what does it take to run a Leslie?

[IamWILSON]

A guitar student of mine told me he saw a Leslie for sale on craigslist in my area.  It's only $250!  What does it take to use it?  I imagine I need another amplifier for it? 

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/msg/2483864405.html

[fulltone1989]

A guitar student of mine told me he saw a Leslie for sale on craigslist in my area.  It's only $250!  What does it take to use it?  I imagine I need another amplifier for it? 

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/msg/2483864405.html

I'd imagine you'd need a power amp to run the Leslie. I think Trey used a DRRI to run his.

[raisingfreen]

You will need the correct preamp to run this (specifically the UC-1A  COMBO PRE-AMP with the 6 pin cable). If you look inside the pics you will see it has an amp (power amp) in it already. Do a bit of research and you will find the info you need to run and maintain these. Not cheap! Although would be cool to have one in the man cave.

Here is a site with some parts you will need when things break down. http://www.trekii.com/mainindex.html#PREAMPS

Research this a bit and you know why "It's only $250!" if it came with the preamp it would be much much more... If the seller has the working preamp. Snag this asap and sit on it.

[raisingfreen]

Take another look at the picture of the leslie in question and see if you notice anything missing. This is a Leslie per say but not actually the one we all associate the sound with. Its missing a key element. There are to parts to the sound the rotory Drum and Horn. This is just the lower half it appears. Looks like this was for use with the bottom end sounds of an organ if I am not mistaken. I am no expert however but do dig this sound.

[IamWILSON]

Yeah, I figured out pretty quickly that this wasn't the 122 or 144.  Even the one speaker sounds great I'm sure.  I think I've read somewhere that Trey even used to only run his with one speaker (the horn if I remember correctly?).  Anyway, I've decided to pass on it.  And in the process of research and looking around for others I've come across a Hammond CV organ for sale in my city for $200.  These are capable of being modified to obtain B3 sounds.  So I'm gonna go take a look at it Monday night.  If all goes well I'll be the happy owner of a 450lb & 70 year old instrument that looks like furniture.