From egbdf13579@yahoo.com Fri Jun 07 10:11:55 2002
Subject:Re: Vibratone

From my experience with the Fender Vibratone I had and used with my
Farfisa Combo Compact Deluxe from 1974-1979, I would advise against
it. It was pretty nasty IMHO, with tons of noise, a weird ramp-up &
massive vibration of the whole unit, to the point you couldn't put
anything on top of it when it was on fast (learned the hard way with
many a beer back then!).

Get a Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere pedal and a Mackie active
speaker--you'd be much better off.

Jay

--- In CloneWheel@y..., "alenhoff" wrote:
> I've been looking for something relatively cheap to improve the
> Leslie effect of my vintage Cx-3 (played solely for fun, not
profit),
> looking at various simulators, or whether I might want to buy the
> real deal.
>
> Lately, I've seen some vintage Fender Vibratones for sale, and
their
> cousin, the Leslie 16/18. I believe these all lack a rotating
horn.
> Any opinions on these models? Are they mostly designed for
> guitarists who want Hendrix/Stevie Ray sounds? Do they tend to
sound
> any better or worse than something like a leslie 125, which also
> lacks the rotating horn?
>
> Finally, has anyone yet heard the new "world class" $100 Alesis
> simulator?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan