DIY leslie cab

This is a project I made from the leslie section of an old Lowrey practice organ I purchased from a yard sale for 20 dollars. It came with a small motor for a slow speed and a larger one for the faster speed. All I did was add a 2 pole switch and a fuse. The speaker it came with was very inadequate so I swapped it for a selenium. The drawback is that is is designed for a 10" driver.

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Howto & Style

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• Homemade
• Leslie
• speaker
• cabinet

[9reasy5am]

the beginning sounds like Hendrix's song Angel.

[2rhart]

@9reasy5am I was hoping someone would pick up on that.

[Dutch02051990]

Whoa, with headphones on i can actually hear it spinning inside my head :3

[TeleCustom72]

sounds great and actually looks spot on too - would like to see plans for this, there is no substitute for a real leslie sound.

[ledzurso]

I've been listening to SIMs all day. It's nice to hear the real thing. Sounds great!

[HeyStupidFlanders]

can you help me. I am new at all of this and cannot afford to buy what i want and thought i could make it. DID you take video of the makeing and parts and stuff. I am lookin forward and dont know the first place to start. All i know is i want a rotating leslie cab to play thru. Its what trey from phish uses and i want that exact tone.. If you have some insight or some suggestions. Please, by all means id love to learn. thanks

[Bbendfender]

If someone wants to make their own Leslie type speaker, it's fairly easy to do and can be done by salvaging parts from some of the old organs. I have several Leslie tremolo units plus 2 big Leslies and a Fender Vibratone.

[DynaflowDonnie]

Sounds good, nice job miking it too, really get the good panning sound.