He did eventually install a solid state preamp, but I don't think he had it when NIWS was recorded.
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, john barrick <barrickjohn262@...> wrote:
>
> From my understanding, the "solid state" is referring to modifications that
> Mike had made to his Mk II.
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Vance Pomeroy <vance@...>wrote:
>
> > ∗∗
> >
> >
> > ∗∗ But Pinder used a tube amp....That's a Hiwatt on top of the tron.
> >
> >
> > On 10/12/2011 6:51 AM, David Jacques wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > The Mark II 3 Violin sounds that Pinder achieved was due to the high end
> > roll-off the solid state amp gave him. Pinder has spoken several times about
> > changing the amp in his tron to achieve this sound. I don't believe it was
> > totally Tony Clark's mastery that achieved this sound as you can hear it
> > even in the raw YouTube live clips, like this one:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nITFMZ_M13E
> >
> > --
> john barrick
>
> ∗Leo got it right the first time∗
> ∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗
>