From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Sun Aug 03 18:37:55 2003
Subject:Re: Leslie 2101 is a HIT, people.

Hey Tony....

Jensen made the drivers for the horn. They also made
really groovy speakers in guitar amps of the era.
They're no longer in production. It's worth calling
Tony at BT to see if he has any. I've got a couple in
my attic for when one of these blows....I've had them
for 5 years, and still haven't implemented them. Your
best bet is to find a Hammond repair guy...through
salvaging other organs and leslies they have a
stockpile of parts that for one reason or another are
out of production. Myself, I've salvaged leslies that
were garbage in and of themselves, but had parts that
were worth while to me...then I sold the empty
furniture to my Hammond tech!!! I've got 2 Jensens,
an Atlas driver, 2 spare motors, a spare upper horn, a
crossover, and various belts and fittings. But if you
can't find a Jensen, rest assured there are plenty of
good sounding things out there. As a matter of fact,
as an experiment I got one of Speakeasy's replacement
drivers and the thing sounds great and can handle a
ton of power. You can't go wrong.

T
--- Anthony Catania wrote:
> I'm glad to hear good posts about this unit. I like
> mine very much for the
> reasons you've cited, and others.
> BUT--- I've blow it twice in 6 months; -first the
> top, then the bottom. I
> use a Speakeasy Classic. Another member pushes his
> vintage Leslie at full
> volume with his Speakeasy at full volume. I've
> never even come close to
> this but blew them anyway. When I purchased a
> second Horn Rotor unit, it
> didn't rotate right out of the box, so I sent it
> back to Musician's Friend.
> I have been leery ever since, about buying any other
> '21' stuff.
>
> Questions:
> This is my first Leslie, so when you say a 'Jensen
> horn,' is that the entire
> rotating horn unit? Could you perhaps tell me the
> exact model? Can I
> install it myself? I live in NY. Do any members
> know if I can but it from
> BT or Goff, or whoever?
> Where did you buy yours?
> Why didn't you opt for the 2121 base unit, instead
> of the Roland? Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Tony Cat
>
> >From: "tomjonesing"
> >Reply-To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> >To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [CWSG] Leslie 2101 is a HIT, people.
> >Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 03:58:48 -0000
> >
> >Hi there...I've finally gotten back from a summer
> work trip and had a
> >little time
> >to play my Electro through the new Leslie 2101 I
> got just before I left.
> >First, let me tell
> >you about my particular setup. I run the Electro
> using the seperate routing
> >of organ
> >sounds out the Left channel and other (pianos,
> clavs) out the right. I run
> >the left
> >channel to a Behringer Tube Ultragain Mic 100 and
> then into the input of
> >the Leslie.
> >Out of the Leslie come the two lower rotary sim
> outputs (L and R) which I
> >run to my
> >Roland KC500. The Right output from the Nord goes
> to an ART Studio V3 Tube
> >MP
> >and then into the Roland amp. The Leslie sits
> directly over the Roland on a
> >small
> >QuickLok speaker stand that just manages to
> straddle the KC500. I've
> >covered the
> >speaker grills of both the Leslie and the Roland
> with a matching vintage
> >looking
> >Marshall grill cloth and it looks very cool.
> >
> >Now, before you write me off as some kind of kook
> because I'm using the
> >much
> >maligned KC500, know that it puts out a really nice
> set of bass tones
> >through that 15,
> >and with the ART warming the sound it's actually
> quite nice. Also (here's a
> >tip) there is
> >a Jensen horn you can replace the stock horn with
> (about $100, from my
> >local shop
> >near San Francisco, CAE Sound) that completely
> changes the character of
> >this amp
> >(plus it doesn't blow). Use whatever amp you like
> (or have) for the bass
> >rotor.
> >
> >It's true that the Leslie sim of the Electro is
> quite astoundingly good,
> >but we all know
> >that an actual Leslie in a live setting
> "physicalizes" the sound and sends
> >it spinning
> >around the club in a way even the best sim
> can't...so that's what I've been
> >going for,
> >without the weight problem. I really believe this
> combo I have now is the
> >journey's
> >end of that long quest. I love this rig, and I'm
> pretty sure most of you
> >would too.
> >
> >What it sounds like:
> >I tried to like a Motion Sound Pro3T with this same
> basic setup, but like
> >many of you,
> >found the sound a bit shrill. MS makes excellent
> products (don't try to
> >separate me
> >from my beloved little KT80) but there were things
> about either the driver
> >or the amp
> >in the Pro3T that grated on me...I couldn't get
> used to it's squakiness,
> >and had to let
> >it go. I have no such wincing behaviour with the
> 2101. Even without the
> >preamp, it's
> >warm and fat and even breaks up nicely kind of like
> a tube amp, which it
> >isn't. I just
> >find the preamp makes it that much better, also
> louder (although I don't
> >want to push
> >that driver too hard..I've heard of people blowing
> it up with a Speakeasy).
> >Part of the
> >lack of shrillness may be due to the end caps on
> the rotor ends, diffusing
> >the sound
> >somewhat, but I also think there's something about
> the amp that's doing
> >good things.
> >I repeat, I love this sound. Love it.
> >
> >The 2101 also contains two 5" speakers (which are
> mysteriously called
> >woofers) and
> >two 2" tweeters. These other speakers are all live
> when using the 2101 as I
> >do, with a
> >non-Hammond product. With some Hammonds, these
> speakers function as what
> >Leslie calls "stationary" speakers (no rotary sim),
> for non-organ tones,
> >when you hook
> >it up with the 11 pin Leslie connection it has. I
> find these speakers just
> >improve the
> >overall range of what comes out of the front of the
> box...they do not
> >offend me in the
> >least, though I'd like the option of turning them
> off to see what that's
> >like...
> >
> >I don't think the unit is loud enough for gigging
> without a preamp, in all
> >but the
> >smallest rooms, if you have any kind of other
> amplified instruments in the
> >band, and/
> >or a loud drummer, I highly advise the use of the
> little $50 tube
> >Behringer...it's a
> >world of difference. Also, fatter in sonic
> goodness.
> >
> >The amount of control you get over all things
> Leslie through the control
> >panel on the
> >back is truly impressive. Spin up and down speeds
> of both the horn and the
> >lower
> >sim, brake time, crossover frequency point, cabinet
> resonance (makes it
> >sound like a
> >122), resonance frequency for the horn, mic angle
> and distance sims for the
> >low
> >rotor, and more. You can actually save two
> completely different settings
> >and switch
> >between them with a standard foot switch.
> >
> > Also, this unit recieves midi, so in addition to
> an included footswitch
> >to control fast,
> >slow, and stop, you can send midi signals to it
> from the Nord to control
> >it, which is
> >very cool...you just plug right in and don't have
> to set anything. However,
> >the pedal
> >from the Nord will not stop the rotor, you have to
> press the stop button
> >for that. Also,
> >unlike the sim, the rotor will not automatically go
> to
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