Homemade Leslie for Guitar-Finale
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- This is the last step in the Leslie project. I edited this video to cut out the repeated sequences. This was a great project. My bass player said we should make a homemade Leslie for my guitar. This turned out way better than anything we could have made from scratch. I don't think he knew that you could buy these units on ebay. I had been looking at rotary speaker effects boxes but why not have the real thing. This is more organic and the sound spreads around the room naturally. Very cool. I finished the cab with poly and it looks great.
thats sounds GREAT dude. nice job
Thanks a bunch Mr. Miller. That's my last name too.
Man that sound gives me chills
It is pretty cool. I just put a new speaker in it about a month ago and still haven't cranked it up. I will soon.
It's FUCKING AMAZING. It gives so killer tone I'm really amazed
OMG!Chills man.I told everyone I know about you yesterday.please keep going,I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks for telling your friends. I'm in the process of getting my calluses built up again because I did not play guitar for the six weeks I was in Spain. Pretty painful process.
@hendrixgeek It came stock with a 10" heavy duty Utah speaker. It sounds great. I never took off the insulation on the back to look at the codes. The seller said it was a 1963 but the Leslie label was stamped 1973 so I assume the speaker is a 1973 Utah.
cool old school sound
I never did put the capacitor in. I was going to put it across the terminals of the switch to cut down on the popping.
Ok. I have to wait until I bring the Leslie home from our rehearsal studio.
Put a rotary light dimmer in an old wah/volume pedal in place of the pot and you have a foot speed control...Peace :)
Cool idea, thanks.
triacs(dimmers) driving inductive loads(motors) is not a good idea.
it might work, but be careful.
@Borger, I believe you may be correct. But maybe a ceiling fan motor control would do the trick without any hum. I'm just the kinda person that likes lots of patches, knobs and controls for my music. So pay me no mind... It was the synth junkie in me talking lol.
Borgar could you tell me why or give a link to some info, I'm doing that with my diy Leslie
JRussoC Floating ground. Google triacs and it will be obv while they are the bane of A/V. Every damn venue I’ve run with triac dimmers on their sconces gets no sconces!
Cool Man ...vert cool✌️
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Yeah, the two speed motor works best.
Could you tell me the basics on how you made it? What motor you used, how you set it up with the speaker, how you programmed the foot switch, etc? I'm looking to build one myself and could use whatever advice you got
waaaaaaaaaaw ;) Awesome job
haha this is great!!!!
hi there i just pull one of a farfisa, can you helpme with conections?
you're hardcore man
I HAVE A MODEL UNIT 14 L 2S. HAS ANYONE TRIED TO DO A DIY SPEAKER WITH THIS ONE?
fuck, nice tone! is that a strat?
Just pulled a Leslie out of an old organ myself. I’d like to do something like with it. Thanks for the video!
The footswitch wiring was the hardest part. The guy I bought the Leslie unit helped a little by letting me know that one wire was neutral on each motor. I thought if I hooked them up backwards it would run in reverse so I checked them by connecting each one to AC to see it run. Then I asked an electrical friend about the switches and figured the rest out myself. I had spare switches laying around that worked perfectly. It does cause an electric "pop". I need a suppressor on the switch now
Buenos dias,tengo un Leslie como ése dentro de un órgano Kawai,me gustaria hacer un Leslie exterior, que tensiones de alimentación lleva el motor. muchas gracias..
The scary part for me was I knew I was going to have 120 volts going through the footswitch to power the motors on the unit. I was afraid I was going to shock myself. It is fine but certainly not UL certified. One problem I have is that it can cause a pop in the electrical supply when you hit the switches. There are ways to suppress that with capacitors on the switches but I have not done that. Just plug it into a different circuit from the PA or your guitar amp.
Why don´t you speak a little softer? then you can make a silent video, come on......., turn up that knob that sais Gain, you don´t need a PHD in sound to speak a bit louder an turn up your sound card gain.
Very cool build, im impressed. Sounds very good too. Love it!! I have a Strymon Lex, but there is something very 3D and realistic about chopping that air and how it reaches your ears with yours. I can hear it even on this clip.
Hey brother! About to make one of these for my harmonica rig on the stages! Any chance you could give me a rundown on parts that you added such as what switches and such?
Yeah, I've really enjoyed it. I usually keep it on the slow speed when I don't need it just to compliment my Bassman. It gives the room this spacial effect.
