Leslie 002-LESLIE, 002-LESLIE PEDAL Owner's Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

Model: 002-LESLIE PEDAL

2013 Hammond USA LP0708

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Congratulations on purchasing the

FIRST EVER Digital Leslie Pedal. If this is
your first LESLIE, Welcome to our family; if
you’re already one of us, welcome home.

The Leslie Speaker was invented by Donald
H. Leslie in 1940 to make the Hammond
Organ sound more like a Theatre Pipe Organ,
but even Don Leslie couldn’t begin to imagine
the impact his invention would have in all
corners of the music world from that day
forward.

The swirling, lush sound of a Leslie speaker
has been applied to almost every instrument
one can think of, including the human voice.
Engineers and tinkerers everywhere have
always come up with ways to “hook up a
Leslie” to their Guitar, Violin, Horn, or Vocal
Mic.

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The sound was a success, but triumph
becomes bittersweet when faced with the
reality of moving a 150 lb. hardwood cabinet
(without handles or wheels). There had to be
a better way.

Every musical instrument and effect was
successfully duplicated in the digital realm,
except one - The Leslie Speaker. Almost
from the start, there were copies and clones.
As the transistor age dawned, electronic
attempts to duplicate the Leslie effect
appeared, but none had the soul or sound
of the genuine article. When the digital age
began, the goal drew a little closer, but the
true Leslie sound still proved to be elusive.

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The Hammond and Leslie Engineers, some of which were contemporaries of Don
Leslie himself, set out to do what has seemed impossible - to make a purely Digital
Leslie worthy of that legendary name. In 2012, the Hammond SK1 was released to
instant acclaim, and word spread quickly that the Digital Leslie onboard that 15 pound
wonder truly and finally “nailed” the genuine Leslie sound. Not only nailed it, but made
it user-customizable, with profiles of the many popular Leslies throughout the years.

It seemed selfish to keep that breakthrough only at the hands of keyboardists, and the
LESLIE PEDAL you now own is the fulfillment of the work and research that made the
seemingly impossible, possible. A genuine LESLIE you can move with ease, that will
fit any stage, and has all the power of its big brothers.

Leslie is The Sound, The Soul, The ONE.

Now go take your instrument for a spin!

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