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A Boss RT-20 Rotary Ensemble? I was at the local GC Sunday (only music store open and my wife was shopping for a purse) and played a bass through one and using the Lesley position it was pretty neat and accurate. It would be a fun pedal to have to putz around with experimenting. At $200 it's a little steep for that though.

http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetai ... arentId=96

johnallg wrote:A Boss RT-20 Rotary Ensemble? I was at the local GC Sunday (only music store open and my wife was shopping for a purse) and played a bass through one and using the Lesley position it was pretty neat and accurate. It would be a fun pedal to have to putz around with experimenting. At $200 it's a little steep for that though.

http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetai ... arentId=96

I've been after the Leslie sound forever and have tried and tried to like this pedal, but it just sounds like a chorus pedal to me. Sadly, I think only a real Leslie will do for me.

Though, I never tried the Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere. I'll have to give that one a shot sometime, if they even still make it.

I've used a variety of Lesie cabinets, for guitar and not bass though. As far as Leslie simulators go, the Jim Dunlop Rotovibe is great. This is the pedal which looks like a wah pedal with a red colored base. It has the advantage of a foot-controlled rotary speed, so you can manually speed up and slow down the rotary effect. It also has a setting which sounds very close to Hendrix's Univibe sound, famously featured throughout his Woodstock performance.

If they'd replicated the old Boss Chorus Ensemble, made it in a box/package that looked like the old one, and perhaps added an optional version with the Leslie feature, they'd sell tons of them!

Interesting. Thanks all for the input, I need to investigate! And John, I got a very credible Lesley sound out of this pedal. I have a fairly imprint of how one sounds as the keyboardist in my group from way back used one and I was always interested in the sound. As for the Boss, granted it was a store display and I didn't spend much time, but I got a complimentary question from the door guard (also a bassist) on the way out - wanted to know what I was using.

Interesting aside - as I was standing there talking to him, a guy and his two young kids walk out and a clerk from back in the store and the manager come up and tell the guy to follow him nonchalantly and get his car license as he stole a $300 mic.

rick_ovic wrote:I've used a variety of Lesie cabinets, for guitar and not bass though. As far as Leslie simulators go, the Jim Dunlop Rotovibe is great. This is the pedal which looks like a wah pedal with a red colored base. It has the advantage of a foot-controlled rotary speed, so you can manually speed up and slow down the rotary effect. It also has a setting which sounds very close to Hendrix's Univibe sound, famously featured throughout his Woodstock performance.

I'll have to give the Rotovibe another shot, Darren - I thought it only did the Univibe thing.