From tonysounds@yahoo.com Fri Nov 09 12:35:47 2007
Subject:Re: Fwd: Decimator web page up with sounds

Not sure what you're saying there, but let's be clear: for every 122, there's a 720. For every 147, there's a Model 25. (In other words, not everything Leslie made was Great.)

We do agree on one thing: the archetypical leslie sounds were Don Leslie's. If I wasn't clear, what I was saying was that Don (and Laurens Hammond, Leo Fender, Bob Moog) all used the materials of the day. When it came to update their product line (which all did), very rarely did they continue to use the same materials that they had 10 20, 30, even 40 years previously. Why? First, they were smart (not everything "vintage" is great, just as not everything "state-of-the-art" is great), but secondly, they were constantly evolving.

So we don't get myopic about the whole thing, look at Leo's G&L product line; all his great ideas were still in place, but all were improved upon. Bob Moog's Voyager is pretty impressive as well.

Just a little perspective. But again, I'm looking at the big picture: the RB3c is literally the best leslie I have ever owned or heard, and is without a doubt, the MOST versatile.

T

goffmac747@aol.com wrote:

One must consider that many "leslie" clones were made with all sorts of systems and materials. But only Don's leslie made it to the forefront. So to that fact, goes the healthy realization that the ideal rotating speaker sound was Don's system and everyone else's were also rans...hence Don's system and the sound he got out of it,? is the model and sound to improve on, if at all possible.

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From: tonysounds

To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 1:53 am

Subject: Re: [CWSG] Re: Fwd: Decimator web page up with sounds

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Don't forget, these engineers (Hammond, Leslie) worked with the materials available to them. It's doubtful if they were to design a new version of their product that would be using the parts they chose in 1950.

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