From carmah@northnet.org Fri Jun 07 11:17:42 2002
Subject:Re: Vibratone

I used a Vibratone for a number of years in high school (late '60's) with a few different combo organs (Nomad, Farfisa, Wurlitzer). I used it with a Fender Pro Reverb and Bandmaster bottom. A few things: I blew the stock 10" speaker the first job. I replaced it with a JBL 12, but it was still never loud enough (compared to the 4 12's in my system when I didn't use the Vibratone). The highs and lows were passed on to the amp speaker and so they didn't have the Leslie effect - only the midrange did, which certainly limited the effect. It sounded best when I bypassed the crossover, and played the whole frequency range through the Leslie, but it distorted at pretty low volume then. It could sound very sweet at low volume though. I replaced it with a 147 and later got a Yamaha RA-70 for more portability and higher volume than the 147. I still have the RA-70 which is pretty cool, and it sounds incredible with a clone!

----- Original Message -----
From: alenhoff
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: [CWSG] Vibratone

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

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