Thanks for showing the inside of the amp. I found one of these but the power cord to the amp constantly cuts out. It sounded great...I was wondering if you every had any troubles with that?
@LongJONcoy I've had mechanical issues. Motor speeds. Takes a while for them to reach full speed. They don't like the cold either----the speaker is kept in an attic storage room that doesn't have heat. I'd love to have the motors rebuilt, but I bet that would be expensive. It sounds aweosme though.
@LongJONcoy I haven't had any power problems-----like the feed cable. I'm lucky to have a cable that's in good condition. You can still find parts, including cords on Ebay though!
@MrScotty0109 Yeah, someone else pointed that out to me----look way down on the comments-----apparently 2 years ago. I was really surprised ---had no idea. BUT, it's kind of cool how they made it so that there's a weight balance between the 2 horns-------so that it spins right. Very cool. Thank you for the information.
I'm thinking about restoring an S-6 just for the heck of it. It's been decades since I worked on tube circuits.
I'm also toying with the idea of a resto on an X-66 which I think is a great looking and sounding machine, but at nearly 600 pounds it's a heavy beast, and a good one is still quite expensive.
@Claudius131 I restored my first S-6, but it still have a few quirks. Then I found another one at an auction, and used parts between the two to get one that is fully restored. The biggest problem with both, was the foot pedals. Both of them had the same problem, and it's a mechanica thing, instead of electronic. It took lots of bending parts to get it just right so that it can be played. A huge part of the how I play is completely lost if the pedal problem can't be corrected.
@Claudius131 Ummm......I wrote down all the wire colors, and the function of each colored wire inside the pedal box. If you get an S-6, and it has a pedal problem, I can at least send you information about what's happening inside that box. It allows you to watch the motions, and see how the mechanical parts can be slightly touching the wrong things, or whatever----it's been a while, so I don't remember the actual issues, but I know I wrote it all down the last time I had to work on it.
Here's an interesting historical note: As you say the S6 is a home organ, and was not designed for rock and roll, but that didn't stop keyboardist Paul Tesluk of Johnny and the Hurricanes. Their well known hit of 1959 is "Red River Rock".
Take a look at this photo and see them around their S6 (eliminate the spaces around the slashes and dots when posting into your browser): ecx . images-amazon . com / images / I / 61he8A9NE-L._SL500_AA300_ . jpg
@Claudius131 Yeah there were a couple bands that used an S-6, but only for the melody part of the organ usually. I've heard a lot of people play the organ completely different than the way I play it. So maybe it offers more of a variety of uses than what I use it for. They're cool organs. I wish I could play well enough for a larger Hammond. I own an M-3, but can't play it.
@omnistorm Thanks man, it's nice when someone likes your organ : ) I have bipolar disorder, and for MANY years, the medications I was taking created a very bad tremor----bad enough that my whole body shook, and you could even hear it in my speaking voice. I'm on different medications now that have stopped the tremor all the time except sometimes at the gym. I still screw up when I play, but the shaking is gone---which is really awesome. Thank you for your comment : )~
The sound does not come out of both ends of the horn. Only one side, the other side is for counter weight only. This is how the doppler effect is achieved. I have the 730, 145 and 825 leslies. Gotta feed the lez! LOL
Great video! Question. Maybe you can help. The top horn of my 760 on chorale slowly grinds to a halt and stops. Are there any adjusts I can make? Thanks.
There is a spot where to two horns come together where you can add oil. But grinding to a hault makes it sound like you need to take it apart and clean out whatever is grinding, and add new oil. I haven't done this myself, but that's where I'd probably start looking. On my 760, the motors are pretty slow to reach full speed, and I think mine needs to be taken apart, cleaned well, and re-oiled, just the same way I'm suggesting for you. Sorry I don't know more.
Is "chorale" the name for the slow speed? Mine will never go from fast speed to stop----it ALWAYS goes from fast straight to the slow speed for about 30 seconds before it stops. I'm guessing there's a musical benefit, or a wanted quality of some kind by doing that. It's programmed to that automatically. I'm sorry, I"m not sure that this will help you any either.
Yea. I have a B2. It should stay spinning on slow. My rig at least. The way mine was setup is I can have it stop with the Leslie switch in the middle position. Then fast to the right and slow to the left. (3 postions) I should have it looked at Thanks for your help enjoyed the vid. All the best.
