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Topic: B3/Leslie sound with stomp boxes: a cheap way
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ajm
Member From: Los Angeles
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posted 25 June 2002 12:49 PM
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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.
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Donny Hinson
Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A.
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posted 25 June 2002 03:18 PM
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I use an MXR Phase 100. It does a very credible job simulating a B-3 sound, and gives an awesome rock (heavy metal?) sound when used with a Bosstone! |
Al Marcus
Member From: Cedar Springs,MI USA
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posted 25 June 2002 10:06 PM
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I still use Lil Jr that I bought way back about 20 some years ago. Gets a pretty good B3 sound.....al  |
Raymond Beale
Member From: Rosenberg, Texas, USA
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posted 27 June 2002 12:15 PM
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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.------------------
"STRINGBUSTER" again
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Ray Beale Rosenberg,Tx
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Jim Smith
Member From: Plano, TX, USA
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posted 27 June 2002 12:59 PM
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While not cheap, I still say the Hughes&Kettner Rotosphere is the best sounding Leslie simulator going. It is a large AC powered stompbox with a tube preamp. |
ajm
Member From: Los Angeles
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posted 27 June 2002 05:51 PM
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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.
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Buck Dilly
Member From: Branchville, NJ, USA
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posted 28 June 2002 05:39 PM
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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. |
Jon Light
Member From: Brooklyn, NY
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posted 28 June 2002 05:47 PM
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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...... |
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