[HAM] My first console

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>  The Leslie started in fast then dropped down to slow.  After another 2 
minutes of >warm up I got a waterfall sound from the Leslie speaker and noted 
what I thought >was the rectifier tube (OC3)  pulsing bright orange.  I shut it 
all down at that point. 


  It sounds perfectly fine. Not a rectifier but a low vacuum voltage 
regulator George Benton has this excellent web page. People even make night lights out 
of these things. The Leslie dropping to slow is also normal. The Leslie needs 
the preamp rectifier to heat up before it will click to 'slow.' Fast is the 
relay default state.

            http://www.bentonelectronics.com/leslieamp147.html#3


>Volume was very low even with the expression pedal all the way down.  

     My first check before looking to the electronics would be check the 
expression pedal linkage. Especially the brass collar around the variable 
capacitor shaft. loosen the set screw and see if you can turn the shaft for more 
volume then reset it.



>Burned my fingers on that stupid ceramic heater thing.  

            Cabinet heaters are not stock. 


 > Do you guys normally rebuild the pre-amp if it has not been done?

   Leslie amps are easier to rebuild so they usually get the treatment first. 
If the pre-amp is rebuilt you're lucky. but yeah most pre-amps I've seen are 
not rebuilt and past peak of freshness.

pp