Hi there - Thank you for your comment. Someone else suggested a capacitor could be causing the hum. Unfortunately, I'm not electronically educated enough on my own to fix that. The problem really isn't that bad when the organ is played, but thank you for the suggestion. I appreciate hearing from you.
Yeah, I think the motors are sluggish when it comes to getting up to speed as fast as it should, but then I'm not sure if maybe it's running too fast when it's up to full speed.
Your hammond must be pretty old and its tonewheel makes so beautifull, unclean sound, which is full of quivering bass. It makes hammond having its electronic soul :) I would never change my hammond C2 to different instrument. I loved its unique sound.
My S-6 Hammond was built in the 50s I think. It doesn't have tonewheels, but lots of tubes. I'm in love with the sound too----it's so stereotypical of tacky organ music : ) Thank you for your comment.
I took the wires that normally go to the speakers that are built into the organ and put a resistor on them and used them as the line out to the Leslie. The resistor is high wattage----a ceramic resistor. I don't remember why or even IF that was important, but it's what I am currently using. There may be other ways to get a line out, but using the speaker wires and the resistor allows the volume expression bar to control the volume like normal.
Sorry, I don't know how many ohms the resistor is---I bought 3 or 4 different ones and just experimented to decide which was best. My 9 pin Leslie cord only uses 6 of the 9 wires. 2 are the AC power, 2 are the line in, and the last 2 are the speed control for the motors. It was trail and error and testing stuff until I figured out which wires went where. The thickest 2 wires were the AC power. Another organ came with my Leslie at auction, and I studied the wiring inside to figure it out.
Dark side of the moon was perhaps the greatest album ever. Eclipse is the song in which we hear the wonderful playing by richard wright through his b3. I am thuroughly jealous of your speaker, because it would sound awesome through my m111
I finally got my leslie. now i've got to hook it up. By the way, you can hear the late great rich wright play his hammond better in 'brain damage' the song before eclipse.
WOW, you are correct! The noise is only coming from 1 of the 2 spinning horns in the top part of the speaker. It seems strange that the dummy side still has the same funnel cap at the end of it, but I guess it's made to be equal weight of the other horn to allow it to spin uniformly, and not wobble. I never knew that. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Sorry to give out wrong information.
Omg! I wish I had that Leslie.! Sounds great.
RevIke93 3 months ago
Thanks for showing the inside of the amp. I found one of these but the power cord to the amp constantly cuts out. It sounded great...I was wondering if you every had any troubles with that?
LongJONcoy 3 months ago
@LongJONcoy I've had mechanical issues. Motor speeds. Takes a while for them to reach full speed. They don't like the cold either----the speaker is kept in an attic storage room that doesn't have heat. I'd love to have the motors rebuilt, but I bet that would be expensive. It sounds aweosme though.
drewb52 3 months ago
@LongJONcoy I haven't had any power problems-----like the feed cable. I'm lucky to have a cable that's in good condition. You can still find parts, including cords on Ebay though!
Thank you for your comment : )
drewb52 3 months ago
très interesant
danielshon 5 months ago
Magic mechanic. Волшебная механика.
BladerDark1 5 months ago
It is called the Doppler Effect.
cjmarsh504 8 months ago
The second half of the horn throat is a dummy. Sound is only projected from one half. Thought you might want to know that.
MrScotty0109 8 months ago
@MrScotty0109 Yeah, someone else pointed that out to me----look way down on the comments-----apparently 2 years ago. I was really surprised ---had no idea. BUT, it's kind of cool how they made it so that there's a weight balance between the 2 horns-------so that it spins right. Very cool. Thank you for the information.
drewb52 8 months ago
i feel like puting my hand by the vent holes on full vibrato
JFrostz 9 months ago
@JFrostz LOL---Go for it! I think it would hurt, but not cut you, but hey, be the first to give it a try : )
drewb52 9 months ago
You are amazing. But this S6 is not what I expected it to be there.
Cds56 10 months ago
Thanks. I've sent you a PM.
Claudius131 1 year ago
I'm thinking about restoring an S-6 just for the heck of it. It's been decades since I worked on tube circuits.
I'm also toying with the idea of a resto on an X-66 which I think is a great looking and sounding machine, but at nearly 600 pounds it's a heavy beast, and a good one is still quite expensive.
