacitor to around 85pf, it does a VERY respectable Leslie sim. I say this comparing it to my Vibratone and Line 6 Roto-Machine. I was pleasantly surprised.

Phase 90's (new versions) can be modded for a quasi-Leslie effect as well. If you remove the global feedback resistor and back off on the FET bias trimpot to "cool" the effect", you can do the slow swirly thing. It's not perfect, because a true Leslie sim requires volume and Doppler (pitch) shifting, but it's close.