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Hi all-

  When the leaves turn colors and start to fall, it takes me back to a time I discovered the Moodies as a teen.  It was a very memorable time.  This happens every year.  All their music then ends up on my car stereo, and I take long drives.

  I, too, marvel at the mystery of their sound.  This group has answered many of the questions, and more will surely come.

   With all respect, I hope my comments aren't like fingernails on a chalkboard to you, Martin.  ;-)

 

   -Bruce D.

 

From: "lsf5275@aol.com" <lsf5275@aol.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Moodies Tron Sound

 

Sometimes it bares repeating. Some of us are not so young anymore Mr. Smith, and occasionally we get a new member..

 

me

 

In a message dated 10/13/2011 7:12:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tronbros@aol.com writes:

 

Personally, I don't think anyone should ever ask again about the Moodies' mellotron sound as it seems to crop up every few months and is answered every time!  Remember what has been said then move on.  It doesn't bare repetition.  The next person wot arsks gets beaten with a wet banana.

M

mellotronics.co.uk

On 14 Oct 2011, at 00:00, Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net> wrote:

 

I even used an old 50 watt to power a Leslie 122 at one point when I had my first C3….. 

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Jacques
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:39 PM
To: <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Moodies Tron Sound

Should have said & quot;hiwatt"

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On Oct 13, 2011, at 3:06 PM, "David Jacques" <david.jacques@csulb.edu> wrote:

The guitarist in a former band of mine had a 50 w Harry Joyce signed Howard amp head... I offered him $1000 for it.... Sounded fantastic. 

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On Oct 13, 2011, at 2:24 PM, "Gary Brumm" <gabru@comsec.net> wrote:

Dave Reeves has been dead since the early 80’s.  The Reeves amps look very much like the ori ginal HIWATT. 

I did some work for HIWATT when they were manufactured in Modesto, CA.  A lot of people have made them

over the years but the originals certainly set a high standard.  Harry Joyce (the builder of the original HIWATT

made HIWATT type amps for a while then died in early 2000.  The HIWATT amplifier has been produced in many

variations (I worked on the 20 & 30 watt versions (EL84X2 or EL34X4) but the originals can be beat.

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Doncourt
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:59 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Moodies Tron Sound

Reeves 12 watt combo

On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Gary Brumm wrote:

Was it a “Reeves” amp or a HIWATT?

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Doncourt
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 12:01 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject:< /b> Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Moodies Tron Sound

I bought a Reeves amp a year ago to play the tron through and I love it.

On Oct 13, 2011, at 2:56 PM, stevebowd wrote:

Dave Reeves was under conract to provide amplifiers for Sound City, but once the contract ended, he naturally decided to focus entirely on his own Hiwatt brand. So not all Sound City amps were built by Dave Reeves.
Dave Reeves had nothing to do with Orange. Early Orange amps were built by one of the great unsung heroes of tube amplification, Matt Mathias and his company Matamp. They are my all-time favourite amp company, and they're still around:
http://www.matamp.co.uk/

Steve (tube amp nerd)

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Gary Brumm <gabru@... < /a>> wrote:
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> HIWATT was in no way related to Marshall. It was a much higher quality build and a very versatile series of amplifiers.
> It was built by Dave Reeves as was Sound City and I believe Orange amplifiers.
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> From: newmellotrongroup@y ahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Wright
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:57 PM
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> Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Moodies Tron Sound
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> I've seen a Marshal head in some videos, but never Hiwatt. Although, wasn't Hiwatt a spinoff from Marshal?
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> John
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com]<mailto:[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com]> On Behalf Of Vance Pomeroy
> Sent: W ednesday, October 12, 2011 11:49 AM
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> But Pinder used a tube amp....That's a Hiwatt on top of the tron.