[HAM] Leslie working ( sort of) ( 25 and L100 ) distortion , blown fuse

[Jerry Fowler]

Replace the fuse and see if it blows - especially if you just moved the
leslie from one place to another. I've had old fuses blow just from the
shaking around of moving the cabinet.

-Jerry

On 3/28/07, David Damroze <damroze at excite.com> wrote:
>
> I got the connector hooked into the L100 by basically copying the
> connections from the M3.
>   I guess that the solution to the electrical being constantly on is to
> plug the organ into a
> power strip and just turn the whole thing off when done . Right ?
>   Anyway , I fired everything up and the 25 started spinning and
> everything was playing okay
>   except with a very staticy , as opposed to overdriven ,kind of
> distortion and less output than I would have expected.
>   (In spit of this, I am now officially hooked on leslies ) .
>   So  , I put everything together , move the organ and Leslie back into
> place , vacuum up
> the miscellaneous bits of wire insulation and solder splots out of the
> carpet.
>   Pat myself on the back for getting stuff hooked up , turn everything
> on and
> --no more Leslie ( waaah!)
> The rotor is spinning but no sound. I check the booster amp - no pretty
> tubes lit up .
>   Turns out the fuse is blown.
>   So , I disconnect the booster amp and play through the cabinet
> connector.
>   I get pretty whirly sound , at lower volume of course , but still a
> lot of static distortion when
>   I push the expression pedal past about half.
>   So , some questions -
>
>   What should I check before replacing the blown fuse in the booster amp
> ?
>   What should be my prime suspects for the staticy distortion with and
> without booster amp ?
>
>
>   David D.
>
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