[HAM] 21H Leslie

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At 04:24 AM 1/27/2007, John Doyle wrote:
>IMO that is a lot of money to pay for a 21H. You should check and make
>absolutely sure that the 15" bass speaker is original and that the upper
>driver is original and not buzzing. If the amp is original, the caps will be
>wax paper and should be replaced along with some resistors that have
>probably drifted. Does the speaker come with a cable, kit and C/T switch. If
>not plan on spending at least another $200 for these.
>I would look for a Leslie model 45 instead.

21Hs are great Leslies. Yes, it's important to know if it is still using 
the EM-type speaker (look for four wires to the woofer instead of two), but 
I don't know why in the world the speaker and driver need to be original. 
And why should it be important that the amp still have the original paper 
caps? I'd rather buy an amp that had been maintained properly, which would, 
in a Leslie this old, include modern cap replacements. It's true that a 
122/21H-type of Leslie ("H-hookup") needs a more expensive kit than a 
45/147-type, but that's the only advantage I can think of. And John, out of 
all the Leslies I have sold, bought, or seen for sale, I have NEVER seen a 
control kit included. That's bizarre.

21Hs came in two flavors of amps: a 20 Watt model and a 30-35 W. The more 
powerful one will have 6L6 output tubes and the 20W uses 6V6s. So that's 
something you will want to check.