From jackoverfull@gmail.com Sun Nov 11 07:07:33 2012
Subject:Re: Has any used more than three Leslies

Because it's not easy to mic well a leslie?
Il giorno 11/nov/2012, alle ore 15.49, Bruce Wahler ha scritto:

> Yeah, he used four, and sometimes six, Leslies in that 2+2 or 3+3
> configuration. In that time frame, it was pretty easy to beef up the
> woofer to 200-300W, but very difficult to find a good-sounding tweeter
> that could handle more than 60W. (I know: I tried all kinds of them.
> The only worthy replacement was the EV driver that looked like a big
> gear.) So, that setup provided two benefits: more top end, and the
> swirl of multiple Leslie horns.
>
> Some of the big acts in the '60s also had multiple Leslies, mostly for
> volume. I think Vanilla Fudge used eight or nine of them at one point.
> I'm not sure why the idea of mic'ing didn't seem to catch on for quite a
> while ...
>
> Regards,
>
> -BW
>
> Bruce Wahler
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