Consul
Well-known member
First, a little background:
I have no room for a real Hammond or a Leslie. As a result, I'm thinking I'll be forced to use one of the various simulated Hammonds out there. I'm told, though, that they sound really good, as long as you run them through a real Leslie.
Problem is, the Leslie is the part I don't have the room for. I might even be able to handle an M3 or similar if I got rid of the Optigan. It would be in a room on the other side of one of the recording room's walls, but I can always snake a cable around.
So, I'm thinking of taking a more "Jon Lord" approach and am now wondering if I could make a sort-of full-range cabinet for a guitar head. It would have to be small, but there is some flexibility in the design. It definitely would not have to be monitor quality; in fact, the idea is for it to add it's own character, as I've noticed that Hammonds going through nothing but a clean loudspeaker tend to sound somewhat flat.
I'm thinking that a basic woofer-tweeter combo with a crossover, like any typical speaker, would do the trick, fed from a guitar head.
Any thoughts?
PS: Something like this might be cool for analog synth recording, too.
I have no room for a real Hammond or a Leslie. As a result, I'm thinking I'll be forced to use one of the various simulated Hammonds out there. I'm told, though, that they sound really good, as long as you run them through a real Leslie.
Problem is, the Leslie is the part I don't have the room for. I might even be able to handle an M3 or similar if I got rid of the Optigan. It would be in a room on the other side of one of the recording room's walls, but I can always snake a cable around.
So, I'm thinking of taking a more "Jon Lord" approach and am now wondering if I could make a sort-of full-range cabinet for a guitar head. It would have to be small, but there is some flexibility in the design. It definitely would not have to be monitor quality; in fact, the idea is for it to add it's own character, as I've noticed that Hammonds going through nothing but a clean loudspeaker tend to sound somewhat flat.
I'm thinking that a basic woofer-tweeter combo with a crossover, like any typical speaker, would do the trick, fed from a guitar head.
Any thoughts?
PS: Something like this might be cool for analog synth recording, too.