Re: Roto-vibe

["Bruce A. Wahler" <bwahler@tiac.net>]

Alan Reddig wrote:
> 
> Dear rotating friends,
> 
> The recent posts about Roto-Vibes makes me realize that what I've 
> always pictured when I hear this term is incorrect. My dimming memory 
> associates the name with a rotating speaker system used as a Leslie 
> clone, popular with guitar players c. late '60's, and originally 
> manufactured--I thought--by Traynor, of Yorkville (Toronto), Canada. 
> Your memory isn't too far off.  The Roto-Vibe I had in the 70's was not 
really a pedal effect.  It had a volume-pedal like controller for speed 
changes, but 90% of the unit was in a flat 12" x 8" x 2" (approx.) box 
that set on top of your amp, with knobs and switches on it.  The 
"Roto-Vibe" name probably came from the fact that the unit had a rocker 
switch on it to select either rotary effect (kind of phaser like) or 
vibrato (very convincing at fast speeds, very non-linear and bizarre at 
slower ones).  I don't think it was made by Traynor, though.  I seem to 
remember Univox, but I'm not sure.  I bought it from a catalog -- 
somebody like Sears or JC Penney, believe it or not!

-BW