PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSE WILD & JOE BRANSTON STRYMON LEX & TECH 21 ROTOCHOIR £279 & £249 EFFECTS 110 Guitarist September 2011 GIT346.rev_strymon.
STRYMON LEX & TECH 21 ROTOCHOIR £279 & £249 EFFECTS The Rivals The BOSS RT-20 (£215), utilises COSM modelling technology to recreate the rotary speaker sound and has a display of spinning lights to represent rotor speed. Hughes & Kettner’s Tube Rotosphere (£399) was the only rotary speaker sim in our 101 Best Stompboxes list, while the Neo Ventilator (€449) is designed to be a faithful replication of a Leslie 122.
STRYMON LEX & TECH 21 ROTOCHOIR £279 & £249 EFFECTS Verdict The RotoChoir mixes analogue and digital technology Whereas the Lex has its extra features hidden away, the RotoChoir presents it all to you up front with six knobs cabinet’s operation. In fact, it’s rather difficult to actually dial in a bad sound. Tech 21 RotoChoir Utilising a mix of analogue and digital technology, the Tech 21 RotoChoir can run from a 9V battery or alternatively from a standard BOSS-style power adaptor.
STRYMON LEX & TECH 21 ROTOCHOIR £279 & £249 EFFECTS A Rotary Speaker Primer The history of Leslie’s whirly box and the electric guitar… T here are various theories about who was the first person to plug an electric guitar into a rotary speaker – some give credit to Buddy Guy in 1965 when he played on Junior Wells’ Hoodoo Man Blues. His normal amp failed and the studio engineer wired him into a Hammond B3’s Leslie cabinet.
