Leslie Cabs

S4 E2: How to upgrade the stock Leslie driver

Leslie Cabs
Hi folks, this week I finally took delivery of a package that would enable me to upgrade the stock Leslie driver on my 145. My ‘stock’ Leslie 145 My 145 is my go to gigging Leslie and subsequently gets a lot of use. The amp is from 1974/5 and is only 40watts and sometimes when…

S4 E1: Getting that Jon Lord Sound

Leslie Cabs, Organs
In my vlog this week I look at getting that stationary overdrive sound from the late 60’s and 70’s from my Hammond XK-5. You know the sound, think Deep Purple Black Night or Highway Star, dirty with no vibrato. I look at the best way to achieve this sound and also compare the Neo Ventilator…

S3 E5: Tour of the Old H4H Studio

Leslie Cabs, Organs
From time to time I record sessions for people and this is something that I very much enjoy. This week I have four songs to record Hammond Organ for. the client is a prolific songwriter from Israel called Avi Rosenfeld and leaves me pretty much to write my own parts, with maybe the odd pointer…

S3 E3: Leslie 145 Upgrade (Part 2 of 2)

Leslie Cabs
Hi there, lets get straight into Part 2 of 2 of how to upgrade a Leslie 145. You may remember last week to took it to bits, changed the idler arm assembly etc… and this week we finish the job. The net result should be a mechanically sound amplifier for a while to come. We will…

S3 E3: Leslie 145 Upgrade (Part 1 of 2)

Leslie Cabs
Hi there. This weeks blog is part one of a two part series that follows me stripping down and servicing my ‘cooking’ Leslie 145 as part of its regular maintenance schedule. I oil the ‘normal’ areas yearly and by the book and then as the belts start to get looser and there is less and less…

Replacement Leslie Driver

Leslie Cabs
Blown Driver? Need a replacement Leslie driver ? Or in my case wanting to use my vintage Leslie more and more, harder and harder with the confidence that it won’t degrade or let me down altogether? It’s a difficult one as you shouldn’t really run your Leslie on 10 for long as the driver can…
Session Organ Player Studio

Session Organ Player kind of Christmas

Leslie Cabs, Organs
Hi All, Happy New Year to you. I hope 2017 has started well so far? For me the back end of the year has been as busy one. I completed the service of my Leslie 122 in December (which has made it quiet as a mouse and perfect now for recording sessions), played three of…

Leslie speakers, isn’t it about time you serviced yours? (part 1)

Leslie Cabs
Well it certainly was for me. I’d had my Leslie 122 for about a year and it was kind of rough and ready you know? My technician and I had started work on the electrics side of things, changing the modified locking 8 pin input, installing separate power/earthing and changing the switching relay down to 12…
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