I Get a very good sound in my Fender Twinreverb. Be gentle with the
tone controlls....no treble
Jonas
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, dko4342@v... wrote:
>
> >A while back someone mentioned that they were surprised that when
they
> >played their Mellotron for the first time it didn't have "that
sound" they
> >were expecting (which was absolutely my experience when M400 s/n
121 showed
> >up here). I realize it's a personal thing, but to me "that sound"
is King
> >Crimson's, In the Court of... Anyway, seems to me the discussion
ended up
> >deciding that "that sound" has to do with the mellotron being
amped by a
> >Hiwatt amp with a touch of reverb. So...has there ever been any
thought of
> >producing tape sets of standard sounds played/mic-ed thru a
Hiwatt with the
> >prescribed amount of plate reverb?
>
> I have recorded mellotron through assorted Vox amps, and it always
gets an
> edge it didn't have before. The old cello sound gets bigger and
scarier
> through an amp. And as with guitar, the amps is 50% of the sound,
so
> different amps do different things to the sound. I have recorded
tron by
> using two Vox amps with different reverb and amplification
characteristics,
> each in its own channel. The sound is huge and deep. By introducing
a slight
> delay beetween the two the sound becomes even huger and deeper.
Don't use top
> boost. It works for guitar, but doesn't work for mellotron. The amp
should
> rather have a less toppy high end.
>
> /frank