Rotary Effect

I am after a Leslie type, rotary speaker like stompbox effect. I'm looking to sell my V-Amp 2 after the arrival of a new Tech 21 Trademark 10 Amp and this is the only thing I will miss that I dont already have elsewhere.

Can anyone help me with suggestions as to what's available?

I am not looking to spend the £150 that would be required for a new Voodoo Labs Micro Vibe (might as well keep the Vamp), I have considered the Dano Mini Pedal (Rocky Road, I think) does anyone have any knowledge of this pedal?

Also are there any bargins to be had on ebay?

Cheers,

Mark.

N.B. I have also posted a similar query to the news group alt.guitar.effects

You seem to know a bit about this, so maybe you know about genuine Leslies...

Do they need any particular driving circuits? I've seen a couple of Leslie cabinets on ebay in the past and I wonder what's needed on the six-pin plug. (Of course, I'm not sure that I want anything so bulky....)

Is it powered through this? IE: do you need an offboard PSU/Rectifier or is it purely for signal in/out?

Cheers,

Grand.

The DG Stomp has a pretty good rotary section where you can have different speeds for the upper and lower 'rotators' and different phase settings (accessed by hoding down the buttons when adjusting the controls). You should be able to get a s/h one within your budget, or even a new one if you shop around and can still find one.

A bit ...

Not a driving 'circuit' as such, it needs a driving 'amp', the Leslie is unusual in the fact that it was designed to be driven directly from the speakers in the Hammond cabinet, this seems to be because 'Mr Hammond' didn't like and would have nothing to do with the Leslie in the early days and refused to supply a suitable output, to avoid major modifications the Leslie was designed to be connected directly to the Hammond speakers.

The way we got around this was to get (build) a small amp (5/10 watts) and use it to drive the amp in the Leslie, we put a shunt resistor across the output of the amp to simulate the speaker load, it worked very well, the idea was to drive the Leslie using normal keyboards (or guitars for studio use)

The plug carries ... 1) the mains power to drive the Leslie 2) the speaker level signal from the Hammond 3) the switch signals to control the rotor speeds

To get rid of the cable you need to ... 1) Power the Leslie directly (we fitted a euro socket) 2) use the output of the 'new' amp 3) route the switch circuit to a suitable remote switch, we used two foot switches (On/Off, Fast/Slow)

We cut it in half and installed a pair of connectors to route the power and signal to the top rotor, we lined the join with rubber and fitted 'over centre' catches and 'guide pins' to facilitate re-assembly.

Yes.

No, this is built in.

See above.

Was it worth the effort, Hmmm ... probably but the Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere was used whenever anyone was feeling lazy and the sound was very similar.

Interesting reading ...