NAD: Leslie Model 16

[antnee]

My Dad was moving house and asked if I wanted anything from his garage, so has a nose and found this little gem.

Been trying to find out about it and from what I can tell it has been modified with an amplifier. Sound is crisp and true, going to be living in my garage this summer by the looks of things!

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[Beer of the Bass]

That's an odd contraption! Does the Leslie rotor work?

[antnee]

It doesn't unfortunately.

I am not sure if my dad said it was still in there or not. I will cracking it open soon and get some pictures.

[VTypeV4]

Some pics would be great. I love things like this.

[antnee]

Sorry about the poor pictures, two speakers!!

[VTypeV4]

Lovely old drivers in there, especially that old Celestion G18!

[antnee]

Haha, this may sound immensely stupid but was this ever a Leslie or just a cunning forgery?

[Beer of the Bass]

It does look like the outer box from a Leslie 16, and I can see parts of the rotor mechanism in the photos (the part where it says "oil here"). Is the rotating drum still in there? It's hard to tell from the photos. It's been heavily modified, as an original would have had a single 10" speaker firing into the cutout in the rotating drum and no amplifier. The amplifier in yours uses the front panel from an old Selmer Treble n' Bass head but none of the circuitry from it.

[VTypeV4]

Not sure Celestion or McKenzie speakers were standard issue!? I'd expect to find JBL, EV, Oxford, Altec or Jensen..