[HAM] 145 vs. 142

[Scott Hawthorn]

At 09:16 AM 6/19/2003, Warren Seale wrote:
>Hi Scott,  Just wanted to get clarification on tall vs short.  The 142 is
>the short version of the147 and the 145 is the short version of the
>122?  Is this right? I've always used and owned 122s so I'm curious. Thanks! W

Just remember,122 and 142 both end in '2.' Then you won't get it backwards.
Harv wrote the text below, bless 'im, not me!

>Scott Hawthorn <organfreak at donobi.net> wrote:At 08:37 PM 5/20/2003,
>HOlsen5629 at aol.com wrote:
> >Also, the 142 was an afterthought and somewhat of a late arrival. CBS
> >already had 122 amps and 145 cabinets, it was just a matter of mating
> the two
> >and assigning a model number. There were no Model 142s when the 122 and 145
> >were introduced in 1963. I too, would love to have a nice pair of 142s.
> >They are great Leslies, plus the "short" (33") cabinet is "tighter" and
> >easier to record.