From tonysounds@yahoo.com Sun Oct 22 10:10:55 2006
Subject:Re: New Speakeasy 122 Amp Modeler

That's exactly what this thing is designed for: the guy who loves his sim. It generates no spin of its own, and is only designed to model the leslie's amplifier's characteristics, not the rotary end of things; this makes your own rotary sim pop by giving it the warm amplifier characteristics that sims lack. (You'll hear a dramatic difference between this and the 'overdrive' parameters of the Electro, XK3, XK1, VK and CX3 clones....DRAMATIC!)

Steve sent me a similar protoype to beta-test; mine is different than David's in that the preamp is already built-in.

I've always loved my Speakeasy preamps, but was always using them with a real leslie or a 2101. But I never used them with a clone direct without a rotatory speaker, so I never realized that that fantastic pop n sizzle 'frying bacon' sound was missing. And since I bought the Roadbox 3 with Speakeasy preamp installed, I finally sold all my preamps.

Hearing my Xk1 through this new modular pre/amp modeller was a revelation!!! And while it's 10 watts, you need to think '50s/'60s Fender and Marshall shoebox amps: it's a damn loud 10 watts. I got that nice warm leslie sound (think Booker T) and could dial it all the way up to Jon Lordsville if I wanted, and at a volume that I could use for rehearsals, maybe even some gigs (think dinner sets, if you're in a situation lucky enough to be playing Jack McDuff during cocktail hour!). And another fantastic application: project studios!!! Running your clonewheel into this box and speaker will now give you that famous sound at a level you can mic and record without waking the neighbors.

You do need to give at least a space of breathing room at the top of this puppy though: the amplifier generates some BTUs, but that's no surprise to anyone used to using tube amplifiers.



g_e_marshall wrote:
Since we have a civil Q and A going on this topic (before the "pimp"
screamers start up :-), I wonder, would this product be of any benefit
for a non-rotary application? (ie using a built-in leslie sim followed
by a SEVP and 122 Modeler?) I think we've all experienced the phase-y
effect when two leslie sims are used inline (ie when the internal sim
cannot be fully bypassed, and running thru an external leslie or
leslie sim. But assuming the amp is clean (and not simulating the
frequency response of the woofer/XOVER/Horn which is where the
'peaky-ness" comes from) could the grind and sizzle effect be used on
a pre-leslied signal (ie Electro) Know what I mean?

Greg