Sounds great and your playing helps to make it sound even better.
can you lead me towards. the right direction to building one? i have. a leslie unit that i took out of a hammond just like yours i am trying to figure out how to rig it up
+me3joel I have a series of videos on this build so they might help you. You just need to build a decent cabinet of your own design to mount it in. The trickiest part is the wiring of the two speed motor and foot switch. I really had to figure this out on my own. I hope I explain it clearly enough in the videos. There are some close ups of the switch. It is better to get a little bigger switch box than what I used. It was very tight. The only issue I have is the popping it causes when I hit the switch. There is an electronic fix but I don't know how to do that. It is probably a capacitor across two of the terminals that will silence it.
I have heard this tone : There is a GOD, and this life is worth living !!! Mr Millstap !!! thanks for the infinite amount of LIFE you have injected into me....
That made my day, God’s Day, as Johnny Van-Zandt would say.
I have harvested a Leslie speaker from an organ recently and want to know how to power the speaker. I can get the motor running no problem but when I’ve tried to run a cable from it to the headphone jack on my guitar amp, it’s not giving me any sound. When hooked up to the headphone jack of my keyboard, it puts out a small amount of sound but only when it’s at max volume. Any thoughts or suggestions?
You’ll need a separate amplifier to power the speaker. I used a small guitar amp I built.
You have uncovered a mystery for me. I've had one of these units for years, I made a speed switch for it as well, but never knew which way up it was supposed to be mounted or how. I'm keen to put it in a cabinet like that, thanks!
play little wing! it uses a leslie too. it sounds great man nice job
Hi I have a leslie 16 that im trying to fix up for my son , I have it all working but the problem is the slow fast Speed I don't have a foot switch but I see you built your own that's what I am wanting to do because of the cost of a orginal one ,Any help you could throw me is appreciated. thank Kurt
Hey Kurt, I used this footswitch because I had one, www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/099-4058-000--fender-2-button-vibrato-reverb-footswitch, but this one would probably work as well and is cheaper and has more room, www.amazon.com/Fender-2-Button-Footswitch-Channel-Effects/dp/B001EC5ECW/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2BBELPPA2AR61&keywords=fender+twin+reverb+foot+switch&qid=1575154771&sprefix=fender+reverb+switch%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-3. I used the on/off switch for the on/off of the Leslie, then I robbed a DPDT switch from my wah-wah for the slow/fast speed. The rest is somewhat of a blur. I ran a 3 prong amp power cable to the box and into the on/off switch and the ground wire to the case. Then I ran a four conductor cable that I got at Home Depot to the two speed motor of the Leslie unit. One of the conductors connected to the two neutral wires of both motors and then one wire each with to the remaining wires of the slow and fast motors. The fourth wire I think I grounded to the footswitch too but didn't connect it to anything at the motors. I'm surprised I was able to make it work but I just looked at it logically and it worked. I'm still using it. I just blew the speaker in it and have a new one installed but haven't tried it out yet. The silver footswitch box is very tight. I had to drill the holes bigger to get the cable grommets into the holes. You may already have a bigger box you can use.
that is left. The two common wires on the motors and the white wire on in the cable can all be twist connected together. The green wire from the power cable going to the outlet should ground to the metal case of the switch. This switch when you buy it has a ground wire already soldered to the case so you place it there. It is a little hard to explain in writing. I just figured it out on my own but an electrician could help if you are unsure. Look at my video and see if you can see wiring
Tengo un Leslie,metido dentro de un órgano Kawai,de mueble y me gustaría sacarlo de ahí y prepararlo para que suene con un Hammond xk1,se podría Hacer?
I would say probably not. And, it would not put out enough volume. I would go with the Leslie 21 unit that is recommended for that keyboard.
Was that Lonnie Mack?
The footswitch is a standard Fender tremolo/reverb swtich casing. I had to take some old switches from my wah-wah (SPDT for fast/slow) and one from the Fender (SPST for on/off). It's a little hard to explain how I did it because I just winged it and it worked. I had to buy a 4 conductor wire at Home depot and a standard 3 prong cord like you would put on an amp that has the old two-prong plug. I would suggest looking for a Singer sewing machine speed pedal. I heard these work better.
Oh my God I am Digging This
Did you get the popping to fix
Now thats too cool.......for school.......
