From tonysounds@yahoo.com Sat Apr 22 00:52:39 2006
Subject:Re: I ALSO have received my Speakeasy mk III

I'm just getting in from my gig. Last nite and tonite, I used my XK3/Speakeasy pre/min-leslie rig, and it was killer. It's funny you mentioned mellow, because this does the full sweet round sound and scream very very well.

My preamp has the XK3 mod (push/pull volume knob), and I use it with the mod on (volume knob pulled out) and the volume full on, treble about 4:00 and bass full on. I run the XK3 full on as well, "tube" all the way off, and my tone knob at about 9/10:00. That gives me loud and full and round classic tone; I push the tone knob up higher, and that's where I'll get more grind, right from the keyboard itself.

This thing is sweet as hell, and so much easier to move than a fullsize leslie. It's AMAZING!

Enjoy your rig!
T

zakemo@AOL.com wrote:
Hey Folks,
I think, make that KNOW, that I have found the Holy Grail of Leslies. My
MK III came today and words really can't convey what this thing sounds like
but I'll try. First thing I noticed was how full my XK-3 sounded. Ya know how
when you sit behind a B3 and Leslie and the sound kinda fills your lungs? That's
exactly what it felt like. I could hear every note of the eight note chord I
was playing clearly and independently but blended like the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir. Bass was balsy but not muddy. Higher notes were crystal clear even when
grinding and pushed to the max. (Think Stormy Monday ala Lee Michaels.) You
can hear a difference in tone when moving one drawbar a click or two. I couldn't
hear that even on my C3/31H. I can't wait 'til fire this up with a full band.
It's gonna cut though the mix like a knife through butter and I'm not talking
just because it can get loud. I'm talking clarity. But, if your goal is to
piss off your guitarist with a volume duel??? You're gonna have to hide the
razor blades from him. One thing I found that made the sound better with my XK-3
is to turn off that wannabe tube set up. Good-bye nasal grind.
I have also never heard a creamier or more well defined choral sound on
any Leslie, "real" or not. Folks thinking they have got to have a lower rotor
are gonna have to hear it for themselves as I'm sure the diehards are raising
their eyebrows at this statement. This thing can be soft and sweet or rip your
head off, period.
I think there's gonna be a lot of opinions on the MK III but if ya
haven't heard one you're gonna be talking to the hand as far as I'm concerned. My
guess is this thing is gonna make a lot of other companies nervous. With every
rig I've ever had and gigged with (Including the "real deal") I could always
find at least one or two things that I wished they had. One had acceptable
scream, no mellow. One could be soft and sweet but no guts when ya needed it. Not
with this one. It's simply that good and has all bases covered. Like I said
before, your just gonna have to hear it. ORF Bob

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