From jake92028@yahoo.com Fri Aug 20 18:44:05 2004
Subject:Re: portable Leslie 21?

--- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, tonysounds wrote:
> The Pro 145 and smaller items are the ones designed for the gigging
musician who is more concerned with the weight and transport of their
gear than just how it sounds.

Actually, the Pro-145 is designed for the musician who wants a more
portable "leslie" with competitive power and sound quality. I don't
think anyone is going to deliberately buy something they feel doesn't
sound good, with weight and transport being the deciding
factor. "Gee, this sounds like crap, but at least it's sort of Leslie-
sounding and will have to do." That's twisting reality to match an
individual opinion.

I carried a 147 in the trunk of my 65 chevy with pads and the trunk
tied down. If I really wanted to I still could carry a full-size 122
or 147 Leslie. I don't want to, even with plenty of help available,
since I love the way a Pro-145 sounds. That's an individual opinion,
more concerned with the way it sounds than the weight and transport.
If I didn't like the way it sounded, I would have gone back to my
original plans to either buy a SE Road Leslie or a used 122/147 to
modify.. really. Walter