Building an Authentic Leslie Speaker

US Immense 40% scale rotary speaker      03/09/26

For the makers amongst us, this video from Eric Haskins is a real inspiration. In it, he builds a 40% scale rotary speaker, with access to the OnShape model and source code when you support him on Patreon. Having grown tired of looking at his Leslie 122, which makes awesome sounds, but has no way to connect to guitars, Eric sets out to remake the iconic speaker, with remarkable results. There's a parts and tools list in the video description and the video timestamps below... 

00:00 Why are we doing this? 02:08 What are we doing? 03:03 Building the cabinet 05:14 Motor controls 06:53 Staining and finishing the cabinet 09:02 The spinny bits 10:20 Cabinet trim 11:18 Drum version 2 12:12 Final assembly 13:38 Demo 16:49 Wrap-up 17:19 Chickens

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About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music. 


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