DIY Rotary Speaker

[dan.schumaker]

So who's going to be the first to try this out? 

https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/25852-diy-build-your-own-rotary-speaker

[matmosphere]

Tempted but don't know how I'd find the time.

[thesmokingman]

no thank you. I had a hacked together leslie for a while and its all the fun of maintaining a vintage tube amp and the fun of maintaining vintage electro-mechanical devices.

[WormBoy]

If I can salvage a small electromotor from something, I would be tempted to make a mini version with a small amp and speaker, just for fun. If I need a Lesliesound on stage I would be happy with a 90%-accurate modded phaser, at a fraction of the size and weight (I know, I'm lazy).

[zombie_rock123]

I love these DIY workarounds that can be done easier with electronics- like the Make magazine tremolo with an LDR, led and rotating CD with the waveform drawn on. Sure, its easier to make a Lune but what funs that when you got a PC fan and half an hour to kill!

[Aleph Null]

I love these DIY workarounds that can be done easier with electronics- like the Make magazine tremolo with an LDR, led and rotating CD with the waveform drawn on. Sure, its easier to make a Lune but what funs that when you got a PC fan and half an hour to kill!

Every solution has its idiosyncrasies. There are Leslie pedals that do a good simulation of a recorded Leslie, but I haven't found a pedal that sounds the same is being in the room with one.

[lars]

It's much easier (and cheaper) to just gut the real Leslie unit from an old organ, than to completely reinvent the wheel by making it all from scratch. You generally can get the organ for free, and all the parts and wood are right there for you.