Motion Sound SR-112

I finally had a chance to play one yesterday at a local shop. If you've never experienced a true rotating speaker (I know, it's a baffle that rotates not the speaker) there's a three dimensional quality to the sound no pedal can fully duplicate - not even in stereo. The unit has controls for base speed (slow chorus like setting) and high speed (Cold Shot) and ramp acceleration (how quickly it ramps up/down between the two). All this, plus the bypass (to your amps normal speaker) are footswitchable. I was only able to play it a talking volume, and standing right above it, but the tone, Tone, TONE! No pedal can duplicate that. The tone is closer to the Leslie 16/18 (Fender Vibratone) which were made for guitar, rather than say the Leslie 122 which was made for organ but often modified for guitar use. Anyway, I went ahead and pulled the trigger on this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3753189170&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
There have been some concerns about the construction on these, and I wouldn't want to take it on the road without a heavy duty case. But as long as mine arrives ok, I've already got the corner in church ear marked where she will reside safe and sound.

I played through a real leslie at a buddy's place, and I brought mydunlop Univibe to hear the difference. Pretty funny how different they sound, but for the difference, a Univibe is still a cool sound. Gotta love the Fender Rhodes and B3 players -the world needs more of them!

What a interesting Unit! And you got it for a good price. Im interested to hear how do you like it.

How do you set it up ? Guitar-Amp-Motion Sound-Cab ?

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Originally posted by Gismo834:
What a interesting Unit! And you got it for a good price. Im interested to hear how do you like it.

How do you set it up ? Guitar-Amp-Motion Sound-Cab ?

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The footswitch couldn't be found so I tested it out this way:
Strat -> Fender Deluxe Reverb RI -> Speaker out (I disconected the internal speaker) -> Motion Sound. I could't foot switch between the slow/fast settings, but I could twirl the knob to get a feel for what this would be like - most cool!

The normal setup is like this:
Amp -> Motion Sound -> Normal Speaker. You can then footswitch between the Motion Sound and your amp's normal speaker.