At 1:00 I show you the switch I used. I had to drill an extra hole in it for the power cable that plugs into the wall outlet that supplies both motors with power. You need a single pole/single throw switch for the on/off switch and a single pole/double throw switch for the slow/fast speed. I bought a long 20' x 4 conductor cable at Home Depot to go to the motors. One wire on each motor will be a common neutral (white(, one wire from from the slow/fast switch will go to each motor wire.
I'm using a 10" speaker with a 10 watt amp and it is plenty to get the effect but I still have my main amp I'm playing through (Bassman). If you need more volume at a gig, just mic it through the PA.
Is that killer tone from running straight into that 10w? Please do tell
Yes, that is just my little amp that I built from a kit called a Two Stroke.
It may take me a while to get to it. I've been pretty busy lately. I know what you are going through. I had to just wing it and figure it out on my own and it actually worked. I had a little knowledge of the switches. Luckily I had spare parts from other effect units that I was able to scavenge. I had to buy the heavy duty power cord from Home Depot. I had a spare Fender Tremolo/Reverb footswitch that I bought for my Super Reverb amp and used it. You could use any type of switch box.
That's mega cool! Gilmour heaven!!
Hey nice work!! I have a similar unit from a Wurlitzer Orbit 3. I have some pictures and could use a little help identifying the wires for adding a switch like your video!
Sorry I took so long to respond. I may be able to help. The switch was the hardest part for me because there are other ways to do it but this was the quickest and easiest for me. I was a little nervous have 120v going through the footswitch but it works fine. The only problem I have is the "pop" you get when everything is hooked up and you switch it on. There is a remedy for this but I have never tried to come up with a solution. I basically winged the switch by robbing switches (SPST, DPST) out of some old effects like a wah-wah and something else. Let me know where the pictures are.
I have a real vibratone! I pulled the unit out and it’s identical down to the speaker. This sounds just as good and it’s a fun project! I’m impressed! Nice sounds Mr Millstap!
Yes, I made everything from parts I had laying around the house. I had to buy the electrical cord at Home Depot.
Hello from LV, Its been awhile since we connected and again by accident a video of yours comes up across my screen , .I have the same rotary unit except with a single speed I modified into a two speed using resistors .That is a nice cab from a nice drummer..I like the stain on the birch . I mounted mine in a small metal pizza oven gutted of the oven parts, painted musician black , and deadened from rattling at volume .Not as pretty but but sounds great ,The front door easily removed or latched for travel .Drive it either from the ext. speaker out of one of my amps or to increase its volume Ill push it with its own amp .Sounds tight n punchy I'm using a touch pad A/C switches with cute little LEDs for on/off and slow /fast. But If I ever use it on stage Ill convert it to foot switches like yours .As always ,good video ,all the best to you
Incredible!!!!
@j87trofeo Thanks. I love this thing. I can't wait to record with it.
Wow!! It sounds Dynamic 🔊
You should hear it now that I put in a new speaker. It is almost twice as loud.
Sounds great!
Sounds great!!!
How much would it cost to build one of these? Have you checked out Strymon Lex Rotary?
i have the same motor, i had to put 2 plugins on it, any suggestions what i could use to make it where i could have fast and slow speed, so i dont have to plug in for fast and unplug for slow. Not really sure how to run the power wires to whatever they need to go to.. Thank you :)
Your guitar sounds great !👍🏼 I took apart our old busted Wurlitzer for parts and managed to get one of these Leslie assemblies, and I plan to build an enclosure as soon as I’ve settled on an amp design to drive the speaker. I also nabbed the spring reverb tank with its accompanying circuit board. I’m also planning to re-use the foot pedals and make that into a midi controller for my moog Minitaur. I can’t believe just how many great goodies could be made from a Wurlitzer that people would likely pay me to take away, it’s great for me because it enables me to have what would otherwise be an expensive hobby, and also empowers me to learn a valuable vocation. This is a pretty neat project, thanks for sharing.
Hi, I have a similar unit but with a Molex plug. I know I need a Molex connector for it, but from there where do I go as far as the wiring is concerned?
I saw the thumbnail of you and Johnny, awesome. I was lucky enough to see him in Burlington IA at The Capitol Theater, an old movie theater remodeled for stage shows. I think it seats 500. I tell you when he played the first few notes my eyes welled up, and I knew I was in the presence of true greatness. He signed autographs before and after the show, a friend got his guitar signed.
Great work!!! Plus great playing and tone!