However, first a little S-6 I reckon. :-)
Claudius131 1 year ago
@Claudius131 I restored my first S-6, but it still have a few quirks. Then I found another one at an auction, and used parts between the two to get one that is fully restored. The biggest problem with both, was the foot pedals. Both of them had the same problem, and it's a mechanica thing, instead of electronic. It took lots of bending parts to get it just right so that it can be played. A huge part of the how I play is completely lost if the pedal problem can't be corrected.
drewb52 1 year ago
@Claudius131 Ummm......I wrote down all the wire colors, and the function of each colored wire inside the pedal box. If you get an S-6, and it has a pedal problem, I can at least send you information about what's happening inside that box. It allows you to watch the motions, and see how the mechanical parts can be slightly touching the wrong things, or whatever----it's been a while, so I don't remember the actual issues, but I know I wrote it all down the last time I had to work on it.
drewb52 1 year ago
Here's an interesting historical note: As you say the S6 is a home organ, and was not designed for rock and roll, but that didn't stop keyboardist Paul Tesluk of Johnny and the Hurricanes. Their well known hit of 1959 is "Red River Rock".
Take a look at this photo and see them around their S6 (eliminate the spaces around the slashes and dots when posting into your browser): ecx . images-amazon . com / images / I / 61he8A9NE-L._SL500_AA300_ . jpg
Claudius131 1 year ago
@Claudius131 Yeah there were a couple bands that used an S-6, but only for the melody part of the organ usually. I've heard a lot of people play the organ completely different than the way I play it. So maybe it offers more of a variety of uses than what I use it for. They're cool organs. I wish I could play well enough for a larger Hammond. I own an M-3, but can't play it.
drewb52 1 year ago
Thank you very much for this video- really well done-
cappyshopneck 1 year ago
"that white noise like that....you know that dead space like that... helps me to..uh...communicate with the dead.- Now over here we have..."
brilliant dry humor.
wakod2002 1 year ago 7
@wakod2002 LOL, You're the only one that caught that! : )
drewb52 1 year ago
@drewb52 I simply thought you were serious!
Cds56 10 months ago
sweet jesuse that leslie is fast.
JOLEVONONDRUMS 1 year ago
Nice organ! Dude your hands are shaking like crazy, whats up?
omnistorm 1 year ago
@omnistorm Thanks man, it's nice when someone likes your organ : ) I have bipolar disorder, and for MANY years, the medications I was taking created a very bad tremor----bad enough that my whole body shook, and you could even hear it in my speaking voice. I'm on different medications now that have stopped the tremor all the time except sometimes at the gym. I still screw up when I play, but the shaking is gone---which is really awesome. Thank you for your comment : )~
drewb52 1 year ago
@drewb52 I have what they call an "Essential Tremor" I would like to find something that would help mine.
Koolnote 1 year ago
The "wobbling noise" is doppler effect!!
northstar1950 1 year ago
The sound does not come out of both ends of the horn. Only one side, the other side is for counter weight only. This is how the doppler effect is achieved. I have the 730, 145 and 825 leslies. Gotta feed the lez! LOL
chazsinger 1 year ago
Great video! Question. Maybe you can help. The top horn of my 760 on chorale slowly grinds to a halt and stops. Are there any adjusts I can make? Thanks.
ronpedley 2 years ago
There is a spot where to two horns come together where you can add oil. But grinding to a hault makes it sound like you need to take it apart and clean out whatever is grinding, and add new oil. I haven't done this myself, but that's where I'd probably start looking. On my 760, the motors are pretty slow to reach full speed, and I think mine needs to be taken apart, cleaned well, and re-oiled, just the same way I'm suggesting for you. Sorry I don't know more.
drewb52 2 years ago
Thanks. 'Grind' was the wrong word. It just slows and stops on chorale. It is oiled. Thanks.
ronpedley 2 years ago
Is "chorale" the name for the slow speed? Mine will never go from fast speed to stop----it ALWAYS goes from fast straight to the slow speed for about 30 seconds before it stops. I'm guessing there's a musical benefit, or a wanted quality of some kind by doing that. It's programmed to that automatically. I'm sorry, I"m not sure that this will help you any either.
drewb52 2 years ago
Yea. I have a B2. It should stay spinning on slow. My rig at least. The way mine was setup is I can have it stop with the Leslie switch in the middle position. Then fast to the right and slow to the left. (3 postions) I should have it looked at Thanks for your help enjoyed the vid. All the best.
ronpedley 2 years ago
yep, chorale is the "leslie-word" for slow. my leslie710 also goes to chorale before it stps, i think thats because of the solid state amp.
you had to use a "brake kit" for tube leslies because they couldnt stop when they came out of the factory.
