Hey thanks again SeanB, I just found an old FM microphone kit I got a long time ago, which had a 1.5k, 4.7k, 6.2k and 47k resistor.
It worked great with the 4.7k resistor, as you suggested, I'm happy with that but.. it does however make a whining noise when I slow it down to around half speed or less, I can live with it I suppose but what's causing it? Is it the resistor? I was playing around seeing if the other ones would produce different results and I noticed it still made the noise, just sooner with the other ones or does it possibly just need some lubrication?