The Beatles - Let it be - Guitar Solo - Fender Telecaster through Leslie 145

George Harrison played his rosewood Telecaster through an Abbey Road Leslie on the single version of Let It Be. I thought I'd plug my Tele into a friend's Leslie 145/147. This is the result. You can judge!

Camera: Esiko Von Rautenkranz III

Category:

Music

Tags:

• The Beatles
• Let it be
• guitar solo
• George Harrison
• Fender Telecaster
• Leslie 145
• Nick Hirst

[Kreason95]

I was looking foward to the album version solo, the single version is ok, i just prefer the album version

[nickhirst999]

@Kreason95

Ah well! You can't please all of the people all of the time! I love so many Beatles songs but have never had all their albums or anything and the single version is the one I know best. I also wanted to feature the Leslie speaker, which I don't think was used on the album version. However, I must go and have a listen to the album version so that I can get re-acquainted with it. Something that I wouldn't have thought of, if not for your comment!

Thanks for that!

N

[ogaextreme2035]

@nickhirst999

Yes I can hear the loss of effect. Yes I know how to mic a Leslie. Yes I've built four custom Leslie speakers, owned about 12 others, and have been serving them for 14 years. NO, Don Leslie never liked the sound of electric guitar played thru a Leslie. No, it does Not sound the same without the center baffle (otherwise you wouldn't have removed it). No, taste or preference cannot be argued but principals, facts and sound acoustic electronic engineering can be... shall I continue?

[nickhirst999]

@ogaextreme2035

Yes! You are welcome to continue if you wish to be REALLY annoying!

Or you could post a video response with YOUR Telecaster going through YOUR Leslie 145 playing this solo, thus showing us all your superior knowledge!

Or you could of course just shut the fuck up and:

LET IT BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ogaextreme2035]

Thanks for the response, well it really comes down to each their own anyway, but there's definitely quite a loss of effect due to lack of intended focus in sound pressure from the woofer. The rotating horn isn't effected by this in terms of mechanical principal, but acoustically the The inner element phasing is out of wack. You should consider a custom made Plexiglas baffle for the best of both worlds. Btw, nice guitar playing!

[nickhirst999]

@ogaextreme2035

Can I just correct you. There is little loss of effect due to 'lack of intented focus in sound pressure from the woofer' as you state and what you mean is that the rotating horn isn't "affected" rather than "effected" as you say.

You are just talking bollocks!

You should consider knowing what you are talking about!

Sorry to have to keep correcting you but if you don't know the difference between a noun and an adjective then I can hardly take you seriously, can I?

[fguka]

It's John playing George.

[Xyzd95]

That was fuckin awesome. Souded as if harrison himself came from the dead to play it

[beatlesman369]

Let it be and let it loose. Cooool

[puppiesinspace]

Too bad they used a 122... BTW you're a cunt : )

[Maxi205full]

it´s john lennon!

[nickhirst999]

@ogaextreme2035

I beg to differ. The bass and centre baffles are not infinite baffles. I have recorded that Leslie in studios, in living rooms and on stages in the 16 years I've owned it. Does the sound you are hearing in this demo sound as if it's only half way there? Not to me it doesn't! I presume you know how to mic a Leslie? Well this one isn't mic'd! It's how Don Leslie intended it to be! Except with a Fender Telecaster going through it rather than a Hammond Organ.

[nickhirst999]

@TheJerksTC

Ha! It's a Leslie Model 145 speaker/ amp designed by Don Leslie in the 1940s to go with The Hammond Organ! You'll have heard it on hundreds of recordings without realising. This is exactly why I recorded this video. Everyone's heard a Leslie but few have seen one!

Great question!

Thanks!

N