I will be making some improvements to it in the next few weeks so please subscribe and hit the bell button and you will be notified when I post the video. I am replacing the speaker and putting in some insulation.
@millstap is there any way that you could please provide a schematic or explanation on how you wired your Leslie and footswitch? I just recently purchased one and I have no idea where to start. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
That damn tone. I'm in love.
Holy. Fuck.
Need to try a variable speed motor & drive off a 110v conveyor assembly, what you are doing sounds great though...
fucking amazing way to go this is brilliant thank you for sharing it!!
ok... i've got an as far as i can tell identical unit from a 1968 thomas organ. it had amp issues and then more so i pulled this bit out and threw the rest away. i've been thinking about doing exactly what you did, except maybe using it for my gulbransen organ. i've also got a gulbransen tube amp from a 1966 gulbransen m5. i'm considering combining the two parts... but i'm not knowledgable about this stuff. anyway. we should talk. THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO!
The 'cheesewheel' sounds great. I have one out of an old Hammond Aurora. It has a switch to turn it on and a double switch for LOW and FAST speeds. I noticed you used a foot switch which beats the half moon switch on the Hammond. I hate taking my fingers off the keyboard and I don't use the bass pedals on the organ. Could you turn me on the where you got the switch and maybe post a wiring diagram? I am buying components to build a Leslie 910 but plan to use the motor from the cheese wheel. Thanx
What kind of relay did you use
No relay. I wired the motors directly to a SPST and DPDT switch for on/off and slow/fast.
Very very cool!! Awesome sound!! I want one!!!! 😊
Buy every old organ you can find!!!! This is what is inside them!
Insted of velcro just cut an opening into it an put amp grill cloth in there.
That tone is wow even without the rotation... And I'm a Les Paul guy.
Wow, amazing project. I've just picked up a mechanism without a speaker but it was designed for an 8" speaker which is a little limiting. It should still be ok for something up to about 30w though as I intend to enlarge the hole a little to fit a 10". Thanks for the tips. I'll be picking your brains when it comes time to put mine together.
@millstap I've found the same thing with an old Yamaha Electone organ we have at work which has a spinning speaker built in. How much volume do you lose out front compared to a normal speaker?
I had an eminent 300 unique.. it had exactly the same...
Do you gig with this???
Only a couple of times. Give me a good old portable Uni-Vibe anytime. It's fun but it has to be mic'd to be effective.
Yer, good project and sounds good... I have an sty-lo-foam rotor out of an old Yamaha organ under my work bench, also a couple of Leslie horns and motor with a pressure driver that I might throw together at some time for guitar. On my Hammond I have a Leslie 145 (uses a valve amp with a couple of 6550's)... David Gilmore used a Leslie 910 to great effect back in the day.
Jammoko My only regret is it does not have a built-in amp. I wish it did. Maybe that could be my next project. I could mount it somewhere in the cabinet. I don't think I need more than about 10-15 watts.
WONDER...your' sound...like really Stevie Ray Vaughan ,
Thank you for this! I was inspired to make my own though not as well crafted as yours. I still enjoy recording with it. I love your tutorials!
+Ed Cosico Great. It doesn't matter what it looks like just as long as it sounds good. I think they are best recorded with a close mic and run through the PA when playing live.
I’d appreciate any info on building the foot switch. Sounds good. Thank you.
Ray, I'm headed out of town. Hit me up next Monday and I might be able to help you. I just kind of used trial and error and got it right. Do you have the two speed motor?
@@millstap yeah, it's a two speed.
@@rayjaurique Have you had any luck with the switch. I honestly can't remember exactly how I did it. I got the 4 conductor cable from Home Depot. I also bought a standard 3-prong core for an amplifier probably from Hoffman amps online. I had 120V going through my Fender switch so that was a little scary. Any enclosure will do, bigger the better. I could barely cram everything in that case. I used an old SPST switch from my wah-wah for the on/off switch. I went from the 3-prong cord to the on/off switch and then straight to a either DTDP of SPDT switch (that's the part I can't remember) and then to the 4 conductor cable, then to the motors. The 4-conductor cable was about 20' long so I could put the Leslie anywhere on stage. There is one common wire on each motor and one wire that goes to each side of the switch. They are all black so you will have to figure that out. That's the other part I can't recall. I think I tied the commons together at the motors. I ran the green ground wires from the motors to the case to the ground on the plug. If you switch the wires the motors will run in reverse so I took a spare plug and plugged them in first to see which wire goes where. Like I said, it was a little trial and error but I got it done. Only problem is I needed some type of pop filter to keep the amp from making a popping sound when I would turn it on or off. I never did that because I could live with it. The DPDT switch is the speed changing switch so you have to figure out how to wire that to get it to work correctly. Maybe tie two of the poles on the switch for the common wire connection and the other motor wires to each side.
