[HAM] Less bass to solid state leslie

[Jerry Fowler]

Apologies, I failed to note that you already have an active xover and
bass speakers.

How does "hammond level" compare with "line level"?

-Jerry

On 8/25/06, Bohachewsky, Andrew V. <abohachewsky at draper.com> wrote:
> I didn't really want to get into that, and I don't think I need a
> particularly sharp slope either. The full bass spectrum (as per the
> standard bass out ckt) is being fed into a 350 Watt Peavey head driving
> a MesaBoogie 2x10 cab. More than plenty bass.
>
> I think it was the speaker (and not the Leslie amp) that was causing the
> farting so the thought is to just block those very lowest frequencies at
> the speaker itself - but still have the chorale effect for the remaining
> midlo/mids. It's a standard configuration Leslie 860 (solid state) and
> importantly has the active crossover before the amp - so extra passive
> components are all the way at the other end of the amp and have no
> effect on the existing crossover function, the cable feeding the Leslie
> is a near standard cable (9pin to 11pin custom job). And of course it is
> at Hammond level not line level.
>
> Has anybody out there ever used a cheapo 1 cap low cut right on a
> speaker?
>
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 1:51 PM
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> Subject: Re: [HAM] Less bass to solid state leslie
>
> I failed to mention that such a setup would also require an active
> crossover. These particular equipment choices would also require that
> your
> leslie be the type that uses "line level" input rather than "speaker
> level"
> input.
> -Jerry
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