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Building a Leslie 70 control unit

Started by vanceinatlance, December 17, 2013, 10:27:56 PM

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vanceinatlance

I recently acquired a Leslie 70 speaker set without the control unit. I am currently in the process of building one for them using a schematic from Vintage Vibe's web site.
Thank you Vintage Vibe for sharing this info!!
Their schematic shows an op-amp integrated into the control unit.
Then, I ran across a picture of a control unit's intestines that did not have an op amp in it. I now wonder weather I am building the wrong control unit for these speakers? Does anyone who might have a set of  60's or 70's know if their unit has an op amp integrated inside it or is there anyone who has one without the op-amp integrated? Did Leslie market one control for Wurlitzer and another for Rhodes because of the difference in output? All feedback is very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Vance

RandomGruve

This thread is kind of old. Did you get the info you needed? The Leslie 60/70 control came in different models based on it's use. Model 112670 has the op-amp. This model was used with "electric pianos providing an output signal of less than 1.5 volts." This would be the Rhodes.
Model 110750 without the op-amp, "for use with pianos providing an output signal of 1.5 volts (min.)" This would be the Wurlitzer 200.
There are other models but I think this is the info you are wanting.

vanceinatlance

I did find out about the different models of controllers, thanks for your response! I have a passive control now and am using it with a BBE Acoustimax as a pre-amp when they are hooked up to the Rhodes Stage. I will eventually finish building a control with an op-amp, but have been occupied with other things lately. These sound amazing, but I don't know if they would be powerful enough in a live environment. I have not seen any pics of an actual control unit with op-amp yet. It would be great to know what chip they used and how the circuit board is layed out. It's probably fine with a standard 741 type, which I plan on trying, but it would be useful to know. Thanks again,
Vance