From tonysounds@yahoo.com Mon Jul 11 09:32:51 2005
Subject:Re: A short review of the Speakeasy preamp
No, the gain knob is only used on the line out.
T
Invisable Man wrote:
The gain knob is not functional when you use a
Speakeasy with a Leslie?
--- bourniplus wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I just had my first gig with my B4 / Leslie 145 /
> Speakeasy preamp
> rig. It sounded good, but right now I have to say
> I'm not a "Speakeasy
> convert" like some of you are. however I must admit
> I didn't have much
> time to tweak the different settings.
>
> first, to my ear, the difference between my leslie
> combo preamp and
> the SE preamp is not like night and day, even though
> my sound is
> better with the SE. it definitely adds warmth,
> grind, and some drawbar
> settings that sounded ok now sound really cool with
> it. overall, the
> sound is more clear. also, the distortion is great;
> it's the real
> thing, so it sure is better than that on B4, which
> is already very
> nice. at times, my sound reminded me of Medeski very
> much.
>
> what i don't like about the preamp is:
> -the knobs. they are too loose. as suggested a few
> days ago, knobs
> with clicks or just stiffer knobs would be better.
> especially for the
> gain knob, located on the side of the preamp.
> -the pigtail cable. why not a female leslie socket??
> if i forget it or
> loose it before a gig i'm screwed!
>
> well that's it, the negative aspects are mostly
> about these little
> details, but for the total cost of the unit (700 CAN
> for me) i believe
> i can be a little picky about it...
>
> so, as i said, i'm not a convert (yet?...) but i
> will let you know if
> ever i become enlightened after some tweaking.
>
> cheers
>
> martin
>
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