@@rayjaurique Sorry for the confusion, but it's really difficult to open that switch now to see what is going on in there. It is that cramped. It is not the correct type of switch like they used when it was in the organ but it works.
@@millstap Haven't messed with it yet. Still planning it out.
nice project ... it works good.
God this sounds sooooo gooooooood man. I love how erie it sounds but its great! a Great blues sound
I can't help but wonder what metal played through a leslie speaker would sound like. Tried looking it up, didn't find anything. I might have to make one of these myself.
Listen to Orion by Metallica. The intro was played by Cliff Burton through a leslie on an Aria Pro II bass!
Cool!!
Nothing beats the real thing. I would love to have a Leslie! I don't think I would take it to gigs though. Seems like overkill. Would be great for the studio though.
Exactly, lol. I took it to two gigs and said "'that's enough." Definitely a studio tool.
to reduce the sound of the motor put a capacitor between the motor
Sounds 60’s vibe
Nice acid rock licks , double stops and Hendrix tricks
Nice stuff
Thanks G.
Really nice work how on earth did you make that spinning jenny ?
+joohop They come out of old organs. I just had a cabinet built for it and figured out the electrical part of it.
Clever Fella Its smart !
+joohop Hammond T-241................ Find one from the church or the second hand store. E-Bay too!
That is the bomb.
Habakkuk Abraham Thanks for reminding me. I have not used it in a long time but I think I will put it back in my room for future videos.
You get one of those with GarageBand.
Why couldnt you put something infront of your guitar cabinet like a fan but with only one blade or something that is way thinner?
+Rondo McBower I'm sure it wouldn't sound good. That reminds of the M&M commercial when they are speaking into the fan. The foam drum is like a megaphone and it amplifies and directs the sound in one direction so it disperses the sound very uniformly as it spins.
my high speed motor won't work! meh!
Bad!
This is badass! Custom bedside toilet seat stand! Love it, patent it, premiere it at NAMM 2019! Keep up the great work!
Sean Soto Thanks Sean. It’s funny. I used that same toilet to help me install a 200 lb. built in oven. Its pretty versatile. It can handle 400 lbs.
millstap haha nice!
wonderful tone! ah!!
What speaker is it?
+MinedFieldDance It is the original heavy duty Utah 10" speaker that came with the unit. I think it is from the '70's.
sounds great
Cool as hell!
can you still buy a Leslie? I thought they did not build them anymore? I play guitar, and would like to know much more about this.. was this easy to build? where are the rest of the instructions? Is the univibe pedal supposed to be a substitute for a Leslie? I mean Jimi Hendrix had both...If this is better, why bother having a univibe pedal? So much to learn.. can you tell us more about this stuff? I really want to learn about this, and they sure as hell do not know at the music stores, that is for sure..they dont know jack, and do not even feel the least bit embarrassed that they dont know shit!! So, where can a guy turn to, that really wants to know all about various effects and stuff?
+Michael Craig Yes, they still make them for guitar but they are expensive. I did this series of videos trying to explain how I did it. Electrically, it was trial and error but I finally figured it out. The footswitch is a little tricky. A friend of mine built the cabinet for me so I did not have to worry about that part of it just as long as it fit.
+millstap do they still make them or just old ones for sale? How much are they, either way? I would like to know if they still make them..
+millstap I would also like to know how to make one if they are too expensive to buy.. can you send me detailed instructions? I am on face book.. we can write more about it.. if you want to and have time.. thanks..
+millstap for guitar of course, I do not play piano or organ just guitar..
+Michael Craig Search this title in eBay "Leslie Organ Speaker Tremolo Unit Part # 984-017699." This looks like the exact unit I used with the two speed motor.
ballin n boomin!!
nice tune!
Killer!
great sound man! what is the rotating drum made of? and what kind of motor is that?
fedekr The rotor is made of styrofoam and the motor is an actual two speed Leslie motor out of an organ. You can buy these units on ebay for $50-100.
thanks!