Can you get optical pedals anywhere now? Both MkII and M300
originally used these but I can't find one now.
John
> Dear All,
>
> I used a Philips Philicorda (single manuel transistor keyboard) volume
> pedal on the 'Black Melly' used on England's Garden Shed. This was a
> photo-cell type. I can't remember how it was wired in ... I think it
> was straightforward. It had a tremendous sweep; far greater than the
> 'guitar type volume pedals; it offered greater control over the
> signal... never crackled... and rarely went wrong (just once, I think;
> and needed a new bulb).
>
> Slow Mellotron attack became (for those who know the album) a feature
> on Three Piece Suite and Poisoned Youth.
>
> Robert W
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