SkateYourOwnStyle 2 years ago
Thanks man. Good luck : )
drewb52 2 years ago
hey there i love this organ! its very nice and beautiful. just a suggestion to fix that humming noise... it is probably a bad capacitor...
scottjop656 2 years ago
Hi there - Thank you for your comment. Someone else suggested a capacitor could be causing the hum. Unfortunately, I'm not electronically educated enough on my own to fix that. The problem really isn't that bad when the organ is played, but thank you for the suggestion. I appreciate hearing from you.
drewb52 2 years ago
haha i bet those things can crank!
scottjop656 2 years ago
That Leslie can blow the glass right out of the windows if I give it my "home alone" crank! lol.
drewb52 2 years ago
SHE SPINS FAST!
Jillz500 2 years ago
Yeah, I think the motors are sluggish when it comes to getting up to speed as fast as it should, but then I'm not sure if maybe it's running too fast when it's up to full speed.
drewb52 2 years ago
Your hammond must be pretty old and its tonewheel makes so beautifull, unclean sound, which is full of quivering bass. It makes hammond having its electronic soul :) I would never change my hammond C2 to different instrument. I loved its unique sound.
redbull101991 2 years ago 3
My S-6 Hammond was built in the 50s I think. It doesn't have tonewheels, but lots of tubes. I'm in love with the sound too----it's so stereotypical of tacky organ music : ) Thank you for your comment.
drewb52 2 years ago
How did you hook up the leslie to the organ, I have the same hammond and would be interested in doing this
lyslespangler 2 years ago
I took the wires that normally go to the speakers that are built into the organ and put a resistor on them and used them as the line out to the Leslie. The resistor is high wattage----a ceramic resistor. I don't remember why or even IF that was important, but it's what I am currently using. There may be other ways to get a line out, but using the speaker wires and the resistor allows the volume expression bar to control the volume like normal.
drewb52 2 years ago
Sorry, I don't know how many ohms the resistor is---I bought 3 or 4 different ones and just experimented to decide which was best. My 9 pin Leslie cord only uses 6 of the 9 wires. 2 are the AC power, 2 are the line in, and the last 2 are the speed control for the motors. It was trail and error and testing stuff until I figured out which wires went where. The thickest 2 wires were the AC power. Another organ came with my Leslie at auction, and I studied the wiring inside to figure it out.
drewb52 2 years ago
The hum is most likely a poor capacitor. The units amp should be hum free.
DarkWolfFell221 2 years ago
Thank you for the suggestion!
drewb52 2 years ago
Jesus christ, maybe can someone else taking the camera next time?
paranormaalutrecht 2 years ago
Dark side of the moon was perhaps the greatest album ever. Eclipse is the song in which we hear the wonderful playing by richard wright through his b3. I am thuroughly jealous of your speaker, because it would sound awesome through my m111
mortson978 2 years ago
I finally got my leslie. now i've got to hook it up. By the way, you can hear the late great rich wright play his hammond better in 'brain damage' the song before eclipse.
mortson978 2 years ago
On the Leslie Horn the sound only comes out of one side the other side is dummy
or blocked. So sound does not come out of both sides. This is the way to get the
Doppler effect.
barry3333 2 years ago
WOW, you are correct! The noise is only coming from 1 of the 2 spinning horns in the top part of the speaker. It seems strange that the dummy side still has the same funnel cap at the end of it, but I guess it's made to be equal weight of the other horn to allow it to spin uniformly, and not wobble. I never knew that. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Sorry to give out wrong information.
DREW
drewb52 2 years ago
yes i agree, information in the video is wrong.
explosionmonty 2 years ago
nice set up man it sounds real good. Awesome job!!
justinra33 2 years ago
nice explaination of how the leslie works. i love to play the b3 & i love pink floyd!
rupham915 3 years ago