Benmont Tench
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Benmont Tench's Amplifiers
Mentioned by Tench's keyboard tech, Ken Rich, in this article from Rich's website.
He’s had the organ for decades, and one of the Leslies is a solid-state conversion by the late Bill Beer. You’ve heard that Leslie on the Heartbreakers hit “Refugee,” in all its sparkly, edgy glory. The exact wattage of the Leslie is unknown (as are many of Bill Beer’s designs), but it’ll blow the windows out of a small apartment. The high-frequency driver is an industrial JBL unit that’s about four times the size of the original Jensen V21, and I’m told it’s used for fog signals:
The other Leslies are good old tube-driven classics, a 122 and a 142 conversion (originally a 45), that sound delightful. The organ didn’t need much work, mostly a standard tuneup: drawbar service, generator oiling, a new filter capacitor in the preamp. The Leslies, however, needed a good amount of motor rebuilding as they hadn’t had attention in some time. They’re now ready for the rigors of the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.
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Mentioned by Tench's keyboard tech, Ken Rich, in this article from Rich's website.
He’s had the organ for decades, and one of the Leslies is a solid-state conversion by the late Bill Beer. You’ve heard that Leslie on the Heartbreakers hit “Refugee,” in all its sparkly, edgy glory. The exact wattage of the Leslie is unknown (as are many of Bill Beer’s designs), but it’ll blow the windows out of a small apartment. The high-frequency driver is an industrial JBL unit that’s about four times the size of the original Jensen V21, and I’m told it’s used for fog signals:
The other Leslies are good old tube-driven classics, a 122 and a 142 conversion (originally a 45), that sound delightful. The organ didn’t need much work, mostly a standard tuneup: drawbar service, generator oiling, a new filter capacitor in the preamp. The Leslies, however, needed a good amount of motor rebuilding as they hadn’t had attention in some time. They’re now ready for the rigors of the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.
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