Posts by boxspring@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #ASjPFdlP0Fg7MPnZh2 by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-16T02:01:34Z
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@simon A Leslie 145/7 lived in our practice space for a long time. It was enough hassle to move it across the room that I’m glad the one time I had a shot at one (for free, if I could move it), I couldn't do it—I would have been hauling that damn thing around for almost 40 years at this point! While I know it's not the same, the Strymon Lex hits the sweet spot for close enough/small footprint. I will admit I like v1 Lex a lot better when it's blended in parallel, something the v2 has built in.
(DIR) Post #ASkmK1JXsOCffDmnuy by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-17T00:19:44Z
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@simon Sounds so good! As does your guitar! We had the Leslie at our space for a B3 as well (the whole rig used to belong to Delaney Bramlett!) But the person who owned it found another home for it—the cost of maintenance was starting to mount up and it wasn't getting used as much as it should have. In it's place we now have a Fender Rhodes that someone left behind and then they became unreachable (!!!).
(DIR) Post #ASll9STidQRPvju8sS by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-17T00:21:09Z
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@fadersolo @simon Now you tell me! :-) I would have done that mod if it had been mine…I also would have made it so I could plug a guitar in, but it just had the big multicore cable that attached to the B3.
(DIR) Post #ASmlfyOvg0oDMU81WS by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-17T23:20:00Z
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@fadersolo @simon Very nice! A bit more noticeably a Leslie than the first "vocal thru a Leslie" that comes to my mind—“Tomorrow Never Knows”. Your mention of the interface reminded me of another Beatles-adjacent story, told here: https://harrisonstories.tumblr.com/post/67113580755/in-march-and-october-1968-bill-halverson
(DIR) Post #ASnrYvCJywcOHaDC0O by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-18T05:11:27Z
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@fadersolo @simon Yep—I worked that a lot on my first "faux Leslie", an H&K Rotosphere. Between the speed switch and the brake switch you could be really expressive with it. I loved that thing, but it was noisy, huge, used a weird power supply and then after been stored in my closet for a decade, decided it wouldn't work anymore. No repair guys I've found will even look at them as to even change the tube requires fully dismantling the entire thing, and just that step is a major production.
(DIR) Post #ASnrYzOAOqTDHTmi1Y by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-18T05:12:57Z
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@fadersolo @simon I was gifted the Lexv1 which has more controls…which cuts both ways--I'm always thinking "maybe it could be a little better?". But the main thing that made me love the Lex was using a Boss LS-2 Line Selector to mix it in in parallel (a feature the new v2 has built in, but I haven't tried one yet). Not loving having the largish Lex _plus_ another pedal, I got a Keely Roto-Sonic, which does the blend (and a nice Univibe emulator), but doesn't have the speed/brake switches
(DIR) Post #ASnrZ0t2pWlPvXEsnA by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-18T05:13:38Z
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@fadersolo @simon Now I've got a EHX Mod 11 on the regular board, which isn't as good as any of them just for rotary, but also has OK versions of loads of other modulation effects, so at a jam if someone calls for "Shattered", I've got a passable phase, a Police tune, passable flanger, etc. Jack of all trades, master of none. But when it counts, on a recording, I still pull out the Lex/LS-2 for rotary.
(DIR) Post #AStC8AnwuwOLhBhMEC by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-21T01:46:37Z
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@simon @fadersolo 30% creating is better than most! :-) I used to maintain my own gear (with help from my dad, an OG tube electronics guy, for anything in that realm that was beyond me) but I find myself with less time and in LA there's lots of good people, so I've started farming out the more and more work. I only ever glanced at the insides of the Leslie when we had it, but yeah, it looked like it wouldn't have been too hard to work on. Like old cars vs. new.
(DIR) Post #AStCJu0rAtgf5kKQmO by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-21T01:48:45Z
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@simon @fadersolo I don't have a v2, just the v1. I really like the tone, it's very tweakable and the only problem for me was that for guitar I discovered I really like blending the Leslie sound with the original, which it didn't do on it's own, but the v2 does.
(DIR) Post #AStClV11hvT9fkZE5g by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-21T01:53:43Z
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@simon @fadersolo Also in a transitional phase, so messy wiring while I figure out what I want, but here's what I'm working with right now. Happy to answer any questions.
(DIR) Post #ASunpEktzk8ZrZd9aC by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-21T20:23:42Z
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@simon @fadersolo The two things at the top (above the Distortron) are a Saturnworks dual momentary and a Donner volume/exp pedal. The switch is for stop/patch increment on the Loop Station and the Donner is sometimes attached to either the Nemesis or the Wet reverb for various things. Neither of them is used from where they are, I just put them there to travel, but they need to be placed off board to be useful. Just out of frame on the left is a remote switch for the Tensor….
(DIR) Post #ASuocRqO7YNOe6f7Dc by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-21T20:32:35Z
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@simon @fadersolo Probably the biggest downside to the Nemesis is that I've never dialed in a tape delay sound as good as the one in the Empress Vintage Modified Superdelay. But the Empress was a little squirrelly—something like 1 in 300 times, you'd call up a preset and it would just give you some random settings until you power cycled it. Not great on stage. :-(
(DIR) Post #ASxIiQtHxnv0MshzcG by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-02-23T01:19:15Z
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@simon @fadersolo For replicating an EP-3 (never owned one, but had one on loan for a few years) El Cap or Empress Tape Delay would be my picks. I wish I could get the Nemesis just a _little_ closer to it. Gonna go pull the Superdelay out now... :-)
(DIR) Post #ATJcPNYR5vK9J1WQNM by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-03-05T19:43:32Z
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@simon A little over a year ago, there was an exhibit here in LA of loads of Floyd gear from over the years. I’d venture to guess that there was at least one example of every model of Binson Echorec ever made. Very fun to see!
(DIR) Post #ATJjOyCe3AIkMJ57Cq by boxspring@mastodon.social
2023-03-05T21:01:55Z
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@simon I’m pretty sure I’d only seen one in the flesh before that, but that exhibit had like 8-10. Never played thru a real one, but a multi head Binson emulation is one of my go to settings on the Nemesis.